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'''[[Modding_Oni#Introduction_to_the_Oni_engine|BFW]] Scripting Language''' (simply called '''BSL''') is what Oni scripts are written in. Being a scripting language, it is far more limited in scope and usage than a "real" programming language, as it was designed only to move events forward in the game, not to build programs. More specifically, BSL scripts are responsible for managing the player's objectives, directing AIs, creating environmental effects, and driving cutscenes. | '''[[Modding_Oni#Introduction_to_the_Oni_engine|BFW]] Scripting Language''' (simply called '''BSL''') is what Oni scripts are written in. Being a scripting language, it is far more limited in scope and usage than a "real" programming language, as it was designed only to move events forward in the game, not to build programs. More specifically, BSL scripts are responsible for managing the player's objectives, directing AIs, creating environmental effects, and driving cutscenes. | ||
Physically speaking, they are the .bsl files inside the [[IGMD|Oni/GameDataFolder/IGMD/]] folder. Being in plain-text, scripts can be edited with any word-processing program, such as the built-in | Physically speaking, they are the .bsl files inside the [[IGMD|Oni/GameDataFolder/IGMD/]] folder. Being in plain-text, scripts can be edited with any word-processing program, such as the built-in Notepad (Windows) or TextEdit (Mac); the only requirement is that you must use the suffix ".bsl" for scripts instead of ".txt" (in Windows, you may have to turn on the displaying of file extensions to see the suffix). | ||
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==Getting started== | ==Getting started== | ||