XPS_A3

eXtensible Project System for Arma 3

An Arma 3 Framework Mod

• For users: the base of many XPS mods to come
• For Developers: an extensible platform and library set to reduce the time to develop common OOP objects

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Features:

• Bring an Object-Oriented Structure to your Mod
  • Interface Contracts
  • Type Definition Preprocessor
  • Type Definition Caching Support
  • Optional Unit Testing framework
  • Singleton / Static type creation
  • Common Core Object Libraries
• Use Built-in OOP library types for common utiltiies
  • A* Searching
  • Job Scheduling
  • Collections
  • Events, Delegates, and Multicast Delegates
  • Type Safe Enumerations
  • Exceptions and Exception Handling

WIP Library Objects :

• Map and Road Pathfinding
• Hex or Square Map Grids

AI Features

• Add Behaviour Trees to AI (AI Entities or 'behind-the-scenes' Scripted AI)
• WIP - Use Action Planning / Utility AI for short or long term planning
• WIP - Replace the Danger/Formation FSM behaviors

History

This project started as the eXtensible Planning System - a mod to introduce Behaviour Trees, Utility AI, and Goal-Oriented Action Planning. I was using Hashmaps to create a simple OO-design pattern prior to the introduction of Hashmap Objects.

Since the announcement to introduce a new hashmap command 'createHashmapObject' for v2.14, this project has been rewritten to include additional features to the framework:

• A Preprocessor and Type Builder to add additional features to hashmap objects.
• A better and standardized OOP approach (an example is to include an Interface-style contract system for building objects) and a general framework to foster better Mod compatibility at the scripting level when using those objects.
• Unit Testing UI and framework

Ultimately, it is my hope and goal to provide more creativity in the community. All constructive criticism and ideas are welcome here.

-Crashdome

License

Copyright (C) 2023 XPS Group

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.