How Final Fantasy VII's monster scripting system works

Re:How Final Fantasy VII's monster scripting system works by jbreckmckye on Sunday August 13, 2023 @08:28AM (#37109321)

I've produced a video showing how AI scripting works in the PlayStation classic, Final Fantasy VII.

Rather that being run from machine code, creatures are controlled by an embedded bytecode scripting language that acts like a simplified stack-based assembler language, executing on a basic runtime environment.

This video includes a short tutorial on writing a basic script, and extrapolates to some hypotheses on how the scripts were actually authored in a higher-level language.

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Re:How Final Fantasy VII's monster scripting system works by Corsome on Sunday August 13, 2023 @08:58AM (#37109576)

> I've produced a video showing how AI scripting works in the PlayStation classic, Final Fantasy VII.

Could you share a link?

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Re:How Final Fantasy VII's monster scripting system works by jbreckmckye on Sunday August 13, 2023 @09:00AM (#37109602)

The link is in the post, but if you need a plaintext URL it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-8PVydb9CM

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Re:How Final Fantasy VII's monster scripting system works by Corsome on Sunday August 13, 2023 @09:06AM (#37109662)

Ah, I thought it's someone else commenting on the same matter. Thanks for sharing this looks extremely interesting!

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