Is it possible to run Commandlets without ucc.exe?

[Leon0628]

Hey, I'm modding for the game Star Wars Republic Commando from 2005 which runs on a modified version of the Unreal Engine 2.

My problem is that I want to create a subclass of a class that extends Object but the thing with this editor is that if I create a new class in the actor browser it says that there is no script to edit. However, there is a workaround: I simply place an object of the class I want to extend in the map and click "Class->New from selection" but obviously this only works for subclasses of Actor.

So I had the idea to create the script externally as a uc file and then compile it into a package. The problem is though, that this game shipped without the ucc.exe. So is there another way to execute the make Commandlet?

[han]

I have another idea, if there is no script, why not add script?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U ... gine_games
You could start off trying to use the script for the Core out of some game using a (similar or same) Engine build. Maybe use UE Explorer to fine tune it, etc.

Place the core script in the usual locations.
Create a new ImportCoreScript.exec file in your system dir with following content:

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NEW Editor.ClassFactoryUC PACKAGE=Core Name=Object File="..\Core\Classes\Object.uc"
NEW Editor.ClassFactoryUC PACKAGE=Core Name=Subsystem File="..\Core\Classes\Subsystem.uc"
NEW Editor.ClassFactoryUC PACKAGE=Core Name=Commandlet File="..\Core\Classes\Commandlet.uc"
NEW Editor.ClassFactoryUC PACKAGE=Core Name=Time File="..\Core\Classes\Time.uc"
NEW Editor.ClassFactoryUC PACKAGE=Core Name=Locale File="..\Core\Classes\Locale.uc"

Afterwards exec this file out of the editor log window:

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exec ImportCoreScript.exec

Maybe this shuts up the script is missing warning if you just want an Object subclass.

[[]KAOS[]Casey]

This works in 227j, and presumably UT. Your mileage may vary.

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class ctest extends actor;

function PostBeginPlay()
{
local Commandlet c;
local class c_class;

c_class = Class(DynamicLoadObject("Editor.MakeCommandlet",class'Class'));

c = New(Outer) c_class;
c.main("make");

}

[Kajgue]

The game that Leon is modding for is the only game running on that specific modified version of the engine, if I recall. But maybe I'm wrong, if I am it will make things easier

[Leon0628]

Hey, thanks a lot for your fast answers

@han
THANK YOU!!! that does exactly what I want. It creates new editable scripts

@[]KAOS[]Casey
I once tried a similar approach. Do I simply have to place this actor in a map and play it? Because that just crashes the game without creating a package :/

[[]KAOS[]Casey]

you have to place it or spawn it otherwise

I figured it might not work, but it was worth a try

[BobIsUnreal]

so , if you were both clever and retarted, you could in theory... build a unreal package that re compiles itself
(using writelogfile etc to create the code?) and this code to recompile itself into another new package, and morphs every time its executed? WTF

[gopostal]

Isn't that a really basic theory of how Deep Mind works? I think you guys just laid the groundwork for a version of UGoogle.