Compiling custom scripts on Linux

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How to compile custom scripts on Linux / Mac OS X

This guide is for ArcEmu but if you are on Ascent use your common sense when replacing things.

Okay , in this tutorial the directory with my arcemu revision is /arcemu . All the bits in green have to be replaced by the corresponding names.

1. Open /YOUR_ARCEMU_ROOT_DIR/src/scripts/Makefile.am

2. You will see something similar to

SUBDIRS = InstanceScripts GossipScripts ExtraScripts ServerStatusPlugin SpellHandlers LUAScripting QuestScripts EventScripts MiscScripts

Add you script directory name (in my case it is MyScript) so it will look like this :

SUBDIRS = InstanceScripts GossipScripts ExtraScripts ServerStatusPlugin SpellHandlers LUAScripting QuestScripts EventScripts MiscScripts YOUR_SCRIPT_DIRECORY_NAME

3. Create a new directory with the name you have just added to Makefile.am

4. Open that directory and create a new make file (Makefile.am)

5. Paste that into the makefile replacing CPPFILE with the script's CPP file and LIBNAME with your preferred library name (directory name).

INCLUDES = -I$(top_srcdir)/src/arcemu-logonserver \
   -I$(top_srcdir)/src/arcemu-realmserver -I$(top_srcdir)/src/arcemu-shared -I$(top_srcdir)/src/arcemu-voicechat \
   -I$(top_srcdir)/src/arcemu-world -I$(srcdir) -I$(srcdir)/../../../../dep/include \
   -I$(srcdir)/../../../../dep/src -I$(srcdir)/../../../../src

AM_CXXFLAGS = -DSCRIPTLIB

lib_LTLIBRARIES = libLIBNAME.la

libLIBNAME_la_SOURCES =  Setup.cpp \
CPPFILE.cpp

6. Copy Setup.cpp and Setup.h from any of the script directories for example GossipScripts

7. Get rid of all but one Setup***(mgr); entries.

8. In both of the setup files replace Setup***(mgr); with SetupYOUR_SCRIPT_CLASS_NAME(mgr);

9. If you haven't done it already paste your script's CPP file into the directory

10. In the root direcory open configure.ac. In the "AC_CONFIG_FILES([" section add new line just above "])" : src/scripts/src/YOUR_SCRIPT_DIRECTORY/Makefile

11. Run (in the root directory) 'autoreconf'. This will create makefile input files.

12. You can now compile your server (./configure , make , make install)