I'm strongly considering the purchase of the SDK to use some C++ in place of scripting for certain sections.

Mainly, I want to do this for the AI because just about everything on AI is demonstrated using C++. It would be great to not have to make the conversion to wdl. Though I have found wdl to be easier than expected, sometimes I have found some difficulty in converting C++ due to syntax and specific functions that wdl doesn't have. Also, I have found this killer "fuzzy logic editor" (called Spark) that cleared up - in one afternoon - most of the confusion I had with the topic. And best of all, it works with Visual C++ also.

Can I use the SDK "just" for AI?

I assume I can let C++ process my AI vars and then feed the output to wdl via the SDK?

I seem to recall JCL once saying the wdl was appx 50% as fast as C++. Will the SDK slow down my C++ to wdl speed or will I get the full speed advantage?

Thanks, Ron