Re: thounghs about Nim language in godot
Thank you for the clarification. Sorry I didn't see you removed the autoloaded .gdns file.
Re: thounghs about Nim language in godot
Who cares how many files it creates? Only what you use (import) gets compiled. C++ and D bindings have to generate the same number of classes. "The settings need so much steps" \- not sure what this refers to. If you have Nim and Godot you basically only have to install nake and set GODOT_BIN environment variable. Compare that to any other bindings. The decisive question is how it affects your productivity. Nim is not harder to write than GDScript and it's easier to maintain in the long term due to static typing, plus it has plenty of powerful features that you can make use of, while GDScript is dead simple. So it **can** replace GDScript and it's a win for a large project.
Re: thounghs about Nim language in godot
That binding bloats Godot project much more than the C++ and D bindings, it's sad.
Re: thounghs about Nim language in godot
Nake tells my GODOT_BIN path is "invalid". GODOT_BIN path: /home/drit0/Programmes/Godot3.0/godot-master/bin But it is not true, I'm pretty sure it is the exact path of Godot.
Re: thounghs about Nim language in godot
DTxplorer: don't worry, nothing bad
Re: thounghs about Nim language in godot
Hi Tiberium. I installed godot-nim using "nimble install godot" command succesfully but with this warning. Warning: File 'apigen.nim' inside package 'godot' is outside of the permitted namespace, should be inside a directory named 'godot' but is in a directory named 'apigen' instead. This will be an error in the future. Maybe my error is related to this. Did you get this message ?
Re: thounghs about Nim language in godot
DTxplorer, you need to install godot-nim package itself first
Re: thounghs about Nim language in godot
I try to follow instructions from the project examples [https://github.com/pragmagic/godot-nim/tree/master/examples/stub](https://github.com/pragmagic/godot-nim/tree/master/examples/stub) but when I run nake build nakefile.nim(5, 8) Error: cannot open 'godotapigen' Tiberium, have you experienced that ?
Re: thounghs about Nim language in godot
You can now use Godot-Nim with master branch of Godot (so newest version)
Re: thounghs about Nim language in godot
Author said that only one PR to godot engine left
Re: thounghs about Nim language in godot
Unfortunately this binding needs a forked version of the engine. You must consider this binding as a W.I.P. Anyway it's nice work and I hope this will be completed soon.
Re: thounghs about Nim language in godot
>From the example: # Copyright 2017 Xored Software, Inc. import strutils import godot import engine, label, resource_loader, packed_scene gdobj FPSCounter of Label: var lastFPS: float32 method ready*() = setProcess(true) method process*(delta: float64) = let fps = getFramesPerSecond() if int(fps * 10) != int(lastFPS * 10): lastFPS = fps self.text = "FPS: " & formatFloat(fps, ffDecimal, 1)
Re: thounghs about Nim language in godot
I wonder how the Nim particular OOP works with the Godot Engine and his huge inheritance tree. Maybe it does not matter... But anyway, this engine is gradually gaining popularity and it can help Nim language to be more spreaded.
Re: thounghs about Nim language in godot
[https://github.com/pragmagic/godot-nim](https://github.com/pragmagic/godot-nim) Yay, proper GDNative bindings!!!
Re: thounghs about Nim language in godot
Maybe godot should use nim intead gdscript, Like nim! Godot is a good game engine.
Re: thounghs about Nim language in godot
Hey, that's cool! Has anybody started a binding for godot yet? Does someone want to start a git repo, maybe an official one? This guy: [https://github.com/ggVGc/nim-godot](https://github.com/ggVGc/nim-godot) seems to have started, but it was a year ago, before this whole push for these new languages.
Re: thounghs about Nim language in godot
This just in -- "[MORE PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES IN GODOT, WANT TO HELP?](https://godotengine.org/article/godot-getting-more-languages)" \-- > There currently is a lot of demand for additional languages, such as Java, > Haxe, Swift, Object Pascal, etc. **As Godot 2.2 will focus on new languages, > this a great time to help us develop and improve the binding API.** Of course > it may seem like a challenging effort. > > Officially, our supported languages for now will be GDScript, Mono, > VisualScript and C++. **If you want to help integrate another language, you > should first of all contact us** (see contact info at the bottom of the site > or use IRC: [#godotengine-devel on > Freenode](https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=godotengine-devel)). I think Nim would be a perfect fit for Godot. Nim already has a focus on game programming, and I think some people involved in Nim are doing [3D immersive environments](http://forum.nim-lang.org///www.3dicc.com/), [scientific visualization](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_visualization), etc. And Godot already has a preference for Pythonic syntax with [GDScript](http://forum.nim-lang.org///docs.godotengine.org/en/latest/reference/gdscript.html), their default scripting language. * * * On a separate topic, I'd also like to quote this (from the same article): > Truth is that Mono is very well made, has excellent, modern binding > extensions (the complete opposite to Java/JNI) and supports multi-threading > just fine. As a result, it should integrate smoothly into Godot. The only > reason **we did not want to go this route in the past was due to license > restrictions, but this ceased to be a problem a few months ago when Microsoft > acquired Xamarin and relicensed Mono under the MIT license**. That's exactly what I was [talking about](http://forum.nim-lang.org///irclogs.nim-lang.org/28-12-2012.html) when (back in 2012) I [nagged](http://forum.nim-lang.org///libman.org/img/bak/20160423-license-nagging.png) Araq to s/GPL/MIT/! :D
Re: thounghs about Nim language in godot
cdunn2001, in the facebook post it says: > 1. This new API is meant for statically typed languages that support > multi-threading, so no ruby, lua or python, etc. > 2. Examples of this are languages such as Java, Pascal, Haxe, TypeScript, > Rust, Dart, Go, whatever. >
Re: thounghs about Nim language in godot
Nim isn't really designed as an embeddable language. It's good for "embedded systems", i.e. small microprocessors with small memory, but that's different. For performance (to avoid "waiting for Godot"), I'd look at Lua. * [https://www.lua.org/about.html](https://www.lua.org/about.html)
