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Last modified by Michael Baumgardt on 2026/04/17 12:03
From version 35.1
edited by owen
on 2019/08/15 17:14
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To version 20.1
edited by stefan
on 2019/02/08 11:55
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25 25  )))|=(((
26 26  Summary
27 27  )))
28 -|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
29 -(((
30 -Scripts
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32 -(((
33 -3.0 Beta 1
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35 -(((
36 -Script action **<set_doors_locked/>** attribute **'group'** changed
37 -)))
38 -|(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
39 -(((
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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43 -(((
44 -Scripts
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46 -(((
47 -3.0 Beta 1
48 -)))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
49 -(((
50 -Script conditions **<event_hack_*/>** and **<event_controlpanel_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 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.//
55 -)))
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57 -(((
58 -Scripts
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60 -(((
61 -3.0 Beta 1
62 -)))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
63 -(((
64 -Script actions **<set_hack_target/>** and **<abort_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 actions had no effect and were removed.//
69 -)))
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71 -(((
72 -Scripts
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74 -(((
75 -3.0 Beta 1
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77 -(((
78 -**<setup_conversation_minigame/>** script action removed
79 -)))
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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88 -(((
89 -3.0 Beta 1
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91 -(((
92 -<add_player_choice_*> **confidence** attribute removed
93 -)))
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.//
97 -)))
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99 -(((
100 -Scripts
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102 -(((
103 -3.0 Beta 1
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105 -(((
106 -**<hack_via_control_panel/>** script action removed
107 -)))
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.//
111 -)))
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113 -(((
114 -UI core
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116 -(((
117 -3.0 Beta 1
118 -)))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
119 -(((
120 -**Lua: **GetMiniGameCursorPosition() removed
121 -)))
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.//
125 -)))
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127 -(((
128 -Scripts
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130 -(((
131 -3.0 Beta 1
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133 -(((
134 -**$ware.illegal** updated
135 -)))
136 -|(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
137 -(((
138 -//$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.//
140 -)))
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142 -(((
143 -Scripts
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145 -(((
146 -3.0 Beta 1
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148 -(((
149 -'**checkoperational**' filter behaviour changed
150 -)))
151 -|(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
152 -(((
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.//
154 -
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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157 -|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
158 -(((
159 -Scripts
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161 -(((
162 -3.0 Beta 1
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164 -(((
165 -MD script **RML_Flight_Along_Path** removed
166 -)))
167 -|(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
168 -(((
169 -//The MD script RML_Flight_Along_Path was not referened and was removed.//
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171 -|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
172 -(((
173 -UI core
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175 -(((
176 -2.20 Beta 3/4
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178 -(((
179 -**Lua: GetControllerInfo()** returned mouseSteering/mouseCursor values are undefined.
180 -)))
181 -|(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
182 -(((
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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193 -(((
194 -2.20 Beta 3
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196 -(((
197 -Attribute for build related conditions e.g. **<event_build_finished/>** renamed from 'buildmodule' to 'buildprocessor'
198 -)))
199 -|(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
200 -(((
201 -//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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204 -(((
205 -Scripts
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207 -(((
208 -2.00 Beta 1
209 -)))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
210 -(((
211 -**<event_build_finished/> **param2 now returns null instead of a construction sequence
212 -)))
213 -|(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
214 -(((
215 -//The construction sequence which was finished should now be accessed via the buildtask provided via param3.//
216 -)))
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218 -(((
219 -Scripts
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221 -(((
222 -2.00 Beta 1
223 -)))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
224 -(((
225 -**param.boarding.{...}** strength parameters removed
226 -)))
227 -|(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
228 -(((
229 -//The 'recruitstrength', 'veteranstrength' and 'elitestrength' script parameters were no longer required for balancing the boarding gameplay, and were removed.//
230 -)))
231 -|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
232 -(((
233 -Scripts
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235 -(((
236 -2.00 Beta 1
237 -)))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
238 -(((
239 -**$defensible.boardee/$defensible.boarder** and **<set_object_boarder/>/<remove_object_boarder/>** removed
240 -)))
241 -|(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
242 -(((
243 -//Due to changes to boarding in X4, the boarding connections accessed by these script properties and actions became redundent and thus, removed. Any connections set by these actions in a savegame will not survive loading.//
244 -)))
245 245  |(((
246 246  UI extensions
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292 292  )))|(((
293 293  2.00 Beta 1
294 294  )))|(((
295 -**<shoot/>/<shoot_at/>** attribute changes.
78 +Attribute changes to **<shoot/>** and **<shoot_at/>**
296 296  )))
297 297  |(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
298 298  (((
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307 307  )))|(((
308 308  2.00 Beta 1
309 309  )))|(((
310 -**FFI: GetBuildTask()/GetNumBuildTasks()** got a new "buildmoduleid" parameter.(% class="confluenceTd" %)
93 +**FFI**: Added "**buildmoduleid**" parameter to (% style="color: rgb(0,0,0);" %)**GetBuildTasks() **and (% style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0)" %)**GetNumBuildTasks()**(% style="color: rgb(0,0,0);" %).
311 311  )))
312 312  |(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
313 313  (((
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318 318  )))|(((
319 319  2.00 Beta 1
320 320  )))|(((
321 -**Lua:** **GetLibraryEntry()** retrieved a new "buildresources" field.
104 +**Lua: **Added "**buildresources**" field to the return value of **GetLibraryEntry()** for buildmodules.
322 322  )))
323 323  |(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
324 324  (((
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329 329  )))|(((
330 330  2.00 Beta 1
331 331  )))|(((
332 -(% style="color: rgb(0,0,0);" %)**Lua:**(% style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0)" %)** CalculateTotalHullFraction()**(% style="color: rgb(0,0,0);" %)** **(%%)was removed.(% style="color: rgb(0,0,0);" %)
115 +**Lua: **Removed (% style="color: rgb(0,0,0);" %)**CalculateTotalHullFraction().**
333 333  )))
334 334  |(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
335 335  (((
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340 340  )))|(((
341 341  2.00 Beta 1
342 342  )))|(((
343 -**FFI: (% style="color: rgb(0,0,0);" %)RequestDockAtReason()/(% style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0)" %)UndockPlayerShip()(%%) **changed their return values.(% style="color: rgb(0,0,0);" class="confluenceTd" %)
126 +**FFI: **Changed return value of (% style="color: rgb(0,0,0);" %)**RequestDockAtReason()** and (% style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0)" %)**UndockPlayerShip()**.
344 344  )))
345 345  |(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
346 346  (((
347 -//Changed return value type to const char* to better identify failure reasons in Lua script.//
130 +//Changed return value type to **const char*** to better identify failure reasons in lua script.//
348 348  )))
349 349  |(((
350 350  UI extensions
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351 351  )))|(((
352 352  1.50 Beta 3
353 353  )))|(((
354 -**Lua: GetComponentData() **changed behavior of "docksizes" propertly.(% class="confluenceTd" %)
137 +**Lua: **Changed **GetComponentData() **property (% style="color: rgb(0,0,0);" %)"**docksizes**".
355 355  )))
356 356  |(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
357 357  (((
358 -//The "docksizes" property no longer includes internal ship storage docks.//
141 +//The "**docksizes**" property no longer includes internal ship storage docks.//
359 359  )))
360 360  |(((
361 361  All
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362 362  )))|(((
363 363  1.50 Beta 2
364 364  )))|(((
365 -**Meaning of "Shipyard"** was corrected throughout Lua/MD/AI scripts, so that Wharfs are not Shipyards (unlike in XR).
148 +Corrected **meaning of "Shipyard"** throughout Lua/MD/AI scripts, so that Wharfs are not Shipyards (unlike in XR).
366 366  )))
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368 368  (((
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377 377  )))|(((
378 378  1.50 Beta 2
379 379  )))|(((
380 -**FFI: UpgradeGroupInfo **datatype was changed.(% class="confluenceTd" %)
163 +**FFI**: Added "**operational**" field to (% style="color: rgb(0,0,0);" %)**UpgradeGroupInfo **struct.
381 381  )))
382 382  |(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
383 383  (((
384 -//Added new "operational" field to retrieve information about number of operational upgrades in a group.//
167 +//Added information about number of operational upgrades in a group, affected functions: (% style="color: rgb(0,0,0);" %)GetUpgradeGroupInfo().//
385 385  )))
386 386  |(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
387 387  (((
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391 391  1.50 Beta 1
392 392  )))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
393 393  (((
394 -**FFI: SetGuidance()** removed useinfopoint argument.
177 +**FFI:** Removed **SetGuidance()** argument useinfopoint.
395 395  )))
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397 397  (((
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405 405  )))|(((
406 406  1.50 Beta 1
407 407  )))|(((
408 -**FFI: CancelConstruction() **changed its return value.(% class="confluenceTd" %)
191 +**FFI:** Changed return value for (% style="color: rgb(0,0,0);" %)**CancelConstruction()**.
409 409  )))
410 410  |(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
411 411  (((
412 -(% style="color: rgb(0,0,0);" %)//CancelConstruction() now returns if the cancellation was successful. //
195 +(% style="color: rgb(0,0,0);" %)CancelConstruction() now returns if the cancellation was successful.
413 413  )))
414 414  |(((
415 415  UI extensions
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416 416  )))|(((
417 417  1.32
418 418  )))|(((
419 -**Lua: GetComponentData() **removed the "nextdestname" property.
202 +**Lua:** Removed **GetComponentData()** property "**nextdestname**".
420 420  )))
421 421  |(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
422 422  (((
423 -//Instead of "nextdestname", use the properties "destination" or "destinationsector" to retrieve a destination component, then retrieve its "name" property.//
206 +//Instead of "nextdestname", use the GetComponentData() properties "destination" or "destinationsector" to retrieve a destination component, then retrieve its "name" property.//
424 424  )))
425 425  |(((
426 426  UI extensions
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427 427  )))|(((
428 428  1.20
429 429  )))|(((
430 -**FFI: GetAAOption()** got a new "useconfig" parameter.(% class="confluenceTd" %)
213 +**FFI**: Added "**useconfig**" parameter to (% style="color: rgb(0,0,0);" %)**GetAAOption()**.
431 431  )))
432 432  |(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
433 433  (((
434 -//The AA setting was changed to check the new setting with the user. In order to restore the old setting (% style="color: rgb(0,0,0);" %)GetAAOption() gets the option to retrieve the config settings.//
217 +//The AA setting was changed to check the new setting with the user. In order to restore the old setting (% style="color: rgb(0,0,0);" %)**GetAAOption() **gets the option to retrieve the config settings.//
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