I'd like to port (while I am still learning the engine) from UE4 & Unity the tools I am used to have in every project I start, whatever the engine is; but I can't do this for Stingray, because engine plugins are source only and it has no tools to workaround this limitation like Unity does.
Specifically, I'd like to port 8 plugins I always bring to all engines I use; some are Unity editor extensions... But the most important ones for me, for now, would be these:
https://brunoxavierleite.com/2015/10/21/savior-programming/ (auto-save game system for RPG/Action games)
https://github.com/BrUnOXaVIeRLeiTE/SCUE4-Plugin (a ~9.000 lines anti-cheat C++ plugin)
https://brunoxavierleite.com/2016/07/03/ue4-finite-state-machine/ (FSM based on delegates that I use on both UE4/Unity)
https://brunoxavierleite.com/2015/08/27/bxblextensions-programming/ (open functions library for UE4)
I want to learn Stingray, I'm not looking to build anything commercial with it right now so applying for Source access won't take me anywhere;
Under such circumstances all I can do is wait for more years until the engine supports better plugin development.
I would gladly donate these plugins on GitHub to Stingray community if Autodesk could agree to give me access to the code required to integrate engine plugins, provided I legally guarantee I will not leak any confidential information that must be protected. However I can't see Autodesk doing that for me.
Since there's no huge company behind my back, I rightly doubt would be possible for me to access the necessary stuff, Autodesk never replied to my inquiries before... I'd like to port those little systems, but in a way where it's not hard-coded to the project thus a Plugin makes sense however it's not possible so I still keep playing around with UE4 as a part-time job; but honestly Unreal Engine 4 is not a challenge anymore, I'd like to learn something new (Stingray or CryEngine5) and contribute to the community while doing so. I have currently 4 hours a day free to do this, my experience with CryTek so far has been terrible so now I am looking at you and Lumberyard to decide where I will start a new game project next year.
What I'm asking, is for an open plugin API like all the other open engines have; so then we can share useful tools/code and it helps your community to grow faster/better too.
