Getting external variables

[Tyler21]

I was wondering whether it is possible to import external variables (for instance from an online spreadsheet) into the game via some script.
I am asking this because I was thinking about a very primitive multiplayer mod (where players can assist each other) and this would be necessity.

[warren]

Absolutely not. There is no way to communicate with the outside world from CRPL scripts.

[Telanir]

Yeah, have to agree with Warren. We want to keep things in-project and super limited otherwise you get all sorts of security issues. Maps don't go through a review process so we don't know what people might be dishonest and do something shady.
This was never supported, I don't suppose it will be later either.

[Tyler21]

Thanks for the quick replies, I'll make another map then :)

[planetfall]

Actually, you can detect whether a specific shield key has been collected, which allows different maps to communicate with each other in a rudimentary way. However there is no way to rescind a shield key once collected without the player manually modifying artifactstats.dat