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Hi,
I finally managed to take a closer look into the interface.
(Turned out the GraalVM is too bugged to just execute LLVM files compiled out of C++ sources, as it is supposed to, so I will probably go with JNI approach for now)
I appreciate your effort to make phoenix available in many ways ;) Thank you.

Let's say I want to create some kind of reimplementation of Gothic game.
As I understand, I can use your virtual machine to execute compiled gothic scripts (GOTHIC.DAT) and that should fill my game world with all the content like NPCs and items. This can probably be achieved with:
PxDaedalusScript pxScriptLoad(PxBuffer buffer);
In order for the virtual machine to actually have any effect on my game, I need to bind all Dedalus commands (those: https://github.com/GothicII/EnglishCleanedScripts/blob/master/Content/AI/AI_Intern/Externals.d) to my own Java methods, using this:
void pxVmRegisterExternal(PxVm vm, String name, PxVmExternalCallback cb);
so that any time Dedalus tries to do something in the game, my binded Java methods will reflect those actions in the game mechanics.
Is my understanding correct so far?

I have a question regarding the VM itself. Is it stateless in terms of game world content? The way I see it, any change to NPC/Item made by Dedalus have to be reflected in the state of my own Java objects and that is the only place where the modified state is stored. VM does not store any global data, like current state of the Hero, quests, etc. Right?

Cheers