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Last modified by Michael Baumgardt on 2026/04/17 12:03
From version 23.1
edited by stefan
on 2019/02/08 12:15
Change comment: finished going through list
To version 32.1
edited by owen
on 2019/06/26 10:11
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25 25  )))|=(((
26 26  Summary
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30 +Scripts
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33 +3.0 Beta 1
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36 +<hack_via_control_panel/> script action removed
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40 +Unused script action <hack_via_control_panel/> was removed.
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44 +UI core
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47 +3.0 Beta 1
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50 +**Lua: **GetMiniGameCursorPosition() removed
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54 +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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61 +3.0 Beta 1
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64 +$ware.illegal updated
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68 +$ware.illegal used to return true if the specified ware has the 'illegal' tag which is no longer used.
69 +\\It now returns true if $ware is illegal to any faction in the game.
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73 +Scripts
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76 +3.0 Beta 1
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79 +'checkoperational' filter behaviour changed
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83 +//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.//
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85 +//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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92 +3.0 Beta 1
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95 +MD script **RML_Flight_Along_Path** removed
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99 +//The MD script RML_Flight_Along_Path was not referened and was removed.//
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103 +UI core
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106 +2.20 Beta 3/4
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109 +**Lua: GetControllerInfo()** returned mouseSteering/mouseCursor values are undefined.
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113 +//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.
114 +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.//
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116 +//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.
117 +//
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124 +2.20 Beta 3
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127 +Attribute for build related conditions e.g. **<event_build_finished/>** renamed from 'buildmodule' to 'buildprocessor'
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131 +//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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138 +2.00 Beta 1
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141 +**<event_build_finished/> **param2 now returns null instead of a construction sequence
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145 +//The construction sequence which was finished should now be accessed via the buildtask provided via param3.//
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152 +2.00 Beta 1
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155 +**param.boarding.{...}** strength parameters removed
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159 +//The 'recruitstrength', 'veteranstrength' and 'elitestrength' script parameters were no longer required for balancing the boarding gameplay, and were removed.//
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166 +2.00 Beta 1
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169 +**$defensible.boardee/$defensible.boarder** and **<set_object_boarder/>/<remove_object_boarder/>** removed
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173 +//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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