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Last modified by Michael Baumgardt on 2026/04/17 12:03
From version 31.1
edited by stefan
on 2019/06/25 13:43
Change comment: added breaking change for GetMiniGameCursorPosition()
To version 41.1
edited by stefan
on 2019/10/07 18:29
Change comment: added mission board case

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25 25  )))|=(((
26 26  Summary
27 27  )))
28 +|(% colspan="3" %)(% colspan="3" %)
29 +(((
30 +== 3.00 ==
31 +)))
28 28  |(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
29 29  (((
30 -UI core
34 +Global
31 31  )))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
32 32  (((
33 33  3.0 Beta 1
34 34  )))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
35 35  (((
36 -**Lua: **GetMiniGameCursorPosition() removed
40 +MissionBoard support dropped.
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 -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.
44 +//MissionBoards was a dummy asset type which was only used during early development and never meant to be shipped in the released version. If any mod tried to make use of this asset type, undefined behavior would occur. Therefore we cleaned things up in 3.0 Beta 1 including deprecating/removing any related UI/script function.//
41 41  )))
42 42  |(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
43 43  (((
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47 47  3.0 Beta 1
48 48  )))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
49 49  (((
50 -$ware.illegal updated
54 +Script action **<add_actor_to_room/> **attribute **'room'** renamed to **'object'**
51 51  )))
52 52  |(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
53 53  (((
54 -$ware.illegal used to return true if the specified ware has the 'illegal' tag which is no longer used.
55 -\\It now returns true if $ware is illegal to any faction in the game.
58 +//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.//
56 56  )))
57 57  |(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
58 58  (((
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62 62  3.0 Beta 1
63 63  )))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
64 64  (((
65 -'checkoperational' filter behaviour changed
68 +Script action **<set_doors_locked/>** attribute **'group'** changed
66 66  )))
67 67  |(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
68 68  (((
69 -//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.//
70 -
71 -//Sub nodes such as match_child will have checkoperational default to false. Existing uses may find that results now include non-operational components.//
72 +//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.//
72 72  )))
73 73  |(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
74 74  (((
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78 78  3.0 Beta 1
79 79  )))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
80 80  (((
82 +Script conditions **<event_hack_*/>** and **<event_controlpanel_hack_*/>** removed
83 +)))
84 +|(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
85 +(((
86 +//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.//
87 +)))
88 +|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
89 +(((
90 +Scripts
91 +)))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
92 +(((
93 +3.0 Beta 1
94 +)))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
95 +(((
96 +Script actions **<set_hack_target/>** and **<abort_hack/>** removed
97 +)))
98 +|(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
99 +(((
100 +//These actions had no effect and were removed.//
101 +)))
102 +|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
103 +(((
104 +Scripts
105 +)))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
106 +(((
107 +3.0 Beta 1
108 +)))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
109 +(((
110 +**<setup_conversation_minigame/>** script action removed
111 +)))
112 +|(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
113 +(((
114 +//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.//
115 +)))
116 +|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
117 +(((
118 +Scripts
119 +)))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
120 +(((
121 +3.0 Beta 1
122 +)))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
123 +(((
124 +<add_player_choice_*> **confidence** attribute removed
125 +)))
126 +|(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
127 +(((
128 +//The default confidence of player options is another leftover from the XR era and had no effect in X4.//
129 +)))
130 +|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
131 +(((
132 +Scripts
133 +)))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
134 +(((
135 +3.0 Beta 1
136 +)))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
137 +(((
138 +**<hack_via_control_panel/>** script action removed
139 +)))
140 +|(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
141 +(((
142 +//Unused script action <hack_via_control_panel/> was removed.//
143 +)))
144 +|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
145 +(((
146 +UI core
147 +)))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
148 +(((
149 +3.0 Beta 1
150 +)))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
151 +(((
152 +**Lua: **GetMiniGameCursorPosition() removed
153 +)))
154 +|(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
155 +(((
156 +//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.//
157 +)))
158 +|(((
159 +UI core
160 +)))|(((
161 +3.0 Beta 1
162 +)))|(((
163 +**FFI: **GetLocalizedInteractiveNotificationKey can return icon placeholders
164 +)))
165 +|(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
166 +(((
167 +//In 3.0 Beta 1 we added support to display icons for keyboard bindings, if an icon is available for the specified keys. This results in GetLocalizedInteractiveNotificationKey() potentially returning a different text now if such an icon is assigned to the mapped key/button.//
168 +)))
169 +|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
170 +(((
171 +Scripts
172 +)))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
173 +(((
174 +3.0 Beta 1
175 +)))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
176 +(((
177 +**$ware.illegal** updated
178 +)))
179 +|(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
180 +(((
181 +//$ware.illegal used to return true if the specified ware has the 'illegal' tag which is no longer used.//
182 +//It now returns true if $ware is illegal to any faction in the game.//
183 +)))
184 +|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
185 +(((
186 +Scripts
187 +)))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
188 +(((
189 +3.0 Beta 1
190 +)))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
191 +(((
81 81  MD script **RML_Flight_Along_Path** removed
82 82  )))
83 83  |(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
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86 86  )))
87 87  |(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
88 88  (((
200 +Scripts
201 +)))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
202 +(((
203 +3.0 Beta 1
204 +)))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
205 +(((
206 +parameters of **<event_venture_mission_completed/>** changed
207 +)))
208 +|(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
209 +(((
210 +//old params: param = venture details, param2 = ships involved, param3 = duration//
211 +//new params: param = venture detail list: [mission name, mission type], param2 = list of ships involved, param3 = duration//
212 +)))
213 +|(% colspan="3" %)(% colspan="3" %)
214 +(((
215 +== 2.60 ==
216 +)))
217 +|(((
218 +Scripts
219 +)))|(((
220 +2.60 Beta 1
221 +)))|(((
222 +'**checkoperational**' filter behaviour changed
223 +)))
224 +|(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
225 +(((
226 +//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.//
227 +
228 +//Sub nodes such as match_child will have checkoperational default to false. Existing uses may find that results now include non-operational components.//
229 +)))
230 +|(((
231 +Scripts
232 +)))|(((
233 +2.60 Beta 1
234 +)))|(((
235 +$container.**supplyresources** behavior changed
236 +)))
237 +|(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
238 +(((
239 +//The script keyword $container.supplyresources now includes reserved wares.//
240 +)))
241 +|(% colspan="3" %)(% colspan="3" %)
242 +(((
243 +== 2.20 ==
244 +)))
245 +|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
246 +(((
89 89  UI core
90 90  )))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
91 91  (((
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116 116  (((
117 117  //The underlying behaviour remains the same in that it involves the buildprocessor, not the buildmodule. The attribute name has simply been corrected.//
118 118  )))
277 +|(% colspan="3" %)(% colspan="3" %)
278 +(((
279 +== 2.00 ==
280 +)))
119 119  |(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
120 120  (((
121 121  Scripts
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262 262  (((
263 263  //Changed return value type to const char* to better identify failure reasons in Lua script.//
264 264  )))
427 +|(% colspan="3" %)(% colspan="3" %)
428 +(((
429 +== 1.50 ==
430 +)))
265 265  |(((
266 266  UI extensions
267 267  )))|(((
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327 327  (((
328 328  (% style="color: rgb(0,0,0);" %)//CancelConstruction() now returns if the cancellation was successful. //
329 329  )))
496 +|(% colspan="3" %)(% colspan="3" %)
497 +(((
498 +== 1.32 ==
499 +)))
330 330  |(((
331 331  UI extensions
332 332  )))|(((
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338 338  (((
339 339  //Instead of "nextdestname", use the properties "destination" or "destinationsector" to retrieve a destination component, then retrieve its "name" property.//
340 340  )))
511 +|(% colspan="3" %)(% colspan="3" %)
512 +(((
513 +== 1.20 ==
514 +)))
341 341  |(((
342 342  UI extensions
343 343  )))|(((
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1 -https://www.egosoft.com:8444/confluence/wiki/spaces/X4WIKI/pages/83460733/Breaking Changes
1 +https://www.egosoft.com:8444/confluence/wiki/spaces/X4WIKI/pages/87916742/Breaking Changes