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Game Scripts

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	== Game Scripts ==		== Game Scripts ==
	A game script is a special behaviour script that is not associated with an object in the game world, but with a mod. Game scripts only become active in a mod when explicitly specified, so that you add multiple (inactive) game scripts to a mod and then have dependent mods choose which ones become active. Activating a game script for a mod happens in the [[Project_settings_window#The_General_Tab\|project settings]].		A game script is a special behaviour script that is not associated with an object in the game world, but with a mod. Game scripts only become active in a mod when explicitly specified, so that you can add multiple (inactive) game scripts to a mod and then have dependent mods choose which ones become active. Activating a game script for a mod happens in the [[Project_settings_window#The_General_Tab\|project settings]].

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	== Game Scripts ==		== Game Scripts ==
	A game script is a special behaviour script that is not associated with an object in the game world, but with a mod. Game scripts only become active in a mod when explicitly specified, so that you add multiple (inactive) game scripts to a mod and then have dependent mods choose which ones become active. Activating a game script for a mod happens in the [[Project_settings_window#The_General_Tab\|project settings]].		A game script is a special behaviour script that is not associated with an object in the game world, but with a mod. Game scripts only become active in a mod when explicitly specified, so that you add multiple (inactive) game scripts to a mod and then have dependent mods choose which ones become active. Activating a game script for a mod happens in the [[Project_settings_window#The_General_Tab\|project settings]].

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Tinkerer: Explanation about how to activate the various kinds of behaviour scripts

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Explanation about how to activate the various kinds of behaviour scripts

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= Overview =
Before a [[Scripting|behaviour script]] is used in game, you need to tell the game when, where and how it should be used.

= Script Resources =
Before a behaviour script can be compiled or used, you have to create a [[Content_browser|script resource]] for the script. Usually, they are grouped together in a resource folder hierarchy as follows:<br/>
[[File:Script_resources.png]]

So in the folder ''Assets'' there is a folder called ''Scripts''. Inside the ''Scripts'' folder, there are several resource packages. Every resource package contains the script resources associated with a particular region, situation or other organisational entity.

Once you have created a script resource for your script, go back to the [[Script editor]] and resave your script. Only now the script compiler will check it for errors.

= Assigning Script Resources =
Now that your script is linked to a resource, you can link this resource to game entities.

== Character and Item Scripts ==
Character and item scripts can be assigned to resp. characters and items via the ''Scripts'' property in the sidebar. You can do this both for [[Modding:_Root_templates|root template]] and for instances/objects of root templates that you placed in a level.

After you have assigned a script this way, you can (still via the side bar) change the values of the script's parameters for that root template or local object. A script's parameters consist of all [[Scripting#INIT|external variables]].

== Game Scripts ==
A game script is a special behaviour script that is not associated with an object in the game world, but with a mod. Game scripts only become active in a mod when explicitly specified, so that you add multiple (inactive) game scripts to a mod and then have dependent mods choose which ones become active. Activating a game script for a mod happens in the [[Project_settings_window#The_General_Tab|project settings]].