[Ohrrpgce] About Slices?

[James Paige]

On Tue, Nov 04, 2008 at 04:33:23AM -0600, Kizul Emeraldfire wrote:
>    What exactly are they for, and what is/will it be possible to do with them
>    (both currently, and after they're fully implemented)? >.>

Well, right now all you can do with them is play with them in the "Edit 
Screen Layouts" menu in nightly wip builds of custom.

In the future, they will be used for a lot of things, including:

* Customizing previously uncustomizable screens like equip, shops, and 
others.

* Getting scriptable access to things you couldn't before, like map 
layers (think paralax scrolling)

* Providing a unified scripting interface for plotstrings, plotsprites, 
menus, and even NPCs.

There is more information at 
http://gilgamesh.hamsterrepublic.com/wiki/ohrrpgce/index.php/Plan_for_slice_tree

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James