a console for managing a running Empty Epsilon game / server

early WIP

contributions (feedback, code, tests, issues) are welcomed!

• make sure you have node.js installed, version 8 and above.
• in the command prompt, run npm i -g eetools (requires an internet connection)
  • after a few seconds, the installation is done and a message will appear:

my-machine$ npm i -g eetools
+ [email protected]
added 105 packages in 8.008s

(the latest version is now installed in your machine)

start an empty epsilon server with httpserver option turned on (warning - this is an experimental feature). for example:

my-machine$ EmptyEpsilon httpserver=8081

run eetools from the command line, followed by host name and HTTP port number of the empty epsilon server. you will then enter the eetools prompt:

my-machine$ eetools localhost 8081

eetools:localhost:8081$ 

type help to get a list of current capabilities, exit to exit.

launch the empty epsilon game application with httpserver=8081

Lua mode allows you access to the running game's scripts API (the same capabilities as when writing a scenarios). warning - if you don't know how to read and write scripts, you would probably have a hard time getting value out of this mode.

to enter lua mode, run lua inside eetools

eetools:localhost:8081$ lua
Entering LUA Mode. To exit, type 'exit'
eetools:localhost:8081$ lua: 

now type whatever lua expression you wish, and it will be executed in the game's live context.

run some basic lua expression

eetools:localhost:8081$ lua: 'hello' .. ' world'
hello world

print the player's ship hull and change it to some outrageous value

eetools:localhost:8081$ lua: getPlayerShip(-1):getHull()
250
eetools:localhost:8081$ lua: getPlayerShip(-1):setHull(123456)

you will notice that the hull of the first ship is now 123456 out of 250 total. how cool is that?

• download code from github
  • either git clone [email protected]:CommaSword/eetools.git
  • or download zip file and extract files to folder nili
• inside folder eetools run npm install from the comand line
• inside folder eetools run npm run build from the comand line
• inside folder eetools run npm start from the comand line to run the tools locally.
  • use -- to add parameters to npm start like so:

my-machine$ npm start -- localhost 8081