Need help with mission script language
Greetings!
While doing my map editor, i stumbled upon some tags i dont understand. Help me help you :) Tell me what they do and my editor will support them :)
Create tags:
1) What is the min/max values for properties:
* systemDamageXXX
* shieldBandStrengthX
Misc questions:
1) What is and what isnt case-sensitive?
* Are attribute names case sensitive (PointX vs pointX)?
* Are element names case sensitive (set_Variable vs set_variable)?
* Are text values case sensitive (counthoming vs countHoming)?
PS: Thanks Mike for continious help
While doing my map editor, i stumbled upon some tags i dont understand. Help me help you :) Tell me what they do and my editor will support them :)
Create tags:
1) What is the min/max values for properties:
* systemDamageXXX
* shieldBandStrengthX
Misc questions:
1) What is and what isnt case-sensitive?
* Are attribute names case sensitive (PointX vs pointX)?
* Are element names case sensitive (set_Variable vs set_variable)?
* Are text values case sensitive (counthoming vs countHoming)?
PS: Thanks Mike for continious help
[Last edited Apr 29, 2012 11:44:58]
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I can help you with 2 off the top of my head. The startAngle and endAngle are used for creating unnamed objects (nebulae, mines) in an arc.
Check out the mission script "Havoc in the Hamak Sector." It starts with a gigantic nebula that's 1/4 of a circle. The center is the upper left corner of the sector (x=100000, z=0). The startAngle=90 and the endAngle=180 sweeping clockwise from the upper edge to the left edge.
I hope this helps. I can answer your other question, but not without consulting documentation.
Check out the mission script "Havoc in the Hamak Sector." It starts with a gigantic nebula that's 1/4 of a circle. The center is the upper left corner of the sector (x=100000, z=0). The startAngle=90 and the endAngle=180 sweeping clockwise from the upper edge to the left edge.
I hope this helps. I can answer your other question, but not without consulting documentation.
"Damn the torpedoes! Four bells, Captain Drayton!"
(Likely actual words of Admiral David Farragut, USN, at the battle of Mobile Bay. Four bells was the signal for the engine room to make full steam ahead).
(Likely actual words of Admiral David Farragut, USN, at the battle of Mobile Bay. Four bells was the signal for the engine room to make full steam ahead).
Yeah, i just figured the angle too, in Module_3_bases it is used to make a "protective mine arc". Silly me not noticing it earlier... Still, thanks for answering! Now i can finally implement that in my editor.
...still need help with "hulltype" of the named objects though... and with hulltype/hullrace of genericMeshes, what do those mean actually?
...still need help with "hulltype" of the named objects though... and with hulltype/hullrace of genericMeshes, what do those mean actually?
[Last edited Apr 12, 2012 09:06:44]
Also, need help with Color... i updated the original post
I haven't used hulltype and hull race for generics, but I assume they are text fields that Science will see. That is, you might create a generic mesh with hullrace="Romulan" and hulltype="plasma torpedo."
"Damn the torpedoes! Four bells, Captain Drayton!"
(Likely actual words of Admiral David Farragut, USN, at the battle of Mobile Bay. Four bells was the signal for the engine room to make full steam ahead).
(Likely actual words of Admiral David Farragut, USN, at the battle of Mobile Bay. Four bells was the signal for the engine room to make full steam ahead).
Thanks! Added new questions in the OP
I think color with a small c is correct. A generic object will be marked on Long Range Scan and the colorRed colorGreen colorBlue combination controls the color of the marker.
The Notacon team worked carefully with this to create a generic object that showed up on LRS the same color as an asteroid (though unfortunately not the same size). Look at their mission "Party Crashers" on my website to see generic objects in which the three color combination is definitely working.
You might consider adding something that lets the players click on the color they want on a color grid rather than selecting three numbers.
I assume that "willAcceptCommsOrders" has been deprecated to the Brain Stack, but maybe not. It used to be that setting it to 1 meant a neutral ship would say "Sorry, Artemis, we will not accept your orders. Have a nice day." I assume that with the Brain Stack you can set a ship to say that only if it sees something more important to do. That is, it will refuse your orders if attacking enemies is a higher priority and there is an enemy in range, otherwise it will accept.
The Notacon team worked carefully with this to create a generic object that showed up on LRS the same color as an asteroid (though unfortunately not the same size). Look at their mission "Party Crashers" on my website to see generic objects in which the three color combination is definitely working.
You might consider adding something that lets the players click on the color they want on a color grid rather than selecting three numbers.
I assume that "willAcceptCommsOrders" has been deprecated to the Brain Stack, but maybe not. It used to be that setting it to 1 meant a neutral ship would say "Sorry, Artemis, we will not accept your orders. Have a nice day." I assume that with the Brain Stack you can set a ship to say that only if it sees something more important to do. That is, it will refuse your orders if attacking enemies is a higher priority and there is an enemy in range, otherwise it will accept.
"Damn the torpedoes! Four bells, Captain Drayton!"
(Likely actual words of Admiral David Farragut, USN, at the battle of Mobile Bay. Four bells was the signal for the engine room to make full steam ahead).
(Likely actual words of Admiral David Farragut, USN, at the battle of Mobile Bay. Four bells was the signal for the engine room to make full steam ahead).
Invisible to main screen only works for elites (Skaraans). At least it used to work.
My guess is that eliteAbilityState is a bit that allows any ship to have elite abilities. It probably needs to be set to 1 for elite abilities to work.
My guess is that eliteAbilityState is a bit that allows any ship to have elite abilities. It probably needs to be set to 1 for elite abilities to work.
"Damn the torpedoes! Four bells, Captain Drayton!"
(Likely actual words of Admiral David Farragut, USN, at the battle of Mobile Bay. Four bells was the signal for the engine room to make full steam ahead).
(Likely actual words of Admiral David Farragut, USN, at the battle of Mobile Bay. Four bells was the signal for the engine room to make full steam ahead).
Strange, i just made a hullID 5001 (skaraan) invisible to main screen and it didnt, but at the same time bits for invis to tactical and invis to science worked. Maybe its broken now? I will now thoroughly test color and Color and try to see what is the eliteAbilityState (At least see what its equal to)
PS: Of course i'll add color selection via picker, its on the list. I also plan to add seting coordinates for stuff like spheres, rectangles or points via space map. But right now you already can set generic mesh color via picker in space map mode. And i made this thinking that people would use space map to change objects, since its easier and more natural that way.
PS: Of course i'll add color selection via picker, its on the list. I also plan to add seting coordinates for stuff like spheres, rectangles or points via space map. But right now you already can set generic mesh color via picker in space map mode. And i made this thinking that people would use space map to change objects, since its easier and more natural that way.
[Last edited Apr 23, 2012 17:18:04]
Yes, indeed Color is confirmed NOT to work and color is confirmed to work.
eliteAbilityState is 0 by default and setting it to 1 does nothing. I tried to set it to 1. I tried to set it to 1 and then 0 and then 1 etc each second. I tested it on enemy (id 2000 & id 5002) that had all elite abilities or just cloak ability and it didnt make it go cloaked or use any other ability. I tried setting ai type as well and it didnt help. This eliteAbilityState parameter seems to do absolutely nothing.
eliteAbilityState is 0 by default and setting it to 1 does nothing. I tried to set it to 1. I tried to set it to 1 and then 0 and then 1 etc each second. I tested it on enemy (id 2000 & id 5002) that had all elite abilities or just cloak ability and it didnt make it go cloaked or use any other ability. I tried setting ai type as well and it didnt help. This eliteAbilityState parameter seems to do absolutely nothing.
[Last edited Apr 23, 2012 18:23:39]
Also need help with set_relative_position
I use set_relative_position all the time. What's the problem?
It's a little confusing that that set_relative_position works in degrees while add_to_object_property (angle) is in radians.
It's a little confusing that that set_relative_position works in degrees while add_to_object_property (angle) is in radians.
"Damn the torpedoes! Four bells, Captain Drayton!"
(Likely actual words of Admiral David Farragut, USN, at the battle of Mobile Bay. Four bells was the signal for the engine room to make full steam ahead).
(Likely actual words of Admiral David Farragut, USN, at the battle of Mobile Bay. Four bells was the signal for the engine room to make full steam ahead).
Problem is, you use radians there:
<!-- If something happened to Warsaw bring it back -->
<set_relative_position name1="Artemis" name2="Warsaw" angle="3.14" distance="900"/>
That confuses me.
<!-- If something happened to Warsaw bring it back -->
<set_relative_position name1="Artemis" name2="Warsaw" angle="3.14" distance="900"/>
That confuses me.
I may have screwed up. I'm revising "Hamak" this weekend and I'll check.
"Damn the torpedoes! Four bells, Captain Drayton!"
(Likely actual words of Admiral David Farragut, USN, at the battle of Mobile Bay. Four bells was the signal for the engine room to make full steam ahead).
(Likely actual words of Admiral David Farragut, USN, at the battle of Mobile Bay. Four bells was the signal for the engine room to make full steam ahead).
Ah, i see, so it is indeed in degrees then. Thanks!
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