WOTgreal
Encyclopedia
WOTgreal is an integrated development environment
for developing scripts in UnrealScript
, a scripting language
used to create computer games. It is developed and maintained by Dean Harmon. The name WOTgreal refers to The Wheel of Time
series of novels and its video-game adaptation, which was developed with the Unreal engine
. The "greal" part of the name derives from terangreal (magic artifacts and spells in the series).
Three different versions are available: Trial, Standard, and Professional. In the Trial version, some options are limited. The standard version removes these limitations, and the Professional version adds support for revision control
, such as Microsoft Visual SourceSafe
, CVS
, and Perforce
.
Integrated development environment
An integrated development environment is a software application that provides comprehensive facilities to computer programmers for software development...
for developing scripts in UnrealScript
UnrealScript
UnrealScript is the scripting language of the Unreal Engine and is used for authoring game code and gameplay events....
, a scripting language
Scripting language
A scripting language, script language, or extension language is a programming language that allows control of one or more applications. "Scripts" are distinct from the core code of the application, as they are usually written in a different language and are often created or at least modified by the...
used to create computer games. It is developed and maintained by Dean Harmon. The name WOTgreal refers to The Wheel of Time
The Wheel of Time
The Wheel of Time is a series of epic fantasy novels written by American author James Oliver Rigney, Jr., under the pen name Robert Jordan. Originally planned as a six-book series, the length was increased by increments; at the time of Rigney's death, he expected it to be 12, but it will actually...
series of novels and its video-game adaptation, which was developed with the Unreal engine
Unreal Engine
The Unreal Engine is a game engine developed by Epic Games, first illustrated in the 1998 first-person shooter game Unreal. Although primarily developed for first-person shooters, it has been successfully used in a variety of other genres, including stealth, MMORPGs and RPGs...
. The "greal" part of the name derives from terangreal (magic artifacts and spells in the series).
Three different versions are available: Trial, Standard, and Professional. In the Trial version, some options are limited. The standard version removes these limitations, and the Professional version adds support for revision control
Revision control
Revision control, also known as version control and source control , is the management of changes to documents, programs, and other information stored as computer files. It is most commonly used in software development, where a team of people may change the same files...
, such as Microsoft Visual SourceSafe
Microsoft Visual SourceSafe
Microsoft Visual SourceSafe is a source control software package oriented towards small software development projects. Like most source control systems, SourceSafe creates a virtual library of computer files...
, CVS
Concurrent Versions System
The Concurrent Versions System , also known as the Concurrent Versioning System, is a client-server free software revision control system in the field of software development. Version control system software keeps track of all work and all changes in a set of files, and allows several developers ...
, and Perforce
Perforce
Perforce is a commercial, proprietary, centralized revision control system developed by Perforce Software, Inc.-Architecture:Perforce is a client/server system.The server manages a central database and a master repository of file versions....
.
Features
- Syntax highlightingSyntax highlightingSyntax highlighting is a feature of some text editors that display text—especially source code—in different colors and fonts according to the category of terms. This feature eases writing in a structured language such as a programming language or a markup language as both structures and...
- Code navigation
- Integrated compilerCompilerA compiler is a computer program that transforms source code written in a programming language into another computer language...
- Integrated debuggerDebuggerA debugger or debugging tool is a computer program that is used to test and debug other programs . The code to be examined might alternatively be running on an instruction set simulator , a technique that allows great power in its ability to halt when specific conditions are encountered but which...
- ClassClass (computer science)In object-oriented programming, a class is a construct that is used as a blueprint to create instances of itself – referred to as class instances, class objects, instance objects or simply objects. A class defines constituent members which enable these class instances to have state and behavior...
and package browsers - Customizeable toolbars, menu short-cuts, keyboard configuration and tools
- Macro support
- Support for all Unreal Engine games