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Changes for page Breaking Changes

Last modified by Michael Baumgardt on 2026/04/17 12:03
From version 22.1
edited by stefan
on 2019/02/08 12:09
Change comment: multiple corrections/layout tweaks
To version 31.1
edited by stefan
on 2019/06/25 13:43
Change comment: added breaking change for GetMiniGameCursorPosition()

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25 25  )))|=(((
26 26  Summary
27 27  )))
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29 +(((
30 +UI core
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32 +(((
33 +3.0 Beta 1
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35 +(((
36 +**Lua: **GetMiniGameCursorPosition() removed
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39 +(((
40 +GetMiniGameCursorPosition() was a left over from the XR era and never supposed to be shipped with X4. The function practically always returned 0 and hence we don't expect the removal of this obsolete function causing any actual mod to break.
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44 +Scripts
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47 +3.0 Beta 1
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49 +(((
50 +$ware.illegal updated
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53 +(((
54 +$ware.illegal used to return true if the specified ware has the 'illegal' tag which is no longer used.
55 +\\It now returns true if $ware is illegal to any faction in the game.
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58 +(((
59 +Scripts
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62 +3.0 Beta 1
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64 +(((
65 +'checkoperational' filter behaviour changed
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68 +(((
69 +//Actions and conditions which use the 'checkoperational' filter now behave differently. Instead of changing how 'class' and 'exactclass' behave, checkoperational == true adds an additional filter for the components being of state operational, equivalent to state="componentstate.operational". This is implicitly enabled in action elements (e.g. <find_.../>) or condition elements (e.g. <count_...>), meaning that find_ship will only find operational ships. Using such actions/conditions with checkoperational="false" will include non-operational components such as wrecked and constructions. Existing uses may find that results now exclude non-operational components.//
70 +
71 +//Sub nodes such as match_child will have checkoperational default to false. Existing uses may find that results now include non-operational components.//
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75 +Scripts
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78 +3.0 Beta 1
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80 +(((
81 +MD script **RML_Flight_Along_Path** removed
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83 +|(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
84 +(((
85 +//The MD script RML_Flight_Along_Path was not referened and was removed.//
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89 +UI core
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91 +(((
92 +2.20 Beta 3/4
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94 +(((
95 +**Lua: GetControllerInfo()** returned mouseSteering/mouseCursor values are undefined.
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97 +|(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
98 +(((
99 +//2.20 Beta 3 introduced the new direct mouse steering mode. The mode was however not integrated as a first level mode and hence GetControllerInfo() returned the "gamepad" mode while direct mouse steering was active.
100 +In 2.20 Beta 4 we improved the situation slightly so that a call to GetControllerInfo() will return either "mouseCursor" or "mouseSteering" in any of the 3 mouse modes.//
101 +
102 +//It's a pending change to ensure that the returned mode is more reasonable in an upcoming patch. So be aware that another breaking change might be introduced at some point.
103 +//
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107 +Scripts
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110 +2.20 Beta 3
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112 +(((
113 +Attribute for build related conditions e.g. **<event_build_finished/>** renamed from 'buildmodule' to 'buildprocessor'
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117 +//The underlying behaviour remains the same in that it involves the buildprocessor, not the buildmodule. The attribute name has simply been corrected.//
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121 +Scripts
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124 +2.00 Beta 1
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126 +(((
127 +**<event_build_finished/> **param2 now returns null instead of a construction sequence
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131 +//The construction sequence which was finished should now be accessed via the buildtask provided via param3.//
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135 +Scripts
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138 +2.00 Beta 1
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140 +(((
141 +**param.boarding.{...}** strength parameters removed
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144 +(((
145 +//The 'recruitstrength', 'veteranstrength' and 'elitestrength' script parameters were no longer required for balancing the boarding gameplay, and were removed.//
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149 +Scripts
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152 +2.00 Beta 1
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154 +(((
155 +**$defensible.boardee/$defensible.boarder** and **<set_object_boarder/>/<remove_object_boarder/>** removed
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157 +|(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
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159 +//Due to changes to boarding in X4, the boarding connections accessed by these script properties and actions became redundent and thus, removed. Any connections set by these actions in a savegame will not survive loading.//
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29 29  UI extensions
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160 160  )))|(((
161 161  1.50 Beta 2
162 162  )))|(((
163 -**FFI**: Added "**operational**" field to (% style="color: rgb(0,0,0);" %)**UpgradeGroupInfo **struct.
296 +**FFI: UpgradeGroupInfo **datatype was changed.(% class="confluenceTd" %)
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167 -//Added information about number of operational upgrades in a group, affected functions: (% style="color: rgb(0,0,0);" %)GetUpgradeGroupInfo().//
300 +//Added new "operational" field to retrieve information about number of operational upgrades in a group.//
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174 174  1.50 Beta 1
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176 176  (((
177 -**FFI:** Removed **SetGuidance()** argument useinfopoint.
310 +**FFI: SetGuidance()** removed useinfopoint argument.
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188 188  )))|(((
189 189  1.50 Beta 1
190 190  )))|(((
191 -**FFI:** Changed return value for (% style="color: rgb(0,0,0);" %)**CancelConstruction()**.
324 +**FFI: CancelConstruction() **changed its return value.(% class="confluenceTd" %)
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195 -(% style="color: rgb(0,0,0);" %)CancelConstruction() now returns if the cancellation was successful.
328 +(% style="color: rgb(0,0,0);" %)//CancelConstruction() now returns if the cancellation was successful. //
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198 198  UI extensions
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199 199  )))|(((
200 200  1.32
201 201  )))|(((
202 -**Lua:** Removed **GetComponentData()** property "**nextdestname**".
335 +**Lua: GetComponentData() **removed the "nextdestname" property.
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206 -//Instead of "nextdestname", use the GetComponentData() properties "destination" or "destinationsector" to retrieve a destination component, then retrieve its "name" property.//
339 +//Instead of "nextdestname", use the properties "destination" or "destinationsector" to retrieve a destination component, then retrieve its "name" property.//
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209 209  UI extensions
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210 210  )))|(((
211 211  1.20
212 212  )))|(((
213 -**FFI**: Added "**useconfig**" parameter to (% style="color: rgb(0,0,0);" %)**GetAAOption()**.
346 +**FFI: GetAAOption()** got a new "useconfig" parameter.(% class="confluenceTd" %)
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215 215  |(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
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217 -//The AA setting was changed to check the new setting with the user. In order to restore the old setting (% style="color: rgb(0,0,0);" %)**GetAAOption() **gets the option to retrieve the config settings.//
350 +//The AA setting was changed to check the new setting with the user. In order to restore the old setting (% style="color: rgb(0,0,0);" %)GetAAOption() gets the option to retrieve the config settings.//
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