It would appear that you have just had your first encounter with maximdude pwner of n00bs and caster of flames...

CC code is easier than Lua because it tells you what each defining thing is in the code. Also, CC code is built SPECIFICALLY for CC. It's custom tailored to it.

Oh, and that special olympics thing made me lol.

Hmm.. Thanks... Maybe I can use this for Gmod... But not CC.

Isn't HTML just a Markup language?

LUA will not be put into CC for many, many reasons. Mostly because the game is pretty much built from scratch with it's own unique language, and also because Data isn't going to convert all this work just so that you don't have to learn a new language. LUA is built for 3D games anyways.

Agree.

We have seriously considered LUA support, and it's still not off the table. It could be integrated with the current system and wouldn't replace it. It would, however, make it possible to affect behavior a lot more powerfully than now.

Perhaps we'll rewrite the AI system to take make use of it, and expand from there...

But that will delay Cortex Command even more...

I would call that progress rather than delay It at least should allow for a lot more dynamic stuff. Conditions, and the like. Versatility. And on the downside, complexity. But my opinion also is that the current system is easier to read than Lua code. It's a bit hard to compare them since Lua is scripting/programming language and the current system is almost only a list of variables in .ini file.



That's a good idea integrating it with the current system, no need to remake stuff. But how would that work out in case of mods? Would we have Lua code mixed in these current files? (That would be strange ) Or would we decide which one to use when starting out?

That's not the real code. That's just a list of variables the real code looks at to make stuff. The real code is all in the .exe, and that's where everything is told what to do.

The AI system, and probably the victory-condition system as well, would be good choices.
That would put you on a short track towards custom game modes... And possibly campaigns.

While I have no opinion either here or there regarding Lua, I do have to say this:

Lua and the DataModule system of Cortex Command are apples and oranges. You cannot compare them. Lua is a fairly well-developed scripting language, whereas the DataModule system is just interpreted text.

You would never, in my experience, pick between the two.

Bottom Line.

I already had the hassle of learning this custom script Data has made.
I don't want to learn another.

Yes, and everything revolves around you couchy. Just because you lack the intelligence to learn lua doesn't mean everyone else does.

also get that ♥♥♥♥ out of your signature thanks