[blackdevil72]

Hello!

First I've searched for that quite a lot and don't seem to have found any answer not in the sourcepawn/sourcemod doc nor on this forum. So if the answer is somewhere out there I'm sorry just please point me to the right direction. Thank a lot.

Cominf fom other language I've taken some habit.

For more easy reading and maintainance of my code I want to include various .sp in my main plugin file. Is that possible and how?

I tried to do:

PHP Code:

#include <sourcemod>
#include <myplugin_folder/myplugin_func.sp>
#include <myplugin_folder/myplugin_func2.sp> 


But when I try to compile I always end up with a "fatal error 183 can't read file".

Thank you again for your help.

[eyal282]

I think the file should go into scripting rather than scripting/include when including an .sp file but I am not sure in general as I prefer a large plugin.

[farawayf]

try #include "myplugin_folder/myplugin_func.sp"
instead of #include <myplugin_folder/myplugin_func.sp>

[Powerlord]

Originally Posted by farawayf try #include "myplugin_folder/myplugin_func.sp" instead of #include <myplugin_folder/myplugin_func.sp>

I second this.

I like to break large plugins into multiple files based on a separation of concerns.

While it's not exactly well maintained anymore, the NativeVotes plugin is split into 3 files:

• main plugin, which houses the main API declarations and general housekeeping
• data storage functions which back the NativeVote methodmap
• functions that vary based on the game engine in use

The data storage stuff was originally separate so that I could change out the implementation in a way that would be transparent to plugins that use the NativeVote API.

The third file probably should have been split into multiple different plugins instead and if I ever rewrite said plugin it probably will be, which would also allow it to support non-Valve games too.

[ThatKidWhoGames]

Originally Posted by Powerlord I second this. I like to break large plugins into multiple files based on a separation of concerns. While it's not exactly well maintained anymore, the NativeVotes plugin is split into 3 files: main plugin, which houses the main API declarations and general housekeeping data storage functions which back the NativeVote methodmap functions that vary based on the game engine in use The data storage stuff was originally separate so that I could change out the implementation in a way that would be transparent to plugins that use the NativeVote API. The third file probably should have been split into multiple different plugins instead and if I ever rewrite said plugin it probably will be, which would also allow it to support non-Valve games too.

I second this as well, makes organization so much easier.

[blackdevil72]

Thank you every one that is what I was searching for. For the sake of any one searching this in the future here is a short resume of this:

PHP Code:

#include <something> 


Will search .inc files in the "include" folder

PHP Code:

#include <something.sp> 


wilt search .sp files in the "include" folder

PHP Code:

#include "something.sp" 


will search .sp files in the same folder

[sdz]

includes inside of angle brackets (<this>) should be used for compiler specific inclusion or something like that, this is a c and c++ thing
anything else like externals, go enclosed in quotations like "this.sp"

although im fairly sure it will also include .inc files if you do like #include <includefile>