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407 407  
408 408  Most of the attribute values in actions and conditions are interpreted as script expressions and parsed accordingly. An expression is a phrase that can be evaluated to a single value. The simplest expressions are actual numeric values and strings, so called **literals:**
409 409  
410 -* {{code language="xml"}}0{{/code}} (integer number)
411 -* {{code language="xml"}}0772{{/code}} (leading 0 means octal integer number)
412 -* {{code language="xml"}}3.14159{{/code}} (floating point number)
413 -* {{code language="xml"}}5e12{{/code}} (float in exponent notation, "times ten to the power of")
414 -* {{code language="xml"}}0xCAFE{{/code}} (hexadecimal integer number)
410 +* {{code language="xml"}}0{{/code}}(integer number)
411 +* {{code language="xml"}}0772{{/code}}(leading 0 means octal integer number)
412 +* {{code language="xml"}}3.14159{{/code}}(floating point number)
413 +* {{code language="xml"}}5e12{{/code}}(float in exponent notation, "times ten to the power of")
414 +* {{code language="xml"}}0xCAFE{{/code}}(hexadecimal integer number)
415 415  
416 416  {{info}}
417 417  Since octal numbers are hardly ever used (usually unknowingly), the parser is will produce a warning if an octal number is encountered."
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420 420  You can write string literals by putting the string in single quotes:
421 421  
422 422  * {{code language="xml"}}'Hello world'{{/code}}
423 -* {{code language="xml"}}''{{/code}} (empty string)
423 +* {{code language="xml"}}''{{/code}}(empty string)
424 424  * {{code language="xml"}}'String with a line break\n'{{/code}}
425 425  
426 426  {{info}}
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432 432  
433 433  Numbers can have a suffix that determines their numeric type. There are also numerical data types like "money" or "time" which can only be expressed by using an appropriate unit suffix:
434 434  
435 -* {{code language="xml"}}5000000000L{{/code}} (large integer)
436 -* {{code language="xml"}}1f{{/code}} (floating point number, same as 1.0, just 1 would be an integer)
437 -* {{code language="xml"}}1000Cr{{/code}} (Money in Credits, converted to 100000 cents automatically)
438 -* {{code language="xml"}}500m{{/code}} (Length in metres)
439 -* {{code language="xml"}}10s{{/code}} (Time in seconds)
440 -* {{code language="xml"}}1h{{/code}} (Time in hours, which is converted to 3600s automatically)
435 +* {{code language="xml"}}5000000000L{{/code}}(large integer)
436 +* {{code language="xml"}}1f{{/code}}(floating point number, same as 1.0, just 1 would be an integer)
437 +* {{code language="xml"}}1000Cr{{/code}}(Money in Credits, converted to 100000 cents automatically)
438 +* {{code language="xml"}}500m{{/code}}(Length in metres)
439 +* {{code language="xml"}}10s{{/code}}(Time in seconds)
440 +* {{code language="xml"}}1h{{/code}}(Time in hours, which is converted to 3600s automatically)
441 441  
442 442  A space between number and suffix is allowed.
443 443  
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517 517  {{code language="xml"}}cos(60deg){{/code}}
518 518  \\{{code language="xml"}}cos(pi){{/code}}|
519 519  {{code language="xml"}}0.5{{/code}}
520 -\\{{code language="xml"}}0.0{{/code}}|Cosine (function-style, parentheses required)
520 +\\{{code language="xml"}}-1.0{{/code}}|Cosine (function-style, parentheses required)
521 +|tan|unary|
522 +{{code language="xml"}}tan(-45deg){{/code}}
523 +\\{{code language="xml"}}tan(45deg){{/code}}|
524 +{{code language="xml"}}-1.0{{/code}}
525 +\\{{code language="xml"}}1.0{{/code}}|(((
526 +Tangent (function-style, parentheses required)
527 +
528 +Available from X4 v7.0
529 +)))
530 +|asin|unary|
531 +{{code language="xml"}}asin(-0.5f){{/code}}
532 +\\{{code language="xml"}}asin(1){{/code}}|
533 +{{code language="xml"}}-0.523599rad{{/code}}
534 +\\{{code language="xml"}}1.5708rad{{/code}}|(((
535 +Inverse sine (function-style, parentheses required)
536 +
537 +Available from X4 v7.0
538 +)))
539 +|acos|unary|
540 +{{code language="xml"}}acos(-0.5f){{/code}}
541 +\\{{code language="xml"}}acos(1.0f){{/code}}|
542 +{{code language="xml"}}2.0944rad{{/code}}
543 +\\{{code language="xml"}}0rad{{/code}}|(((
544 +Inverse cosine (function-style, parentheses required)
545 +
546 +Available from X4 v7.0
547 +)))
548 +|atan|unary|
549 +{{code language="xml"}}atan(1.0f){{/code}}|
550 +{{code language="xml"}}0.785398rad{{/code}}|(((
551 +Inverse tangent (function-style, parentheses required)
552 +
553 +Available from X4 v7.0
554 +)))
521 521  |sqrt|unary|{{code language="xml"}}sqrt(2){{/code}}|{{code language="xml"}}1.414213LF{{/code}}|Square root (function-style, parentheses required)
522 522  |exp|unary|{{code language="xml"}}exp(1){{/code}}|{{code language="xml"}}2.71828LF{{/code}}|Exponential function (function-style, parentheses required)
523 523  |log|unary|{{code language="xml"}}log(8) / log(2){{/code}}|{{code language="xml"}}3.0LF{{/code}}|Natural logarithm (function-style, parentheses required)
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547 547  gt
548 548  \\> (>)|binary|
549 549  {{code language="xml"}}1 gt 3{{/code}}
550 -\\{{code language="xml"}}1 < 3{{/code}}|{{code language="xml"}}false{{/code}}|Greater than
584 +\\{{code language="xml"}}1 > 3{{/code}}|{{code language="xml"}}false{{/code}}|Greater than
551 551  |
552 552  ge
553 553  \\>=|binary|
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596 596  
597 597  There is a way to convert a number into a different type manually: You append the corresponding suffix to a sub-expression in parentheses, like this:
598 598  
599 -* {{code language="xml"}}(1 + 1)f{{/code}} ⟹ {{code language="xml"}}2f{{/code}} ⟹ {{code language="xml"}}2.0{{/code}}
600 -* {{code language="xml"}}(1h) m / (180deg) i{{/code}} ⟹ {{code language="xml"}}(3600s) m / (3.14rad) i{{/code}} ⟹ {{code language="xml"}}3600m / 3{{/code}} ⟹ {{code language="xml"}}1200m{{/code}}
633 +* {{code language="xml"}}(1 + 1)f{{/code}}⟹ {{code language="xml"}}2f{{/code}} ⟹ {{code language="xml"}}2.0{{/code}}
634 +* {{code language="xml"}}(1h) m / (180deg) i{{/code}}⟹ {{code language="xml"}}(3600s) m / (3.14rad) i{{/code}} ⟹ {{code language="xml"}}3600m / 3{{/code}} ⟹ {{code language="xml"}}1200m{{/code}}
601 601  
602 602  When converting to a non-default unit type, this means you interpret the number as in the given units: "{{code language="xml"}}(1km + 500m)h{{/code}}" means that you interpret 1500m as 1500 hours, so the resulting value will be 1500x3600 seconds. (As stated above, the default unit for a length is metres.)
603 603  
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605 605  
606 606  Every data type can be combined with a string with the + operator, and will be converted to a string representation. That way you can also concatenate strings and numbers:
607 607  
608 -* {{code language="xml"}}'One plus one is equal to ' + (1+1) + '.'{{/code}} ⟹ {{code language="xml"}}'One plus one is equal to 2.'{{/code}}
609 -* {{code language="xml"}}'One plus one is not equal to ' + 1 + 1 + '.'{{/code}} ⟹ {{code language="xml"}}'One plus one is not equal to 11.'{{/code}}
642 +* {{code language="xml"}}'One plus one is equal to ' + (1+1) + '.'{{/code}}⟹ {{code language="xml"}}'One plus one is equal to 2.'{{/code}}
643 +* {{code language="xml"}}'One plus one is not equal to ' + 1 + 1 + '.'{{/code}}⟹ {{code language="xml"}}'One plus one is not equal to 11.'{{/code}}
610 610  
611 611  As you can see, operators of the same precedence (+ in this case) are always evaluated from left to right.
612 612  
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638 638  \\**[New as of X Rebirth 4.0]**
639 639  \\ With the formatting syntax above, it is even possible to control how the parameter is formatted, using modifiers between "%" and the parameter specifier ("s" or the parameter number):
640 640  
641 -* {{code language="xml"}}'%,s'.[12345678]{{/code}} ⟹ {{code language="xml"}}'12,345,678'{{/code}} (the "," modifier shows a number with thousands separators, correctly localised)
642 -* {{code language="xml"}}'%.3s'.[123.4]{{/code}} ⟹ {{code language="xml"}}'123.400'{{/code}} (show 3 fractional digits, rounding half away from zero - decimal point correctly localised)
643 -* {{code language="xml"}}'%,.1s'.[12345.67]'{{/code}} ⟹ {{code language="xml"}}'12,345.7'{{/code}} (combination of the above)
675 +* {{code language="xml"}}'%,s'.[12345678]{{/code}}⟹ {{code language="xml"}}'12,345,678'{{/code}} (the "," modifier shows a number with thousands separators, correctly localised)
676 +* {{code language="xml"}}'%.3s'.[123.4]{{/code}}⟹ {{code language="xml"}}'123.400'{{/code}} (show 3 fractional digits, rounding half away from zero - decimal point correctly localised)
677 +* {{code language="xml"}}'%,.1s'.[12345.67]'{{/code}}⟹ {{code language="xml"}}'12,345.7'{{/code}} (combination of the above)
644 644  
645 645  Additional remarks:
646 646  
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685 685  
686 686  These restrictions only apply to the keys, there are no restrictions for values that you assign to them. For example:
687 687  
688 -* {{code language="xml"}}table[]{{/code}} ⟹ creates an empty table
689 -* {{code language="xml"}}table[{0} = null]{{/code}} ⟹ creates a table that maps the number 0 to null
722 +* {{code language="xml"}}table[]{{/code}}⟹ creates an empty table
723 +* {{code language="xml"}}table[{0} = null]{{/code}}⟹ creates a table that maps the number 0 to null
690 690  
691 -* {{code language="xml"}}table[{'$foo'} = 'bar']{{/code}} ⟹ a table that maps the string '$foo' to the string 'bar'
692 -* {{code language="xml"}}table[$foo = 'bar']{{/code}} ⟹ exactly the same, just a shorter notation for string keys
693 -* {{code language="xml"}}table[foo = 'bar']{{/code}} ⟹ error, 'foo' does not start with a '$'
694 -* {{code language="xml"}}table[{1} = [], {2} = table[]] {{/code}} ⟹ a table that maps 1 to an empty list and 2 to an empty table
725 +* {{code language="xml"}}table[{'$foo'} = 'bar']{{/code}}⟹ a table that maps the string '$foo' to the string 'bar'
726 +* {{code language="xml"}}table[$foo = 'bar']{{/code}}⟹ exactly the same, just a shorter notation for string keys
727 +* {{code language="xml"}}table[foo = 'bar']{{/code}}⟹ error, 'foo' does not start with a '$'
728 +* {{code language="xml"}}table[{1} = [], {2} = table[]] {{/code}}⟹ a table that maps 1 to an empty list and 2 to an empty table
695 695  
696 696  Just like lists, tables are stored as references, so it's possible that multiple variables reference the same table (see above).
697 697  
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712 712  
713 713  You can look up a property by appending a dot and the key in curly braces:
714 714  
715 -* {{code language="xml"}}[100, 200, 300, 400].{1}{{/code}} ⟹ 100 (reading the first element)
716 -* {{code language="xml"}}[100, 200, ['Hello ', 'world']] .{3}.{2}{{/code}} ⟹ 'world' (second element of the inner list, which is the third element of the outer list)
717 -* {{code language="xml"}}[].{'count'}{{/code}} ⟹ 0
718 -* {{code language="xml"}}table[{21} = 42].{21}{{/code}} ⟹ 42
749 +* {{code language="xml"}}[100, 200, 300, 400].{1}{{/code}}⟹ 100 (reading the first element)
750 +* {{code language="xml"}}[100, 200, ['Hello ', 'world']] .{3}.{2}{{/code}}⟹ 'world' (second element of the inner list, which is the third element of the outer list)
751 +* {{code language="xml"}}[].{'count'}{{/code}}⟹ 0
752 +* {{code language="xml"}}table[{21} = 42].{21}{{/code}}⟹ 42
719 719  
720 720  In most cases the property key is a fixed string, like "name" or "class". You can write this like above:
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739 739  
740 740  **min'** and '**max'** return the minimum or maximum (all elements have to be numeric)
741 741  
742 -* {{code language="xml"}}[1, 6, 8].min{{/code}} ⟹ 1
776 +* {{code language="xml"}}[1, 6, 8].min{{/code}}⟹ 1
743 743  
744 744  **average'** returns the average (but all element types have to be compatible)
745 745  
746 -* {{code language="xml"}}[1, 6, 8].average{{/code}} ⟹ 5
780 +* {{code language="xml"}}[1, 6, 8].average{{/code}}⟹ 5
747 747  
748 748  **indexof'** is followed by another property, and the index of the first occurence of that key in the list is returned, or 0 if it's not in the list
749 749  
750 -* {{code language="xml"}}[1, 6, 8].indexof.{8}{{/code}} ⟹ 3
784 +* {{code language="xml"}}[1, 6, 8].indexof.{8}{{/code}}⟹ 3
751 751  
752 752  **clone'** creates a shallow copy of the list (i.e. lists that are contained as elements in the list are not copied, only the reference to them)
753 753  
754 -* {{code language="xml"}}[1, 6, 8].clone{{/code}} ⟹ {{code language="xml"}}[1, 6, 8]{{/code}}
788 +* {{code language="xml"}}[1, 6, 8].clone{{/code}}⟹ {{code language="xml"}}[1, 6, 8]{{/code}}
755 755  
756 756  A table has different properties:
757 757  
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775 775  
776 776  If you look up a property that does not exist, there will be an error, and the result will be null. To test whether a property exists, you can append a question mark "?" to the lookup, which yields true or false:
777 777  
778 -* {{code language="xml"}}$list.{5}{{/code}} ⟹ The fifth element of a list - however, if $list has less than 5 elements (and if it's also not a table with the key 5), there will be an error
779 -* {{code language="xml"}}$list.{5}?{{/code}} ⟹ true if $list exists and has the property 5, false otherwise
780 -* {{code language="xml"}}$table.$key?{{/code}} ⟹ Analogously, true if $table exists and has the string property '$key'
812 +* {{code language="xml"}}$list.{5}{{/code}}⟹ The fifth element of a list - however, if $list has less than 5 elements (and if it's also not a table with the key 5), there will be an error
813 +* {{code language="xml"}}$list.{5}?{{/code}}⟹ true if $list exists and has the property 5, false otherwise
814 +* {{code language="xml"}}$table.$key?{{/code}}⟹ Analogously, true if $table exists and has the string property '$key'
781 781  
782 782  The question mark can even be applied to variables:
783 783  
784 -* {{code language="xml"}}$list{{/code}} ⟹ The value stored under the name $list, or an error if there is no such variable
785 -* {{code language="xml"}}$list?{{/code}} ⟹ true if the variable exists, false otherwise
818 +* {{code language="xml"}}$list{{/code}}⟹ The value stored under the name $list, or an error if there is no such variable
819 +* {{code language="xml"}}$list?{{/code}}⟹ true if the variable exists, false otherwise
786 786  
787 787  To look up the value of a property although it may not exist, you can use the at-sign "@" as prefix:
788 788  
789 -* {{code language="xml"}}@$list.{5}{{/code}} ⟹ The result of the $list lookup if $list exists and has the property 5, otherwise null (without error message)
790 -* {{code language="xml"}}@$list{{/code}} ⟹ The list if this variable exists, null otherwise
791 -* {{code language="xml"}}@$list.{5}.{1}{{/code}} ⟹ The first element of the fifth element of $list, if it exists, null otherwise
823 +* {{code language="xml"}}@$list.{5}{{/code}}⟹ The result of the $list lookup if $list exists and has the property 5, otherwise null (without error message)
824 +* {{code language="xml"}}@$list{{/code}}⟹ The list if this variable exists, null otherwise
825 +* {{code language="xml"}}@$list.{5}.{1}{{/code}}⟹ The first element of the fifth element of $list, if it exists, null otherwise
792 792  
793 793  As you can see, an error is already prevented if any link in the property chain does not exist. But use the @ prefix with care, since error messages are really helpful for detecting problems in your scripts. The @ prefix only suppresses property-related error messages and does not change any in-game behaviour.
794 794  
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896 896  \\Numbers don't have any properties, except for money and time: They have a "**formatted**" property, which allows you to get a custom string representation with more advanced options than the [[generic formatting method>>||anchor="HStringsandformatting" style="outline-width: 0px !important; user-select: auto !important;"]] for numbers.
897 897  
898 898  * {{code language="xml"}}$money.formatted.{'formatstring'}{{/code}}
899 -* {{code language="xml"}}$money.formatted.default{{/code}} (using default format string '%s')
933 +* {{code language="xml"}}$money.formatted.default{{/code}}(using default format string '%s')
900 900  
901 901  * {{code language="xml"}}$time.formatted.{'formatstring'}{{/code}}
902 -* {{code language="xml"}}$time.formatted.default{{/code}} (using default format string '%T')
936 +* {{code language="xml"}}$time.formatted.default{{/code}}(using default format string '%T')
903 903  
904 904  In scripts, money is stored in cents, not Credits. The formatted representation always shows the value in Credits, including thousands separators.
905 905  
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933 933  
934 934  Examples:
935 935  
936 -* {{code language="xml"}}(151s).formatted.{'%T'}{{/code}} ⟹ {{code language="xml"}}'00:02:31'{{/code}}
937 -* {{code language="xml"}}(151s).formatted.default{{/code}} ⟹ {{code language="xml"}}'00:02:31'{{/code}} (same as {'%T'})
938 -* {{code language="xml"}}(151s).formatted.{'%.3T'}{{/code}} ⟹ {{code language="xml"}}'00:02:31.000'{{/code}}
939 -* {{code language="xml"}}(151s).formatted.{'%h:%M'}{{/code}} ⟹ {{code language="xml"}}'0:02'{{/code}}
970 +* {{code language="xml"}}(151s).formatted.{'%T'}{{/code}}⟹ {{code language="xml"}}'00:02:31'{{/code}}
971 +* {{code language="xml"}}(151s).formatted.default{{/code}}⟹ {{code language="xml"}}'00:02:31'{{/code}} (same as {'%T'})
972 +* {{code language="xml"}}(151s).formatted.{'%.3T'}{{/code}}⟹ {{code language="xml"}}'00:02:31.000'{{/code}}
973 +* {{code language="xml"}}(151s).formatted.{'%h:%M'}{{/code}}⟹ {{code language="xml"}}'0:02'{{/code}}
940 940  
941 941  === Complete property documentation ===
942 942  
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948 948  scriptproperties.html has to load files from different folders, which modern browsers do not allow by default for security reasons. In order to open scriptproperties.html, the following is required:
949 949  
950 950  * Firefox: On the about:config page, the value of "security.fileuri.strict_origin_policy" has to be changed to "false".
951 -* Chrome: The Chrome launcher has to be started with the command-line parameter --allow-file-access-from-files--
985 +* Chrome: The Chrome launcher has to be started with the command-line parameter --~-~---allow-file-access-from-files
952 952  {{/info}}
953 953  
954 954  This provides you with a complete list of all supported "base keywords" and properties. To filter in this list, you can enter an expression in the text field:
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973 973  
974 974  * MD scripts and cues are identified by their names. So a script can only be refreshed if it has the same script name as before (file name is irrelevant).
975 975  * If there are new script files or new cue nodes (i.e. scripts/cues with new names) they are created and added properly. If you remove script files or cue nodes, the corresponding scripts/cues are removed from the game, including instances.
1010 +** If you remove a cue and then later add another cue with the same name, old save files will not know that the cue has been removed inbetween. In the following example the first cue was crea
1011 +{{code language="xml"}}<cue name="Deprecated_Test1" namespace="this">
1012 + <actions>
1013 + <set_value name="$val_1" exact="'old value'"/>
1014 + <debug_text text="$val_1"/>
1015 + </actions>
1016 +</cue>
1017 +
1018 +<cue name="Deprecated_Test1" namespace="this">
1019 + <actions>
1020 + <set_value name="$val_2" exact="'new value'"/>
1021 + <debug_text text="$val_2"/>
1022 + </actions>
1023 + <cues>
1024 + <cue name="PrintValue">
1025 + <actions>
1026 + <debug_text text="parent.$val_2"/>
1027 + </actions>
1028 + </cue>
1029 + </cues>
1030 +</cue>{{/code}}
976 976  * As a consequence, you CANNOT rename scripts or cues if you want to refresh them. Doing so would remove the old script or cue and add a new one with the new name.
977 977  * You CANNOT change a <cue> to a <library> or vice versa.
978 978  * You CANNOT add, remove, or change the "ref" attribute of a cue. But it is possible to remove the whole cue. (If all references to a library are removed you can also remove the library itself.)