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Changes for page Breaking Changes

Last modified by Michael Baumgardt on 2026/04/17 12:03
From version 39.1
edited by klaus
on 2019/09/11 11:23
Change comment: Moved checkoperational change to 2.60
To version 44.1
edited by klaus
on 2019/11/18 16:57
Change comment: There is no comment for this version

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31 31  )))
32 32  |(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
33 33  (((
34 +Global
35 +)))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
36 +(((
37 +3.0 Beta 2
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39 +(((
40 +Support for entity flag "**skillsvisible**" dropped
41 +)))
42 +|(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
43 +(((
44 +//Entity skills are always visible; that flag was a leftover from XR. We removed support for the script property .skillsvisible, the attribute "skillsvisible" of <set_entity_traits> and <set_npc_template_traits>, and the parameter "skillsvisible" of Lua function GetComponentData().//
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47 +(((
48 +Global
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50 +(((
51 +3.0 Beta 1
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53 +(((
54 +MissionBoard support dropped
55 +)))
56 +|(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
57 +(((
58 +//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.//
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61 +(((
34 34  Scripts
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36 36  (((
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41 41  )))
42 42  |(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
43 43  (((
44 -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.
72 +//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.//
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47 47  (((
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141 141  (((
142 142  //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.//
143 143  )))
172 +|(((
173 +UI core
174 +)))|(((
175 +3.0 Beta 1
176 +)))|(((
177 +**FFI: **GetLocalizedInteractiveNotificationKey can return icon placeholders
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179 +|(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
180 +(((
181 +//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.//
182 +)))
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145 145  (((
185 +UI extensions
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187 +(((
188 +3.0 Beta 1
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190 +(((
191 +**FFI: **UIWeaponMod returned by GetInstalledWeaponMod() now includes property SurfaceElementFactor
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193 +|(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
194 +(((
195 +//In 3.0 Beta 1 we added support for a new weapon mod property "SurfaceElementFactor" to allow weapons to deal increased damage to surface elements such as Shield Generators, Turrets or Engines.//
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198 +(((
146 146  Scripts
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154 154  |(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
155 155  (((
156 156  //$ware.illegal used to return true if the specified ware has the 'illegal' tag which is no longer used.//
157 -\\//It now returns true if $ware is illegal to any faction in the game.//
210 +//It now returns true if $ware is illegal to any faction in the game.//
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185 185  //old params: param = venture details, param2 = ships involved, param3 = duration//
186 186  //new params: param = venture detail list: [mission name, mission type], param2 = list of ships involved, param3 = duration//
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242 +Scripts
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244 +3.0 Beta 1
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246 +**<set_object_wing_name/>** removed,
247 +**<set_object_fleet_name/>** added
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250 +(((
251 +//The common action <set_object_wing_name/> has been replaced with <set_object_fleet_name/>//
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254 +Scripts
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256 +3.0 Beta 1
257 +)))|(((
258 +**$controllable.wing.*** removed,
259 +**$controllable.fleet.*** added
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262 +(((
263 +$controllable.wing.name, $controllable.wing.iscommander, and $controllable.wing.commander have been replaced with $controllable.fleet.name, $controllable.fleet.iscommander, and $controllable.fleet.commander
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189 189  (((
190 190  == 2.60 ==
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1 +https://www.egosoft.com:8444/confluence/wiki/spaces/X4WIKI/pages/88345805/Breaking Changes