eetools

eetools

a console for managing a running Empty Epsilon game / server

early WIP

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

how to install

• 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
+ eetools@x.y.z
added 105 packages in 8.008s

(the latest version is now installed in your machine)

how to use

running the tools

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.

lua mode

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.

examples

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?

how to set up a local development environment

• download code from github
  • either git clone [e-mail]: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