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Last modified by Michael Baumgardt on 2026/04/17 12:03
From version 34.1
edited by klaus
on 2019/06/28 12:10
Change comment: Removed script features related to minigame and hacking
To version 24.1
edited by owen
on 2019/02/15 09:19
Change comment: 2.0 B1 breaking changes for scripts

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30 30  Scripts
31 31  )))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
32 32  (((
33 -3.0 Beta 1
34 -)))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
35 -(((
36 -Script conditions **<event_hack_*/>** and **<event_controlpanel_hack_*/>** removed
37 -)))
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.//
41 -)))
42 -|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
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44 -Scripts
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47 -3.0 Beta 1
48 -)))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
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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72 -Scripts
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75 -3.0 Beta 1
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77 -(((
78 -<add_player_choice_*> **confidence** attribute removed
79 -)))
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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88 -(((
89 -3.0 Beta 1
90 -)))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
91 -(((
92 -**<hack_via_control_panel/>** 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 -//Unused script action <hack_via_control_panel/> was removed.//
97 -)))
98 -|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
99 -(((
100 -UI core
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102 -(((
103 -3.0 Beta 1
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105 -(((
106 -**Lua: **GetMiniGameCursorPosition() removed
107 -)))
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 -**$ware.illegal** updated
121 -)))
122 -|(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
123 -(((
124 -//$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.//
126 -)))
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129 -Scripts
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132 -3.0 Beta 1
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135 -'**checkoperational**' filter behaviour changed
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137 -|(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
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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.//
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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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162 -2.20 Beta 3/4
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165 -**Lua: GetControllerInfo()** returned mouseSteering/mouseCursor values are undefined.
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167 -|(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
168 -(((
169 -//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.
170 -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.//
171 -
172 -//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.
173 -//
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177 -Scripts
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180 -2.20 Beta 3
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182 -(((
183 -Attribute for build related conditions e.g. **<event_build_finished/>** renamed from 'buildmodule' to 'buildprocessor'
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185 -|(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
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187 -//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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191 -Scripts
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194 194  2.00 Beta 1
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