[bfprog] Packaging and Importing Custom Python Code

[Anton Jansen]

Forrest Thiessen wrote:

>Ok, I've been messing around with this some, and here's where I'm at. .
>. please bear in mind that this is a work-in-progress; I've done some
>simple tests, and everything worked, but it's not ready for prime time yet!
>
>(1) At the end of the file Battlefield 2 Server/python/bf/__init__.py
>you add a single line: "import custom". That's the only change needed to
>any of the EA/DICE Python files.
>(2) In that same directory, you create a new directory, called "custom".
>(3) In the new custom directory, you create a text file called
>__init__.py, with the following contents:
>
>--------------------------------------------------
>  import os
>
>  for item in os.listdir("custom"):
>      if   item.endswith('.py'):  item = item[0:-3]
>      elif item.endswith('.pyc'): item = item[0:-4]
>   
>      if item == '__init__': continue
>   
>      try:
>          __import__('custom.'+item)
>          print "custom." + item + ' imported.'
>      except ImportError:
>          print 'FAILED to import custom.' + item
>--------------------------------------------------
>
>(4) Profit!
>
>At this point, any custom modules or packages can just be dropped into
>the custom folder, and they will automatically be incorporated into BF2.
>
>If you just want to register your own handlers, say, for a stats logging
>system, this already does everything you need in a clean way.
>
>What I haven't figured out yet: let's say you want to do something like
>the changes to autobalancing that have been mentioned; that requires
>replacing a method of an existing object from a different module.  I've
>done this with Python before in slightly different circumstances, so I'm
>sure it's possible; I just haven't figured out the correct syntax for it
>yet.
>
>--Forrest
>
>
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Hi Forrest and others,

This is indeed the kind of stuff I had in mind. Currently, I don't have 
much time, I hope to spend some time in the weekend on this.  Couple of 
remarks:

1. Make subdirectories for each server side mods, this prevents filename 
collisions
2. Make a python scripts which checks and adds if need the necessary 
line into the BF2 file (ease deployment)
3. Status functions for the metamod are needed, like which mods are 
loaded atm, unload function etc.

P.S.
Could you respond to my requirements list post and see wheter we agree 
on this?

With kind regards,

Anton Jansen