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Last modified by Michael Baumgardt on 2026/04/17 12:03
From version 30.1
edited by nick
on 2019/06/12 12:45
Change comment: documented $ware.illegal change
To version 37.1
edited by nick
on 2019/09/02 12:03
Change comment: There is no comment for this version

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33 33  3.0 Beta 1
34 34  )))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
35 35  (((
36 -$ware.illegal updated
36 +Script action **<add_actor_to_room/> **attribute **'room'** renamed to **'object'**
37 37  )))
38 38  |(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
39 39  (((
40 -$ware.illegal used to return true if the specified ware has the 'illegal' tag which is no longer used.
41 -\\It now returns true if $ware is illegal to any faction in the game.
40 +Due to engine changes, script action <add_actor_to_room/> has had the attribute 'room' changed to 'object', which is more accurate. Most likely requires a 'position' if a slot is not provided.
42 42  )))
43 43  |(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
44 44  (((
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48 48  3.0 Beta 1
49 49  )))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
50 50  (((
51 -'checkoperational' filter behaviour changed
50 +Script action **<set_doors_locked/>** attribute **'group'** changed
52 52  )))
53 53  |(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
54 54  (((
54 +//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.//
55 +)))
56 +|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
57 +(((
58 +Scripts
59 +)))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
60 +(((
61 +3.0 Beta 1
62 +)))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
63 +(((
64 +Script conditions **<event_hack_*/>** and **<event_controlpanel_hack_*/>** removed
65 +)))
66 +|(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
67 +(((
68 +//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.//
69 +)))
70 +|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
71 +(((
72 +Scripts
73 +)))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
74 +(((
75 +3.0 Beta 1
76 +)))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
77 +(((
78 +Script actions **<set_hack_target/>** and **<abort_hack/>** removed
79 +)))
80 +|(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
81 +(((
82 +//These actions had no effect and were removed.//
83 +)))
84 +|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
85 +(((
86 +Scripts
87 +)))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
88 +(((
89 +3.0 Beta 1
90 +)))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
91 +(((
92 +**<setup_conversation_minigame/>** script action removed
93 +)))
94 +|(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
95 +(((
96 +//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.//
97 +)))
98 +|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
99 +(((
100 +Scripts
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102 +(((
103 +3.0 Beta 1
104 +)))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
105 +(((
106 +<add_player_choice_*> **confidence** attribute removed
107 +)))
108 +|(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
109 +(((
110 +//The default confidence of player options is another leftover from the XR era and had no effect in X4.//
111 +)))
112 +|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
113 +(((
114 +Scripts
115 +)))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
116 +(((
117 +3.0 Beta 1
118 +)))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
119 +(((
120 +**<hack_via_control_panel/>** script action removed
121 +)))
122 +|(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
123 +(((
124 +//Unused script action <hack_via_control_panel/> was removed.//
125 +)))
126 +|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
127 +(((
128 +UI core
129 +)))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
130 +(((
131 +3.0 Beta 1
132 +)))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
133 +(((
134 +**Lua: **GetMiniGameCursorPosition() removed
135 +)))
136 +|(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
137 +(((
138 +//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.//
139 +)))
140 +|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
141 +(((
142 +Scripts
143 +)))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
144 +(((
145 +3.0 Beta 1
146 +)))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
147 +(((
148 +**$ware.illegal** updated
149 +)))
150 +|(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
151 +(((
152 +//$ware.illegal used to return true if the specified ware has the 'illegal' tag which is no longer used.//
153 +\\//It now returns true if $ware is illegal to any faction in the game.//
154 +)))
155 +|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
156 +(((
157 +Scripts
158 +)))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
159 +(((
160 +3.0 Beta 1
161 +)))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
162 +(((
163 +'**checkoperational**' filter behaviour changed
164 +)))
165 +|(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
166 +(((
55 55  //Actions and conditions which use the 'checkoperational' filter now behave differently. Instead of changing how 'class' and 'exactclass' behave, checkoperational == true adds an additional filter for the components being of state operational, equivalent to state="componentstate.operational". This is implicitly enabled in action elements (e.g. <find_.../>) or condition elements (e.g. <count_...>), meaning that find_ship will only find operational ships. Using such actions/conditions with checkoperational="false" will include non-operational components such as wrecked and constructions. Existing uses may find that results now exclude non-operational components.//
56 56  
57 57  //Sub nodes such as match_child will have checkoperational default to false. Existing uses may find that results now include non-operational components.//
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70 70  (((
71 71  //The MD script RML_Flight_Along_Path was not referened and was removed.//
72 72  )))
185 +|(((
186 +Scripts
187 +)))|(((
188 +2.60 Beta 1
189 +)))|(((
190 +$container.supplyresources behavior changed
191 +)))
192 +|(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
193 +(((
194 +//The script keyword $container.supplyresources now includes reserved wares.//
195 +)))
73 73  |(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
74 74  (((
75 75  UI core
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1 -https://www.egosoft.com:8444/confluence/wiki/spaces/X4WIKI/pages/83460675/Breaking Changes
1 +https://www.egosoft.com:8444/confluence/wiki/spaces/X4WIKI/pages/85132000/Breaking Changes