Modular stories

ShiftOS.Objects/Save.cs

@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ namespace ShiftOS.Objects
         }
 
         public int LastMonthPaid { get; set; }
+        public List<string> StoriesExperienced { get; set; }
 
         public int CountUpgrades()
         {

ShiftOS_TheReturn/Story.cs

@@ -37,6 +37,48 @@ namespace ShiftOS.Engine
 {
     public class Story
     {
+        public static void Start(string stid)
+        {
+            foreach (var exec in System.IO.Directory.GetFiles(Environment.CurrentDirectory))
+            {
+                if(exec.EndsWith(".exe") || exec.EndsWith(".dll"))
+                {
+                    try
+                    {
+                        if (SaveSystem.CurrentSave.StoriesExperienced == null)
+                            SaveSystem.CurrentSave.StoriesExperienced = new List<string>();
+                        var asm = Assembly.LoadFile(exec);
+                        foreach(var type in asm.GetTypes())
+                        {
+                            foreach(var mth in type.GetMethods(BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Static))
+                            {
+                                foreach(var attrib in mth.GetCustomAttributes(false))
+                                {
+                                    if(attrib is StoryAttribute)
+                                    {
+                                        var story = attrib as StoryAttribute;
+                                        if(story.StoryID == stid)
+                                        {
+                                            mth.Invoke(null, null);
+                                            SaveSystem.CurrentSave.StoriesExperienced.Add(stid);
+                                            return;
+                                        }
+                                    }
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                    catch { }
+                }
+            }
+#if DEBUG
+            throw new ArgumentException("Story ID not found: " + stid + " - Talk to Michael. NOW.");
+#else
+            Debug.Print("No such story: " + stid);
+#endif
+        }
+
+
         public static void RunFromInternalResource(string resource_id)
         {
             var t = typeof(Properties.Resources);
@@ -262,4 +304,25 @@ namespace ShiftOS.Engine
             thread.Start();
         }
     }
+
+    [AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Method, AllowMultiple = false)]
+    public class StoryAttribute : Attribute
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Creates a new instance of the <see cref="StoryAttribute"/> attribute. 
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="id">The ID of this story plot.</param>
+        /// <remarks>
+        ///     <para>
+        ///         The <see cref="StoryAttribute"/> is used to turn a static, public method into a story element. Using the specified <paramref name="id"/> argument, the ShiftOS Engine can determine whether this plot has already been experienced, and using the <see cref="Shiftorium"/> classes, the ID is treated as a special Shiftorium upgrade, and you can use the <see cref="RequiresUpgradeAttribute"/> attribute as well as the various other ways of determining whether a Shiftorium upgrade is installed to determine if this plot has been experienced.        
+        /// </para>
+        /// </remarks>
+        public StoryAttribute(string id)
+        {
+            StoryID = id;
+        }
+
+        public string StoryID { get; private set; }
+
+    }
 }