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Changes for page Breaking Changes

Last modified by Michael Baumgardt on 2026/04/17 12:03
From version 27.1
edited by florian
on 2019/03/14 11:33
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To version 35.1
edited by owen
on 2019/08/15 17:14
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30 30  Scripts
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33 +3.0 Beta 1
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35 +(((
36 +Script action **<set_doors_locked/>** attribute **'group'** changed
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38 +|(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
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40 +The 'group' attribute of <set_doors_locked/> can no longer be a list. It must be a single tag value. Previously, a list containing one tag was accepted, which was redundant.
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47 +3.0 Beta 1
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49 +(((
50 +Script conditions **<event_hack_*/>** and **<event_controlpanel_hack_*/>** removed
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52 +|(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
53 +(((
54 +//These events were never triggered, with the exception of <event_hack_started/> on the player entity for instant control panel hacks. Use <event_player_hacked_object> instead.//
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58 +Scripts
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61 +3.0 Beta 1
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63 +(((
64 +Script actions **<set_hack_target/>** and **<abort_hack/>** removed
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66 +|(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
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68 +//These actions had no effect and were removed.//
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72 +Scripts
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75 +3.0 Beta 1
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77 +(((
78 +**<setup_conversation_minigame/>** script action removed
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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 +//The script action was a leftover 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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86 +Scripts
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89 +3.0 Beta 1
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92 +<add_player_choice_*> **confidence** attribute removed
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94 +|(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
95 +(((
96 +//The default confidence of player options is another leftover from the XR era and had no effect in X4.//
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100 +Scripts
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103 +3.0 Beta 1
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106 +**<hack_via_control_panel/>** script action removed
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108 +|(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
109 +(((
110 +//Unused script action <hack_via_control_panel/> was removed.//
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114 +UI core
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117 +3.0 Beta 1
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119 +(((
120 +**Lua: **GetMiniGameCursorPosition() removed
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122 +|(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
123 +(((
124 +//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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128 +Scripts
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131 +3.0 Beta 1
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134 +**$ware.illegal** updated
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136 +|(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
137 +(((
138 +//$ware.illegal used to return true if the specified ware has the 'illegal' tag which is no longer used.//
139 +\\//It now returns true if $ware is illegal to any faction in the game.//
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143 +Scripts
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146 +3.0 Beta 1
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149 +'**checkoperational**' filter behaviour changed
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153 +//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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155 +//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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159 +Scripts
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162 +3.0 Beta 1
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165 +MD script **RML_Flight_Along_Path** removed
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167 +|(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
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169 +//The MD script RML_Flight_Along_Path was not referened and was removed.//
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173 +UI core
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176 +2.20 Beta 3/4
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179 +**Lua: GetControllerInfo()** returned mouseSteering/mouseCursor values are undefined.
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181 +|(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
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183 +//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.
184 +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.//
185 +
186 +//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.
187 +//
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191 +Scripts
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33 33  2.20 Beta 3
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