A beginners guide to scripting

[nannal]

I'm looking to begin scripting, both for educative purposes and for, you know, fun!, but I know only the absolute basics. Anyone feel like helping me and anyone in my position out by proving links to basic tools and maybe some basic tutorials?

 

I know I would be most grateful and I'm sure many other people would be too

[Andrew]

Learn either C# or VB.net programming languages, this will then give you a better understanding of scripting for any of the scripthooks (.net, C++) You can download the C# or VB.net express editions for free from microsoft.

[nannal]

Learn either C# or VB.net programming languages, this will then give you a better understanding of scripting for any of the scripthooks (.net, C++) You can download the C# or VB.net express editions for free from microsoft.

Nice time stamp Triple o Seven

 

Anyway, I'm looking through an example script and I found Player.Character.ForceHelmet(bInvincible);

Is there some large tree of commands (references, I don't know how to refer to them) I can leaf through (see what I did there, eh?)

[coin-god]

Learn either C# or VB.net programming languages, this will then give you a better understanding of scripting for any of the scripthooks (.net, C++) You can download the C# or VB.net express editions for free from microsoft.

Nice time stamp Triple o Seven

 

Anyway, I'm looking through an example script and I found Player.Character.ForceHelmet(bInvincible);

Is there some large tree of commands (references, I don't know how to refer to them) I can leaf through (see what I did there, eh?)

Arte you talking about natives?

 

You can find em here:

http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=387783

[Andrew]

Like I said your best bet is to download the .netscripthook and have a look through that. (you need visual c# express) There are example scripts within that which will show you how to use it. It contains plenty of easy to use functions.

[nannal]

 

Learn either C# or VB.net programming languages, this will then give you a better understanding of scripting for any of the scripthooks (.net, C++) You can download the C# or VB.net express editions for free from microsoft.

Nice time stamp Triple o Seven

 

Anyway, I'm looking through an example script and I found Player.Character.ForceHelmet(bInvincible);

Is there some large tree of commands (references, I don't know how to refer to them) I can leaf through (see what I did there, eh?)

Arte you talking about natives?

 

You can find em here:

http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=387783

Hur Har!

 

Apparently I am, Thank you for that.

 

I'm going to go play for a while, see if i can make that nos button the game needs (press and you have five seconds of double speed, maybe i could toggle definition with it too, make things all blur-tastic)

If anyone feels like teling me what

 

"using System;

using System.Windows.Forms;

using GTA;"

 

at the start of the example code means I would be grateful.

 

Also Gangsta killa, im using the script hook examples as my starting point, learning as much as I can as quickly as I can

 

 

 

 

 

--- New Bit ---

 

"SET_CAR_HYDRAULICS"

 

I assume about 50% of these were also in SA and never got removed, Right?

Edited February 18, 2009 by nannal

[Andrew]

the

 

 

using System;using System.Windows.Forms;using GTA;

 

 

Are the libraries the program is using. Also allows you to access the functions from that librbary without prefixing it with the library. IE

 

 

GTA.World.CreateCar() can just be World.CreateCar()