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Last modified by Michael Baumgardt on 2026/04/17 12:03
From version 51.1
edited by nick
on 2020/01/08 17:05
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To version 33.1
edited by stefan
on 2019/06/26 12:02
Change comment: added setup_conversation_minigame note

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25 25  )))|=(((
26 26  Summary
27 27  )))
28 -|(% colspan="3" %)(% colspan="3" %)
29 -(((
30 -== 3.00 ==
31 -)))
32 32  |(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
33 33  (((
34 34  Scripts
35 35  )))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
36 36  (((
37 -3.0 Beta 5
38 -)))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
39 -(((
40 -Changes to $dockingbay.todockpos and $dockingbay.launchpos
41 -)))
42 -|(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
43 -(((
44 -//Before the change, positions are relative to $dockingbay.parent.
45 -After the change, positions are relative to $dockingbay as specified in the documentation.//
46 -)))
47 -|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
48 -(((
49 -Global
50 -)))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
51 -(((
52 -3.0 Beta 2
53 -)))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
54 -(((
55 -Support for entity flag "**skillsvisible**" dropped
56 -)))
57 -|(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
58 -(((
59 -//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().//
60 -)))
61 -|(((
62 -Scripts
63 -)))|(((
64 -3.0 Beta 2
65 -)))|(((
66 -Changes to **<event_object_changed_owner>** and added **<event_object_changed_true_owner>**.
67 -)))
68 -|(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
69 -(((
70 -//Before 3.0 Beta 2 there was just a single <event_object//_changed_owner> condition. This condition was triggered in multiple cases when an owner change occurred. However, the exact cases were inconsistent and also the event could have been triggered w/o an effective owner change having been applied.
71 -3.0 Beta 2 fixes these inconsistencies and ensures that the event is only fired, if the "effective" component owner of the object changed. To handle cases where the script actually needs to be informed if the "true" owner of a component was changed (i.e. not taking the cover faction into account) a new <event_object_changed_true_owner> was introduced.
72 -If in your scripts you make use of the <event_object_changed_owner> condition you need to verify that you indeed want to work with the "effective" component owner or whether your script code actually should work with the true owner of an object and update your code accordingly.
73 -On top of that the 3rd parameter of <event_object_changed_owner> (trueprevious) was dropped as the event is no longer triggered upon a change of the true owner alone (i.e. only if the change of the true owner has also an effect on the "effective" component owner).
74 -)))
75 -|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
76 -(((
77 -Global
78 -)))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
79 -(((
80 80  3.0 Beta 1
81 81  )))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
82 82  (((
83 -MissionBoard support dropped
36 +<setup_conversation_minigame/> script action removed
84 84  )))
85 85  |(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
86 86  (((
87 -//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 behaviour would occur. Therefore we cleaned things up in 3.0 Beta 1 including deprecating/removing any related UI/script function.//
40 +//The script action was a left over 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.//
88 88  )))
89 -|(((
90 -Job/God
91 -)))|(((
92 -3.0 Beta 1
93 -)))|(((
94 -By default, job/god entries now only spawn objects in space added by the extension in which they are defined
95 -)))
96 -|(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
97 -(((
98 -//To better support extensions which add to the base game map, a job/god entry now defaults to only spawning objects in areas of the map that are added by the extension in which that entry is defined. You can override this behaviour by adding a matchextension="false" attribute to the job/god entry definition. This allows the entry to spawn objects anywhere that matches the entry's other criteria.//
99 -)))
100 100  |(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
101 101  (((
102 102  Scripts
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105 105  3.0 Beta 1
106 106  )))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
107 107  (((
108 -Script action **<add_actor_to_room/> **attribute **'room'** renamed to **'object'**
50 +<hack_via_control_panel/> script action removed
109 109  )))
110 110  |(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
111 111  (((
112 -//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.//
113 -)))
114 -|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
115 -(((
116 -Scripts
117 -)))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
118 -(((
119 -3.0 Beta 1
120 -)))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
121 -(((
122 -Script action **<set_doors_locked/>** attribute **'group'** changed
123 -)))
124 -|(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
125 -(((
126 -//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.//
127 -)))
128 -|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
129 -(((
130 -Scripts
131 -)))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
132 -(((
133 -3.0 Beta 1
134 -)))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
135 -(((
136 -Script conditions **<event_hack_*/>** and **<event_controlpanel_hack_*/>** removed
137 -)))
138 -|(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
139 -(((
140 -//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.//
141 -)))
142 -|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
143 -(((
144 -Scripts
145 -)))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
146 -(((
147 -3.0 Beta 1
148 -)))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
149 -(((
150 -Script actions **<set_hack_target/>** and **<abort_hack/>** removed
151 -)))
152 -|(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
153 -(((
154 -//These actions had no effect and were removed.//
155 -)))
156 -|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
157 -(((
158 -Scripts
159 -)))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
160 -(((
161 -3.0 Beta 1
162 -)))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
163 -(((
164 -**<setup_conversation_minigame/>** script action removed
165 -)))
166 -|(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
167 -(((
168 -//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.//
169 -)))
170 -|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
171 -(((
172 -Scripts
173 -)))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
174 -(((
175 -3.0 Beta 1
176 -)))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
177 -(((
178 -<add_player_choice_*> **confidence** attribute removed
179 -)))
180 -|(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
181 -(((
182 -//The default confidence of player options is another leftover from the XR era and had no effect in X4.//
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 -(((
192 -**<hack_via_control_panel/>** script action removed
193 -)))
194 -|(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
195 -(((
196 196  //Unused script action <hack_via_control_panel/> was removed.//
197 197  )))
198 198  |(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
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209 209  (((
210 210  //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.//
211 211  )))
212 -|(((
213 -UI core
214 -)))|(((
215 -3.0 Beta 1
216 -)))|(((
217 -**FFI: **GetLocalizedInteractiveNotificationKey can return icon placeholders
218 -)))
219 -|(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
220 -(((
221 -//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.//
222 -)))
223 223  |(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
224 224  (((
225 -UI extensions
72 +Scripts
226 226  )))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
227 227  (((
228 228  3.0 Beta 1
229 229  )))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
230 230  (((
231 -**FFI: **UIWeaponMod returned by GetInstalledWeaponMod() now includes property SurfaceElementFactor
78 +$ware.illegal updated
232 232  )))
233 233  |(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
234 234  (((
235 -//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.//
82 +$ware.illegal used to return true if the specified ware has the 'illegal' tag which is no longer used.
83 +\\It now returns true if $ware is illegal to any faction in the game.
236 236  )))
237 237  |(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
238 238  (((
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242 242  3.0 Beta 1
243 243  )))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
244 244  (((
245 -**$ware.illegal** updated
93 +'checkoperational' filter behaviour changed
246 246  )))
247 247  |(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
248 248  (((
249 -//$ware.illegal used to return true if the specified ware has the 'illegal' tag which is no longer used.//
250 -//It now returns true if $ware is illegal to any faction in the game.//
97 +//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.//
98 +
99 +//Sub nodes such as match_child will have checkoperational default to false. Existing uses may find that results now include non-operational components.//
251 251  )))
252 252  |(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
253 253  (((
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265 265  )))
266 266  |(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
267 267  (((
268 -Scripts
269 -)))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
270 -(((
271 -3.0 Beta 1
272 -)))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
273 -(((
274 -parameters of **<event_venture_mission_completed/>** changed
275 -)))
276 -|(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
277 -(((
278 -//old params: param = venture details, param2 = ships involved, param3 = duration//
279 -//new params: param = venture detail list: [mission name, mission type], param2 = list of ships involved, param3 = duration//
280 -)))
281 -|(((
282 -Scripts
283 -)))|(((
284 -3.0 Beta 1
285 -)))|(((
286 -**<set_object_wing_name/>** removed,
287 -**<set_object_fleet_name/>** added
288 -)))
289 -|(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
290 -(((
291 -//The common action <set_object_wing_name/> has been replaced with <set_object_fleet_name/>//
292 -)))
293 -|(((
294 -Scripts
295 -)))|(((
296 -3.0 Beta 1
297 -)))|(((
298 -**$controllable.wing.*** removed,
299 -**$controllable.fleet.*** added
300 -)))
301 -|(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
302 -(((
303 -$controllable.wing.name, $controllable.wing.iscommander, and $controllable.wing.commander have been replaced with $controllable.fleet.name, $controllable.fleet.iscommander, and $controllable.fleet.commander
304 -)))
305 -|(% colspan="3" %)(% colspan="3" %)
306 -(((
307 -== 2.60 ==
308 -)))
309 -|(((
310 -Scripts
311 -)))|(((
312 -2.60 Beta 1
313 -)))|(((
314 -'**checkoperational**' filter behaviour changed
315 -)))
316 -|(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
317 -(((
318 -//Actions and conditions which use the 'checkoperational' filter now behave differently. Instead of changing how 'class' and 'exactclass' behave, checkoperational == true adds an additional filter for the components being of state operational, equivalent to state="componentstate.operational". This is implicitly enabled in action elements (e.g. <find_.../>) or condition elements (e.g. <count_...>), meaning that find_ship will only find operational ships. Using such actions/conditions with checkoperational="false" will include non-operational components such as wrecked and constructions. Existing uses may find that results now exclude non-operational components.//
319 -
320 -//Sub nodes such as match_child will have checkoperational default to false. Existing uses may find that results now include non-operational components.//
321 -)))
322 -|(((
323 -Scripts
324 -)))|(((
325 -2.60 Beta 1
326 -)))|(((
327 -$container.**supplyresources** behavior changed
328 -)))
329 -|(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(% class="highlight-grey" colspan="3" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)
330 -(((
331 -//The script keyword $container.supplyresources now includes reserved wares.//
332 -)))
333 -|(% colspan="3" %)(% colspan="3" %)
334 -(((
335 -== 2.20 ==
336 -)))
337 -|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
338 -(((
339 339  UI core
340 340  )))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
341 341  (((
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366 366  (((
367 367  //The underlying behaviour remains the same in that it involves the buildprocessor, not the buildmodule. The attribute name has simply been corrected.//
368 368  )))
369 -|(% colspan="3" %)(% colspan="3" %)
370 -(((
371 -== 2.00 ==
372 -)))
373 373  |(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
374 374  (((
375 375  Scripts
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516 516  (((
517 517  //Changed return value type to const char* to better identify failure reasons in Lua script.//
518 518  )))
519 -|(% colspan="3" %)(% colspan="3" %)
520 -(((
521 -== 1.50 ==
522 -)))
523 523  |(((
524 524  UI extensions
525 525  )))|(((
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585 585  (((
586 586  (% style="color: rgb(0,0,0);" %)//CancelConstruction() now returns if the cancellation was successful. //
587 587  )))
588 -|(% colspan="3" %)(% colspan="3" %)
589 -(((
590 -== 1.32 ==
591 -)))
592 592  |(((
593 593  UI extensions
594 594  )))|(((
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600 600  (((
601 601  //Instead of "nextdestname", use the properties "destination" or "destinationsector" to retrieve a destination component, then retrieve its "name" property.//
602 602  )))
603 -|(% colspan="3" %)(% colspan="3" %)
604 -(((
605 -== 1.20 ==
606 -)))
607 607  |(((
608 608  UI extensions
609 609  )))|(((
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