in0finite
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2 years ago No one says that Lua/Pawn/etc should not be implemented as scripting languages. It's just that they are not priority right now, as there are some other more important stuff to fix/implement. The starting point for adding extensions to the game is to have C# plugins which can modify almost anything in the game, and can also be used to write gamemods. That's why it was implemented as a first approach to extend the game. Later on, other languages can be added as needed.
I agree that adding Pawn or Lua can attract other server developers, but some other stuff needs to be finished first.
Just discovered this project, was very interested in maybe restart my server on this platform instead of again in SA:MP/classic GTASA, but when i read the documentation about multiplayer i became a bit little frustrated because the way to customize the server looks nothing like how SA:MP (or even MTA) handled this.
Why not implement a scripting engine (not exactly using Pawn, but other embedding engine like Duktape/JavaScript or even Lua) to allow coding gamemods a little bit easier for server owners? Of course the process of coding C#/DLL plugins can still be used to "augumentate" the server like SA:MP plugins did, for example adding brand-new features like MapAndreas, SQL databases and others that the gamemods (written in the embedded language) could use in their code.
Since SA:MP itself is practically dead (plus its a closed source solution by ignorance of the original devs) and the attempts to clone the project as open source are a good distance to be anything real, making the multiplayer of this project similar to the good ol SA:MP could attract other players that still have interest in see "indie" servers going on for a long time.
Anyway, thanks a lot for this!