Originally Posted by
Trenloe
Nice idea.
There'd still need to be a lot of code on the FG side (way beyond what the cool DOE: OLE extension does now). But, yes, some form of API call to Ream Works is a start - the return data (and error handling) is my concern. The OLE (and sound) extension external calls are currently one-way only - there is no return of data from the request external to FG, and SmiteWorks would have to be willing to change the FG API to accommodate this (including error handling etc. to prevent a bad call/no response from hanging FG completely). Then all of the LUA scripting would need to be written to import and store the many different types of data RW could provide into the correct place in FG.
So - you'd better start lobbying for FG API changes as well as RW to allow this to even stand a chance of happening. This would really need to be a coordinated effort between the FG and RW devs, so that data formats could be agreed and all the other technical issues that can occur when two pieces of software try to take to each other.