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Research: [Scripting] Command Database Naming

What do you think about the current command names?

  • Good enough

    Votes: 10 45.5%

  • I would change some of them

    Votes: 8 36.4%

  • Honestly I don't care a lot

    Votes: 4 18.2%
  • Total voters
    22
  • Poll closed .
cooley said:
Well whatever CmdC3 is, I know it is not a stand-alone command. It has 1 parameter(including the command) so far...

Anyways, I've been thinking about a new name for warphole..Maybe you can try Warpfall?
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Why warpfall? Wouldn't that be less obvious, as a name?

Besides, even if the poll ended, you can still post your suggestions. Don't let this thread down, please: I made it for all of you, after all.
Thanks for reading.
 
Hackmew, can't you shorten some commands? Like, the comparebank commands. Some of them are long.

Also, I have a question, what does bufferstring do? Does it have to do something with the text?
 
Hiche said:
HackMew, can't you shorten some commands? Like, the comparebank commands. Some of them are long.

Also, I have a question, what does bufferstring do? Does it have to do something with the text?
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To shorten a command name, the new name must have some sense. I posted the "rules" in the first post. So, if you have anything to suggest, just post.
The bufferstring command will simply put a string loaded at a specific offset into the selected buffer. That is used for berry trees in R/S/E, for example.
 
I have a couple of suggestions:

Spoiler:


That's all. I might post some later on. However, you don't have to do them if you don't like them, they are just suggestions.
 
Hiche said:
I have a couple of suggestions:

Spoiler:


That's all. I might post some later on. However, you don't have to do them if you don't like them, they are just suggestions.
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I like the whole idea of "commands make more sense" but, serriously people if this is changed to that and that to this, nobody will know what the commands are and all totorials will be worthless.(unless they get translated..) I think that if a command dosn't make sense, it's fine to change the names, but don't go on a rampage saying rename this, that and the other. The commands make sense as is. Sorry if I seem harsh, and I'm not trying to spam... I'm just trying to state my what I feel.
 
sab said:
I like the whole idea of "commands make more sense" but, serriously people if this is changed to that and that to this, nobody will know what the commands are and all totorials will be worthless.(unless they get translated..) I think that if a command dosn't make sense, it's fine to change the names, but don't go on a rampage saying rename this, that and the other. The commands make sense as is. Sorry if I seem harsh, and I'm not trying to spam... I'm just trying to state my what I feel.
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You got a point. However, I only suggested. I didn't tell him they are better, and he should change them.
The commands he used in the new XSE should not be changed. People are used to them by now.
 
Hiche said:
You got a point. However, I only suggested. I didn't tell him they are better, and he should change them.
The commands he used in the new XSE should not be changed. People are used to them by now.
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with this in mind...maybe he(assuming Hackmew is a he don't get mad if I'm wrong) could add support for the syntax of the previous versions...
 
Here are some suggestions:
Spoiler:

The THUMB command for "compare" is "cmp", and we all can understand what "cmp" means, so yeah...just sayin'
 
sab said:
I like the whole idea of "commands make more sense" but, serriously people if this is changed to that and that to this, nobody will know what the commands are and all totorials will be worthless.(unless they get translated..) I think that if a command dosn't make sense, it's fine to change the names, but don't go on a rampage saying rename this, that and the other. The commands make sense as is. Sorry if I seem harsh, and I'm not trying to spam... I'm just trying to state my what I feel.
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On the topic of renaming, it'd be nice to have overrides for (un)used commands, that way if someone were to add a custom command (via ASM hacking), It'd have a name. Just a thought. :)

Or, have different databases of overrides, that way people can use the old command names until they get used to or convert their old scripts. Thus, everyone's happy with their commands, improved or not
 
My own research, back when I was active in FR hacking, revealed that the purposes and even the argument structures of certain commands were not consistent between Advance-gen games. I'd strongly advise having multiple command databases as resource files, independent of XSE itself and alterable with a simple text editor.

This would allow the program to account for the variations and for ASM-based custom commands, and would allow anyone who conducts research similar to mine to extend the database as needed.

Of course, this thread is only back as the result of a necropost, so no one should expect updates to be made based on any posts here.
 
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