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Changes for page Mission Director Guide

Last modified by Klaus Meyer on 2025/03/31 16:39
From version 32970.15
edited by Heinrich Unrau
on 2024/10/17 13:00
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To version 32972.1
edited by Heinrich Unrau
on 2024/10/17 13:02
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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.
1010 +** (!) Pitfall: Cue Removal
1011 +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 $val_1 and the game is saved.
1011 1011  {{code language="xml"}}<cue name="Deprecated_Test1" namespace="this">
1012 1012   <actions>
1013 1013   <set_value name="$val_1" exact="'old value'"/>
1014 1014   <debug_text text="$val_1"/>
1015 1015   </actions>
1016 -</cue>
1017 -
1018 -<cue name="Deprecated_Test1" namespace="this">
1019 - <actions>
1020 - <set_value name="$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>
1031 -
1032 -<!-- Deprecated Cues, kept to not duplicate names in future cues -->
1033 -<cue name="Deprecated_Test1" comment="deprecated"></cue>{{/code}}
1017 +</cue>{{/code}}
1034 1034  \\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.
1035 1035  {{code language="xml"}}<cue name="Deprecated_Test1" namespace="this">
1036 1036   <actions>
1037 - <set_value name="$val_1" exact="'old value'"/>
1038 - <debug_text text="$val_1"/>
1039 - </actions>
1040 -</cue>
1041 -
1042 -<cue name="Deprecated_Test1" namespace="this">
1043 - <actions>
1044 1044   <set_value name="$val_2" exact="'new value'"/>
1045 1045   <debug_text text="$val_2"/>
1046 1046   </actions>
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1051 1051   </actions>
1052 1052   </cue>
1053 1053   </cues>
1054 -</cue>
1055 -
1056 -<!-- Deprecated Cues, kept to not duplicate names in future cues -->
1057 -<cue name="Deprecated_Test1" comment="deprecated"></cue>{{/code}}
1058 -To avoid this
1031 +</cue>{{/code}}
1032 +\\To avoid this, do not delete any cues, but empty them out and mark them as deprecated. This will prevent new cues with the same name in the script.
1059 1059  {{code language="xml"}}<!-- Deprecated Cues, kept to not duplicate names in future cues -->
1060 1060  <cue name="Deprecated_Test1" comment="deprecated"></cue>{{/code}}
1061 1061  * 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.