[Utility Scripts] MarCon utility files and Demo's

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It seems i'm getting posts to links to some of my Utility Scripts and Demo files spread all through the forum threads. So to counter this and make any updates to them a whole lot easier, i'm going to post them in this thread and provide links to them from here.

Well it sounds good in theory anyway.


Demo Script :

Add value selection to menu :
This script is a bit of a demo on how you can use the 'add value selection' command in a menu.

This is especially useful for Option and Settings menus. Download it and have a look at how i did it and use any parts / ideas that you find useful.

The script is heavily commented to help.

Disclaimer:
This is only how i have found how to use it and in no way indicates the Best or Only way it can be used.

Download 'script' and 't' files from google code:
Add value selection to Menu Demo v1 Zip

Screenshot:



An excellent tutorial on 'Add value selection' to menus by ScRaT_GER
can be found here.



Utility Script :

Clone Station or Shipyard v3
This script is useful if you need to clone a Station or Shipyard due to an installed Mod giving you trouble or any other reason and you need to create a replacement.

You may even just wish to boost the economy in your game or create specific station layouts in your game. This will help make it a lot easier.

This script can also be called by other scripts to perform the same funtion by supplying the script call arguments provided.

Also very useful for testing scripts and mods.

- Hotkey settable in controls menu.
- Target station and use hotkey.
- Follow the menu prompts.

NOTE:
This script will NOT work on Player owned Complexes !! (but it will clone NPC multi product factories )

Download 'script' files from google code:
SPK:
MarCon Clone Station v3 Spk

ZIP:
MarCon Clone Station v3 Zip




MINI Scripts :

Emergency Brake v1

Sets 2 hotkeys, one works on Player Ship and the other on the player tracking aim if it is a ship and owned by the Player.

Simple script code,
PlayerShip,


Tracking Aim,


Downloads,
SPK:
E Brake v1 Spk.

ZIP:
E Brake v1 Zip.

(All we need now is for someone to come up with a Mod for Airbags in TC)



Library Scripts :

Get All Sectors by Race v1.

Call this script and set the argument for the race you want and it will return an array of all the sectors in the universe belonging to that race. If you set the race to 'null', it will return an array of All the sectors in the universe.

If you use it, i would suggest a name change in case someone else uses it and mods the script.

This script is available for Download, see below.

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Font Information :

Font colors available :

Using the \033... format, the following letters represent available colors. These color codes must be read in from a text file and will not work if entered directly into the script.

B = Blue
C = Cyan
G = Green (Lime)
K = Black
M = Magenta (Violet)
O = Orange
R = Red
W = White
Y = Yellow
Z = Grey

X = Turns color off

Using all letters from the alphabet, a test script was run to produce the following results,


Other font Information :
Further font information is displayed below, this information was also script generated to get as accurate information as possible actually using the script engine.







Note, the information above says character '1' is size 7, while all other numbers are size 8, however, the comparison displayed shows no apparent difference in its size.

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MINI Scripts section Added

The first one is 'E Brake'
It adds 2 hotkeys for the player to use. 1 works on the playership and the other on the player tracking aim.

Hit the hotkey and you or your target (if it belongs to you) will come to a rapid stop. See OP for download links.

MarCon

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Thanks for this demo

i had some difficulties finding my way around these functions, it will look great in ADS.

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LIBRARY Scripts section Added

The first one is 'Get All Sectors by Race v1.'

Call this script and set the argument for the race you want and it will return an array of all the sectors in the universe belonging to that race. If you set the race to 'null', it will return an array of All the sectors in the universe.




The second one is 'Get All Sectors by Race ARRAY v1.'
Same as above, but it takes an array of races to return all sectors beloging to any race you put into the array.

Just create the array of the races you want to get the sectors for, in any manner you wish, then past the array as an argument to the script when you call it.



If you use either of these scripts, i would suggest a name change in case someone else uses it and mods the script.


See the OP to view the code and for download links.

MarCon

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Font information added.

This can be found in the second post.

I hope it helps someone.


MarCon