Capitalism 2 and Capitalism Lab Forum

Instead of the current Customize Game why not make this the GUI for the scripting system that is in place. Add the ability to script/customize the game via the GUI and export the script for sharing and/or educational applications.

The scripting system is a lot more advance then the customize game feature why not just merge the two and make it more accessible?

Export a script? With detailed comments for every variable? I double it!

megapolis wrote:Export a script? With detailed comments for every variable? I double it!

In the game there's a Customize Game option which I use but it doesn't have all the options that are available in the scripting system. What I'm suggesting is that they get rid of the Customize Game system and make it more powerful by using the script system instead. It doesn't have to be advanced, it can simply make a basic script and then the user can edit that script and add comments or whatever.

For example in the script system you can set it the number of competitors up to 50 but in the Customize Game option you can only do 30. I think making the Customize Game a GUI for the scripting feature will make the scripting feature appeal to a wider audience as well as making the Customize Game a lot more powerful. Since the developers are already maintaining the scripting system and currently the Customize Game feature it can simply the development process for the game as well. I don't see a reason not too.

Summary kinda
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So a user go to Customize Game they have access to all the options available in the script feature. Once they set their options they hit start game, the game saves the script file to the script directory, and the user begins to play the game with the options selected. If the user wants to make adjustments to the script, they go to the directory, open the script file in notepad and began making changes or create a new script from that one.