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Custom Scripting – Gameplay using Event Handlers (Part 5/5)

2020-11-30

Welcome to the final installment in our five part series on custom scripting with AcceleratXR. So far we’ve learned how to work with the Script Manager extension for Visual Studio Code, extend the REST API, implement custom data types and write background jobs for post processing of data Today’s article will cover how to implement asynchronous and semi-real-time gameplay using event handlers. In the last article we created a background service to regenerate a players health over time. For this…

Custom Scripting – Background Services (Part 4/5)

2020-11-24

Jean-Philippe Steinmetz

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Greetings and welcome back to our five part series on custom scripting with the AcceleratXR Live Scripting system. So far we’ve learned how to respond to web requests to transact and process data. This is great for what is likely the vast majority of use cases you’ll encounter. However it doesn’t solve every problem. Sometimes you need something proactive instead of reactive. This week’s topic is all about background services. A background service (aka job) in AcceleratXR is a special…

Custom Scripting – Managing Data Structures (Part 3/5)

2020-11-16

Jean-Philippe Steinmetz

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This is part three of our series on scripting with AcceleratXR. In part two we discussed how to create new custom REST API endpoints. In part three we will build upon that to create a REST API that serves as a RESTful interface to a custom data structure. Go ahead and open up your test workspace in Visual Studio Code and let’s get started. In AcceleratXR, data storage is managed using a strictly typed system of classes that are stored…

Custom Scripting – Extending the REST API (Part 2/5)

2020-11-09

Jean-Philippe Steinmetz

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Welcome to the second installment of our series on custom scripting using the AcceleratXR Live Scripting System. In part one we covered the AcceleratXR Script Manager and how to create a workspace, sync scripts and work in Visual Studio Code. This article will focus on extending the platform REST API by creating entirely new endpoints that titles can access to enable custom behavior, new data storage access and more. AcceleratXR is built upon the open source project ComposerJS. ComposerJS is…

Custom Scripting with AcceleratXR Script Manager (Part 1/5)

2020-10-26

Jean-Philippe Steinmetz

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Hello everyone and welcome to the first article of a five part series discussing custom scripting with AcceleratXR. This article will focus on introducing you to the AcceleratXR Script Manager, an extension for Visual Studio Code making the management of scripts simple and powerful. The Script Manager extension allows you to interact with an AcceleratXR cluster’s scripting system by implementing a Source Control Provider. The scm provider is able to communicate with your AXR backend cluster. With the manager you…