[SOLVED] [ACS] Turning array-based map code into a library?

[violgamba]

So, I do have a solution to this problem, but it's not great. I wonder if anyone can think of a better one.

I have an ACS system for my map to print one of many predefined messages. All the messages are stored in an array, and there's a script to display a message which takes an index to this array. This works fine, but I'd like to make this system common to multiple maps, so I'm trying to move the system into a library in the pk3 file. I've successfully moved other code into libraries, but this is the first one where the code depends on an array who's values must be set per-map.

The library code won't compile without a declaration of the array. This declaration is, ideally, in the map code, but the compiler can't see that. In C, I could use "extern" to tell the compiler that the declaration exists elsewhere, but this isn't available in ACS. Instead, the only solution apparent to me is to pre-define the array to, like, 99 empty strings, then fill the array from the map script when the map loads.

So, I am considering how to fill the array from the map script. Passing an array into a function isn't possible, so only I'm reduced to making a function that sets a single value for the library. Then I need to iterate over all messages for the map and call the function for each of them.

This is also doable, but not great. Also, my description of the system is a simplification. In fact, I have 4 separate arrays to hold different data points about each message.

So, can anyone think of a better solution to a library that relies on map-specific data other than the one I've come up with?

Thanks for sharing any thoughts you have.

[violgamba]

I ended up including the code instead of importing it as a library. It's still available to all maps, but now I can define the arrays in the map code. It'd still be nice to make a proper library for this, but #include works.