[Tutor] 'Installing' Python at runtime? (Civilization)

[Japhy Bartlett]

a common approach is to embed python in a compiled binary

On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 9:18 PM, Steven D'Aprano <steve at pearwood.info> wrote:
> Alan Gauld wrote:
>>
>> "C.Y. Ruhulessin" <izzaddin.ruhulessin at gmail.com> wrote
>>
>>> When I load up Civilization IV, a Firaxis game, the loading screen tells
>>> me
>>> "Loading Python".
>>>
>>> However, I can't seem to find out where it installs python
>>
>> It probably doesn't actually install Python it is simply loading
>> the interpreter into memory.
>
> That's what it says... it says "Loading Python", not installing it. It would
> include a version of Python when the game was installed, possibly embedded
> in the Civilization game itself. *Installing* Python each time you start the
> game would be silly.
>
> To find out where it is installed, use your operating system's Find Files
> utility to search for a file named "python". If you don't find it, that
> could mean they have renamed it something else, or it is embedded in the
> game where you can't get to it.
>
>
>> It probably uses Python as its macro language for configuration
>> or customisation. To execute those scripts it will need to load
>> a DLL containing the interpreter code. I don't know for sure
>> but I'd guess that's what it means.
>
> Many games use Python as a scripting language. (Lua is another popular
> choice.) The multiplayer game EVE maintains a special port of Python called
> "stackless".
>
>
> --
> Steven
>
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