Executing commands in script

[the6ftmidget]

Hi everyone,

I have a (most likely trivial) question regarding scripting in X3. I would like to know how I can call the command 'Start commercial representation'([Comm.Agent]) on a ship from a script. I would assume that any menu command is linked to a script, but I have no idea how to find the linked script.
I have skimmed through the MCSI handbook but didn't manage to find what I am looking for.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

[X2-Illuminatus]

Check the setup script for the Commercial agent script. The command will be registered there.

Apart from that, an explanation of the call script command can be found here.

[jack775544]

Just to extend on the previous answer a little bit, any script that starts with the name 'setup.' will be run when the game is either created or loaded from a save file but after the universe has been generated. So these are the places where commands are usually initialised.

For CAG the script that you are looking for will be 'setup.plugin.com.agent' and the command that binds a menu action to a script will be

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set script command upgrade: command=<Object Command/Signal> upgrade=<Var/Ware>

[JSDD]

... regarding the commercial agent command, i think that you cannot simply start / call it an then "forget", because it has a preload script
... that is every time you start the command the preload script executes, which in this case opens up a menu
... in this preload menu you must manually click on "start the command" button

to start the commsAgent on a ship that has previously run that command (and has all the necessary settings/pilot/software/etc), you have to look into the preload script and find out what script commands / lines are executed when you click on that "start commercial agent" button

[ubuntufreakdragon]

there isn't much more to do than checking for pilotes, I had already done this for Lucikes Scripts for this Script of mine: http://www.nexusmods.com/x3terranconflict/mods/4/?