Using AS3 inside MMF2

[Jason]

I have noticed a lot of companies use an AS3 API (ActionScript 3 file) importing the file in the game program and then calling functions inside the API to do such things as submit high scores, display ads, etc...

It would be nice if there was something (perhaps an object) that allowed MMF2 to import these AS3 API files and then allow us to access their functions. This object would also need to be able to receive data returned from these companies (to indicate success or failure or such things as a player purchasing an item).

Perhaps something like the Lua+, .net script or BASIC Objects.

This might be the way Mochi is going to be introduced in the next SWFExporter update for MMF2.

If something like this were available this would allow us to use services offered by many other companies (such as GamerSafe).

Jason

[UrbanMonk]

Mochi is going to have it's own extensions, nothing like that.

Although that is a good idea.

[Looki]

You can easily do that by coding an extension for the flash runtime. The only problem is that you need a C++ version of the extension as well.

[James]

AS 3.0 doesn't have an eval function, which means you can't run scripts from a string. It's theoretically possible to build the script into the AS project before building it, I suppose.

[Jason]

I have found a library (D.eval API) that introduces the eval function to AS3. You can find it at:

http://www.riaone.com/products/deval/index.html

Would it be possible to use this library in an extension that imports third party APIs and allows a user to access their functions from inside MMF2?

Jason