#Global Hooks

$GameInit:
[
	if cf.fileExists("vn.tbl",".\data\vn\",true) then
		--load vn constants.
		--Initialize variables for state machine.
		VN_STATE_INIT = -1 --This is the state that's set when the vn stage just changed.
		VN_STATE_CREATE_BACKGROUND = 0
		VN_STATE_INIT_UI_COMP = 1
		VN_STATE_TEXT_DRAW = 2
		VN_STATE_CHARACTER_GEN = 3
		VN_STATE_STAGE_TRANSITION = 4
		VN_STATE_CHARACTER_TRANSITION = 5
		VN_STATE_WAITING = 6 --Everything's loaded. Waiting for player input in this state.
		VN_STATE_TRANSITION_CHOICE = 7
		VN_STATE_ACTIVATE_CHOICE = 8
		VN_STATE_CHOICE_SELECTED = 9
		VN_STATE_END = 10

		--background transition state.
		VN_TRANSITION_FADE = 0
		VN_TRANSITION_CROSSFADE = 1

		--character transition state
		VN_CTRANISTION_FADE = 0
		VN_CTRANSITION_ROTATE = 1

		--begin file openning.
		local file_vntbl = cf.openFile("vn.tbl","r",".\data\vn\")
		vntbl_parse_skip_this = false
		if file_vntbl.isValid() then
			local item_read = file_vntbl.read("*l")
			while item_read ~= nil do

				--scan for comments like these~!
				item_read = strip_comment(item_read)
				if vntbl_parse_skip_this ~= true then

				else
					vntbl_parse_skip_this = false
				end


				item_read = file_vntbl.read("*l") --read next line and reevaluate conditional.
			end
			bool_vntblactive = true
			file_vntbl.close()
		else
			ba.warn("vn.tbl loading failure. Something went wrong!")
		end

	end

	function strip_comment(str_line)
		local comment_index1 = string.find(str_line, ";")
		if comment_index1 ~= nil then
			if comment_index1 = 1 then --if line starts with a semicolon then skip this entirely
				vntbl_parse_skip_this = true
			else
				to_parse1 = string.sub(str_line,1,(comment_index1 - 1))
				return to_parse1
			end
		end

	end

	function lineParse(str_s)


	end
]

#Conditional Hooks

$State: GS_STATE_CMD_BRIEF

$On State Start:
[
	if bool_vntblactive == true then
		boolean_IsVNActive = false
		local str_MissionName = getMissionFilename() .. "-vn.tbm"
		if cf.fileExists(str_MissionName,".\data\vn\",true) then

			file_vn = cf.openFile(str_MissionName,"r",".\data\vn\")
			if file_vn.isValid() then
				--file parsing here
				local item_read = file_vn.read("*l")
				while item_read ~= nil do

					item_read = file_vn.read("*l")
				end
				vnState = VN_STATE_INIT
				boolean_IsVNActive = true --ready to start!
				file_vn.close()
			else
				ba.warn("file " .. str_MissionName .. " was not able to be openned properly! Reverting to normal command briefing."
				--failure block
			end
		end
		--If vn file doesn't exist, then we just resume as normal.
	end
	--If vn.tbl doesn't exist or wasn't loaded right, we continue using the normal CB code.
]

$On Frame:

[
	if boolean_IsVNActive == true then

		if vnState = VN_STATE_END then
			--ba.postGameEvent(gameevent Event)
		end
	end
]

#End