Extending Crossfire

There are several different ways to extend Crossfire. Here is a summary of the different options available:

Type	Language	Update Without Restart	Local Events	Global Events	Extension Becomes GPL
Custom Type	C++	No	Yes	No	Yes
Module	C++	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Plugins	Any (C FFI)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Python	Python	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

Events

Crossfire extensions implement functionalities by "hooking" into events. See Events.