[SCRIPTING] How to create debris ?

[Joubarbe]

Hey,

I'd like to create station and ship debris, but I cannot find them in X-Studio. In President's End, I can see both of them though (LU).

[DrBullwinkle]

create special...

[Joubarbe]

Oh yes I knew that one, with TSpecial.pck...

Thanks !
(that's the problem with programming... As soon as I leave a language, I forget most of it in two months)

[Joubarbe]

And how to remove them ?

I cannot find any command to catch them.

[UniTrader]

afaik the only way to get them in a var in X3 is with the return Value of create special. not sure if LU added some posibilities there. (in X2 there is the workaround with the Sectorobjects, but it works only IS and these commands are not available in X3 anymore)

[Joubarbe]

Yeah I had hope with this :

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$allCollObj = $sector -> get collision objects

for each $obj in array $allCollObj
  $obj -> destroy object: killer=$Value, show no explosion=0
end

But it doesn't work

[Jack08]

in LU, the "get collision objects" command returns a list of ships that a ship is actively trying to avoid as its "colliding" with them, as far as i know we never added the ability to "find special", for some reason i have a vague memory of a conversation Litucbe and i had about it but i dont remember the outcome.

Like UniTrader said, if you store the return value of create special you can manipulate it that way, just create an array or table and attach it to the sector, and add all specials you create to that array or table within that sector specific local variable.

[Joubarbe]

These specials are really weird... They cannot be rotated, for instance.

Anyway, what I'd like to do is to remove all the default billboards in the game, that's why I was asking this question...

Oh, by the way :

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$myTable = table alloc
$myTable2 = table alloc
table set $myTable ( 'one' ) = 1
table set $myTable ( 'two' ) = 2
table set $myTable2 ('string') = 'string'
dim $myArray = $myTable, $myTable2
$myVal = $myArray[0]
$myVal15746 = $myArray[1]
$myVal2 = table get $myVal ( 'one' )
$myVal3 = table get $myVal ('two')
$myVal4 = table get $myVal15746 ('string')

write to player logbook $myVal2
write to player logbook $myVal3
write to player logbook $myVal4
* output : 1, 2, string

That's powerful ! Better than arrays of arrays of arrays of arrays to "emulate" structures. So thanks for that again Jack

EDIT : Well... Considering that your "tables" are not "maps", it's better to do a table of tables, instead of mixing arrays and tables :

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$allStations = table alloc

* HQ
$station = table alloc
table set $station ('id') = 0
table set $station ('type') = {Argon Headquarters}
table set $allStations (0) = $station
* Military Outpost
$station = table alloc
table set $station ('id') = 1
table set $station ('type') = {Argon Military Outpost}
table set $allStations (1) = $station

$stationTable = table get $allStations ($stationID)
$stationType = table get $stationTable ('type')

$station = create station: type=$stationType owner=$owner addto=$sector x=$x y=$y z=$z