How can you execute code from a text file at runtime?

I would put it in a DLL if i was you.

Hi,

sorry I don't have *any* experience with dll's whatsoever... what does a .dll have to look like? How is it included and how do I call the function it holds? I'm still a beginner, after all... ^^'

Hi there,

I took a closer look at dlls - and I don't think that they are the right solution for our performance problem here. TreeCreator's "exporter" basically does nothing else than writing the lines which define a tree in a lite-c-file. A dll, however, has to be built & compiled as far as I know - so using a dll is impossible after all because it needs to be compiled before being used. Plus, even if an uncompiled dll can be used, anybody who wants to use TreeCreator has to download and install a SDK before he's able to use TreeCreator which I would like to avoid. TreeCreator should be as simple in use as possible. However, apart from dlls, I don't see any solution which would make sense - using lite-c-files slows the compilation process down a lot... Any suggestions?

Hello!

I would do it like Felixsg suggested and write all the data into a text file.

For example:

Or something like this.

Okay... I think I know what you're up to - you want to write that .txt file and simply read its contents during runtime and then evaluate it via lite-C-Code, is that right? I remember that I've seen some string-manipulation-functions which are capable of reading lines out of a .txt-file... I like the idea a LOT! I'll see what I can do.

Thank you!

Alan this is a very nice contribution. You just saved me a whole lot of time, thank you my friend.
I was thinking that this doesnt need to be just for trees? Could you also place rocks, debris, sticks, logs, beer cans, whatever you want? Im looking through it and I was thinking that this may just be a very nice environmental object placement .... thing.

Hi,

of course it is not just for trees. You can place *any* object you want (even houses for a town *g*), just copy the desired model into the "your files" folder and place it's file name in line 32:

STRING* tree1_file_name = "tree1.mdl";

Just exchange "tree1.mdl" with your model name.

Greets,


Alan



PS: I'm currently working on an enhanced export function which exports to a .txt file instead of a .c file. The importer is able to read the .txt file, so compilation time won't increase as significantly as it does now when using multiple, large vegsets.

Thanks Alan.

i´ll have a try. thanks