Have you played OE-Cake?
You should know what mixmode is if you have.
It WILL be hard, but it could be something to work at.
For a long time.
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As in, you press a key(M) then select items (upto 10, used with number keys: press 1 and then the element) and then press M and use your element. /* For them who haven't played OE-cake, mixmode mixes element properties into one element */. These could be save into custom stamp-type files, but combined into a single file. Then you could share the files and some program(a data to C translator) could auto-generate code from the .dat file, making new element coding an easy task. */ Edit: Could implement into the Console.

I know, making this happen requires new empty elements, new functions, new classes, data structures etc etc... It's only in idea state for now. Is it possible? Can it be accomplished in C/C++ ? Would it make the game slower? . . . Edit: BUMP

BUMP. - - - - - - - - - Too short message - - - - - - - - - -- --- - - --

By the way, that could make compile, test, compile, test.. a "old" type of executing. A library of elements would be awesome.