evennia/docs/source/Evennia-API.md

API Summary

evennia - library source tree

• evennia.accounts - the out-of-character entities representing players
• evennia.commands - handle all inputs. Also includes default commands
• evennia.comms - in-game channels and messaging
• evennia.contrib - game-specific tools and code contributed by the community
• evennia.help - in-game help system
• evennia.locks - limiting access to various systems and resources
• evennia.objects - all in-game entities, like Rooms, Characters, Exits etc
• evennia.prototypes - customize entities using dicts
• evennia.scripts - all out-of-character game objects
• evennia.server - core Server and Portal programs, also network protocols
• evennia.typeclasses - core database-python bridge
• evennia.utils - lots of useful coding tools and utilities
• evennia.web - webclient, website and other web resources

Shortcuts

Evennia's 'flat API' has shortcuts to common tools, available by only importing evennia. The flat API is defined in __init__.py viewable here

Main config

• evennia.settings_default - all settings (modify/override in mygame/server/settings.py)

Search functions

• evennia.search_account
• evennia.search_object
• evennia.search_tag
• evennia.search_script
• evennia.search_channel
• evennia.search_message
• evennia.search_help

Create functions

• evennia.create_account
• evennia.create_object
• evennia.create_script
• evennia.create_channel
• evennia.create_help_entry
• evennia.create_message

Typeclasses

• evennia.DefaultAccount - player account class (docs)
• evennia.DefaultGuest - base guest account class
• evennia.DefaultObject - base class for all objects (docs)
• evennia.DefaultCharacter - base class for in-game characters (docs)
• evennia.DefaultRoom - base class for rooms (docs)
• evennia.DefaultExit - base class for exits (docs)
• evennia.DefaultScript - base class for OOC-objects (docs)
• evennia.DefaultChannel - base class for in-game channels (docs)

Commands

• evennia.Command - base Command class. See also evennia.default_cmds.MuxCommand

• evennia.CmdSet - base CmdSet class

• evennia.default_cmds - access all default command classes as properties

• evennia.syscmdkeys - access system command keys as properties

Utilities

• evennia.utils.utils - mixed useful utilities
• evennia.gametime - server run- and game time (docs)
• evennia.logger - logging tools
• evennia.ansi - ansi coloring tools
• evennia.spawn - spawn/prototype system (docs)
• evennia.lockfuncs - default lock functions for access control (docs)
• evennia.EvMenu - menu system (docs)
• evennia.EvTable - text table creater
• evennia.EvForm - text form creator
• Evennia.EvMore - text paginator
• evennia.EvEditor - in game text line editor (docs)
• evennia.utils.funcparser.Funcparser - inline parsing of functions (docs)

Global singleton handlers

• evennia.TICKER_HANDLER - allow objects subscribe to tickers (docs)
• evennia.MONITOR_HANDLER - monitor changes (docs)
• evennia.SESSION_HANDLER - manages all sessionsmain session handler

Database core models (for more advanced lookups)

• evennia.ObjectDB
• evennia.accountDB
• evennia.ScriptDB
• evennia.ChannelDB
• evennia.Msg
• evennia.managers - contains shortcuts to all database managers

Contributions

• evennia.contrib game-specific contributions and plugins

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