What's the name of the concept of scripting in a Sim/RTS type of game?

[SilverWarior]

After a little bit of searching on https://gamedev.stackexchange.com I found a mention to Finite State Machines (FSM) and it clicked immediately!!!

DUH!! Of course that's what I want. Why didn't it occurred to me initially is still a mystery

Hey don't be to hard on yourself. I also had to sleep over before I realized I should recommend you to use one of state machine designs. But I see you already figured that out by yourself

Any way.
I also wanted to say that wile you are searching for state machine examples you should note that most of them are only showing the simplest state machine examples with very low complexity like general game state (whether you are in main menu, is game loading or is the game in progress for instance).
But the state machine that you will need for your game will probably need to have much higher complexity. But don't let that discourage you.

Also you might want to check Decision_tree and Behavior_tree concepts.
Now while these two concepts are most often used for implementing AI they can also be used for controlling your game state.

[gcarreno]

Hey don't be to hard on yourself. I also had to sleep over before I realized I should recommend you to use one of state machine designs. But I see you already figured that out by yourself

Thanks !!!

Any way.
I also wanted to say that wile you are searching for state machine examples you should note that most of them are only showing the simplest state machine examples with very low complexity like general game state (whether you are in main menu, is game loading or is the game in progress for instance).
But the state machine that you will need for your game will probably need to have much higher complexity. But don't let that discourage you.

That's good advice. Thanks!

I usually don't do much copy/paste type of coding, mainly because if I don't understand what I'm pasting my hives flare up like a bad case of poison ivy
If I don't understand it I can't master it, and if I don't master it it's gonna be deleted and replaced by something I do understand and can maintain, so why not just understand the damn thing before I get into bugs I can't squash cuz I just pasted some code like a script kiddy

Also you might want to check Decision_tree and Behavior_tree concepts.
Now while these two concepts are most often used for implementing AI they can also be used for controlling your game state.

I've also stumbled on BT's and I still need to get e better grasp on that. I'll probably need it for some other game that has some resemblance of AI.
Decision trees is a subject that I think I grok, but will have to have a go at your link to see if my mental model coincides with it.

Cheers,
Gus

[Ñuño Martínez]

Don't worry if you can't build it. Actually, IIRC, most people couldn't then.

[off-topic]
I'm thinking, since the PGD Engine project is dead (is it?) may be I should update the engine I created for that project to the latest Allegro, fix bugs and do some improvements and donate it.