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Changes for page Mission Director Guide

Last modified by Klaus Meyer on 2025/03/31 16:39
From version 32970.13
edited by Heinrich Unrau
on 2024/10/17 12:58
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To version 32970.14
edited by Heinrich Unrau
on 2024/10/17 12:59
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1008 1008  * 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).
1009 1009  * 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 created setting $val_1 and the game is saved. If the Cue is deleted and years later a new cue with the same name appears, the old save will consider the new cue as already completed without executing its actions. The Cue PrintValue will fail to fi
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 created setting $val_1 and the game is saved. If the Cue is deleted and years later a new cue with the same name appears, the old save will consider the new cue as already completed without executing its actions. The Cue PrintValue will fail to find a variable set up in its parent.
1011 1011  {{code language="xml"}}<cue name="Deprecated_Test1" namespace="this">
1012 1012   <actions>
1013 1013   <set_value name="$val_1" exact="'old value'"/>
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1027 1027   </actions>
1028 1028   </cue>
1029 1029   </cues>
1030 -</cue>{{/code}}
1030 +</cue>
1031 +
1032 +<!-- Deprecated Cues, kept to not duplicate names in future cues -->
1033 +<cue name="Deprecated_Test1" comment="deprecated"></cue>{{/code}}
1031 1031  * 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.
1032 1032  * You CANNOT change a <cue> to a <library> or vice versa.
1033 1033  * 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.)