Do You Use Ruby For Warcraft 3, too?

[SerraAvenger]

Once I used python, but since my mom showed me ruby I do all the stuff in ruby. Things like Tooltip Creators that just take name, cooldown, description and level description are so easy to code using ruby's eval method <3

When I still had the old weapon system, I had all my combining, doubling, upgrading, cost and weight functions with python just like the weapon descriptions and tooltips : D

Just two lines and I did have another 10 lines of code in my map^^

Are you also using scripting languages in general and ruby in special for increasing your coding effency and getting a better consistency?

 

[Shados]

Tut tut, Ruby is not a scripting language. Or rather, not only a scripting language. I use it wherever feasible to do so, mainly because Ruby is a joy to code in.

 

[SerraAvenger]

Ok. I, however, just use it as a scripting language, I never built a real app with it.

Using it mainly for things like

def print_skill_text( name, cooldown, learn_tip, level_tip )
  puts "#{name} - [ %d / 6 ]"
  if cooldown then
    puts "[cooldown: #{cooldown} seconds]"
  else
    puts "[passive]"
  end
  1.upto(6){ |level|
     help_string = eval '"' + level_tip + '"'   #dunno why it doesn't work with calling eval directly, need to use this helper variable
     puts "Level #{ level } - #{ help_string }" 
  }
end

print_skill_text( "Shados-Hull", nil, "Increases the armor of the hero", '#{ level + 1 } additional armor' )

 

[HappyCockroach]

You can use Ruby language to change RPG maker XP, a very flexible pre-made tool to any 2D game you would like to create.
I don't know any 3D pre-made engine, though.

 

[SerraAvenger]

Last time I checked, it was just a modification of ruby...
And RPG maker VX used it, too.

But it is offtopic.
I wasn't asking for game engines that use ruby, but whether or not you use ruby to support your WarCraft 3 programming

 

[Hakeem]

That above code should use a block:

def print_skill_text( name, cooldown, learn_tip)
  puts "#{name} - [ %d / 6 ]"
  if cooldown then
    puts "[cooldown: #{cooldown} seconds]"
  else
    puts "[passive]"
  end
  1.upto(6){ |level|
     help_string = yield level
     puts "Level #{ level } - #{ help_string }" 
  }
end

print_skill_text( "Shados-Hull", nil, "Increases the armor of the hero" ){ |level|
  "#{ level + 1 } additional armor"
}

 

[SerraAvenger]

That's a good Idea, I shall fix that : )
EDIT: Know I know why I didn't do that again: In the newer version, cooldown can be given in '#{30-5*level}' form, too.
EDIT: And because I'm doing a couple of replacements in that string, too xD

 

[GIANT_CRAB]

Hey guys,
#!/usr/bin/ruby
print "Hello World\n"
that made my day.

 

[Adiktuz]

how do you use ruby for w3???