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Changes for page Breaking Changes

Last modified by Michael Baumgardt on 2026/04/17 12:03
From version 24.1
edited by owen
on 2019/02/15 09:19
Change comment: 2.0 B1 breaking changes for scripts
To version 33.1
edited by stefan
on 2019/06/26 12:02
Change comment: added setup_conversation_minigame note

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30 30  Scripts
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32 32  (((
33 +3.0 Beta 1
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35 +(((
36 +<setup_conversation_minigame/> script action removed
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38 +|(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
39 +(((
40 +//The script action was a left over from the XR era and was never supported in X4 and couldn't be used in a meaningful way. It was therefore decided to better drop it altogether as it's not expected having been used by any mods.//
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44 +Scripts
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47 +3.0 Beta 1
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49 +(((
50 +<hack_via_control_panel/> script action removed
51 +)))
52 +|(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
53 +(((
54 +//Unused script action <hack_via_control_panel/> was removed.//
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57 +(((
58 +UI core
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60 +(((
61 +3.0 Beta 1
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63 +(((
64 +**Lua: **GetMiniGameCursorPosition() removed
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66 +|(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
67 +(((
68 +//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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72 +Scripts
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75 +3.0 Beta 1
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77 +(((
78 +$ware.illegal updated
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80 +|(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
81 +(((
82 +$ware.illegal used to return true if the specified ware has the 'illegal' tag which is no longer used.
83 +\\It now returns true if $ware is illegal to any faction in the game.
84 +)))
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87 +Scripts
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90 +3.0 Beta 1
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92 +(((
93 +'checkoperational' filter behaviour changed
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95 +|(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
96 +(((
97 +//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.//
98 +
99 +//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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103 +Scripts
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106 +3.0 Beta 1
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108 +(((
109 +MD script **RML_Flight_Along_Path** removed
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111 +|(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
112 +(((
113 +//The MD script RML_Flight_Along_Path was not referened and was removed.//
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117 +UI core
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119 +(((
120 +2.20 Beta 3/4
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123 +**Lua: GetControllerInfo()** returned mouseSteering/mouseCursor values are undefined.
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126 +(((
127 +//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.
128 +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.//
129 +
130 +//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.
131 +//
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135 +Scripts
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138 +2.20 Beta 3
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141 +Attribute for build related conditions e.g. **<event_build_finished/>** renamed from 'buildmodule' to 'buildprocessor'
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145 +//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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149 +Scripts
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33 33  2.00 Beta 1
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