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Last modified by Michael Baumgardt on 2026/04/17 12:03
From version 28.1
edited by stefan
on 2019/03/14 12:26
Change comment: added breaking change note on GetControllerInfo()
To version 34.1
edited by klaus
on 2019/06/28 12:10
Change comment: Removed script features related to minigame and hacking

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27 27  )))
28 28  |(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
29 29  (((
30 +Scripts
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32 +(((
33 +3.0 Beta 1
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35 +(((
36 +Script conditions **<event_hack_*/>** and **<event_controlpanel_hack_*/>** 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 +//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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43 +(((
44 +Scripts
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46 +(((
47 +3.0 Beta 1
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49 +(((
50 +Script actions **<set_hack_target/>** and **<abort_hack/>** removed
51 +)))
52 +|(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
53 +(((
54 +//These actions had no effect and were removed.//
55 +)))
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58 +Scripts
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60 +(((
61 +3.0 Beta 1
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63 +(((
64 +**<setup_conversation_minigame/>** script action removed
65 +)))
66 +|(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
67 +(((
68 +//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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75 +3.0 Beta 1
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77 +(((
78 +<add_player_choice_*> **confidence** attribute 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 default confidence of player options is another leftover from the XR era and had no effect in X4.//
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86 +Scripts
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89 +3.0 Beta 1
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91 +(((
92 +**<hack_via_control_panel/>** script action 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 +//Unused script action <hack_via_control_panel/> was removed.//
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99 +(((
30 30  UI core
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103 +3.0 Beta 1
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105 +(((
106 +**Lua: **GetMiniGameCursorPosition() 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 +//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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114 +Scripts
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117 +3.0 Beta 1
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119 +(((
120 +**$ware.illegal** updated
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122 +|(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
123 +(((
124 +//$ware.illegal used to return true if the specified ware has the 'illegal' tag which is no longer used.//
125 +\\//It now returns true if $ware is illegal to any faction in the game.//
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129 +Scripts
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132 +3.0 Beta 1
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134 +(((
135 +'**checkoperational**' filter behaviour changed
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139 +//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.//
140 +
141 +//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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145 +Scripts
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148 +3.0 Beta 1
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150 +(((
151 +MD script **RML_Flight_Along_Path** removed
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153 +|(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
154 +(((
155 +//The MD script RML_Flight_Along_Path was not referened and was removed.//
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159 +UI core
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33 33  2.20 Beta 3/4
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