This lib is used to emule a menu thanks to the "send incoming question" command.
THIS IS NOT A SCRIPT, it's just a tool for scripter to use less command slot and
improve their scripts by asking the player wanted datas like a sector, a ship type, etc ...
without waiting for the player to enter the datas by the slot command.
3. Use
All you have to do is to install mEngine on your game folders and call lib.mEngine.askfor.
This script needs 1 argument : an array which contains what you want to be asked to the user
thanks to the following object you can put in that array. The answers will be return by the script
in an array, in the same order as the question comes.
Here are the following inputs for the array :
Custom : you can input an array of string. The menu will display the string in order
and return the number of the wanted string.
$wanted = array alloc: size=0
$custom = array alloc: size=0
append "test1" to array $custom
append "test2" to array $custom
append "test3" to array $custom
append $custom to array $wanted
$wanted = [THIS] -> call script 'lib.mEngine.askfor' : Wanted=$wanted
if you select test2, the script will return an array of one element which
will be 1. Don't be affraid, this is the MOST COMPLICATED exemple !
Numbers : you can input a number of the following list, it will return the choosen element
of that list. The possibilities are actually :
0. Sectors
1. A number !
2. Player Owned ( ships and stations )
3. Player ships
4. Player station
5. Ship type
6. Ware type
7. Object in sector
8. Fighter type
9. Big Ship type
10. Player ship excluding satellites, mines and drones.
11. Player owned bases : Carriers and stations
In fact many more can be easily scripted, excepted string entries and few other exceptions.
As this is a library, it itself use no command, just the xx7777.xml. But if your installing a script using this library, check with the scripter if it script is compatible. If it is, this should work.
As i'm posting here, I add this small update (already the lib your downloading since few weeks ...)
11.08.2007 : 1.1b release
New features :
Add the 11th menu type
See above for download and details.
Last edited by PrizzZ on Sat, 18. Aug 07, 19:27, edited 1 time in total.
I have no scripting experience. I always use cycrows package installer to install the scripts
You say I need to install the files in your zipfile to the local game folders.
It is not clear to me which folder or folders you mean.
Suppose I installed X3 to c:\program\x3
Do I unzip your zip file to this folder?
Or are you meaning some subfolder within c:\program\x3. If so which one?
would it be possible to get this converted to run with the MD incoming question handler? so it doesn't generate log entries? (its not a quick fix it seems cause the MD question handler uses strings and numbers ok, but doesn't pass vars very well)
station
station owned by player
ship
ship owned by player
ship or station
ship or station owned by player
sector
object in sector (station ship asteroid)
homebase
homebase owned by player
station or carrier to dock at
warpgate
asteroid
ware in sector
ware
station type
station serial
ship type
object class
ware transport class
relation
station and resource
station and product
station and ware
ship and ware
ware of ship
jumpdrive gate
sector position
race
Sorry, I was away from my computer for several days.
But as I do not have a look at the MD, I would be interested in knowing how you send message to player without having a log on the player logbook.
its all thanks to the Mission Director, there is a script that uses it to send an incoming question, the down side is it can only return strings or numbers (MD limitation)
what i am doing is i already have a script that takes an array and makes each entry in the array into a selection box...that script then call the MD incoming question script gets the answer and passes it back to the first script
so what i have is a few scripts
one generates an array of data and its text equivalent and passes the text to the next one
the next one takes the text and generates a button list and passes that to the MD incoming question script
the MD incoming question script gets the answer and returns it too the second one
which then interprets the info...(if its back or next do that, else pass info back to first script)
info is passed back to the first script and first script converts the text answer back to a data answer useing the "return index of $value in $textarray starting at offset = 0" command
resulting in $answer1 = $textofbuttonpressed
and $answer2 = $datathatisequaltothebuttonpressed
combine them into an array with size 2 and pass that to whatever script called the first script
not simple, but i only have to make one script myself (the one that creates the data and text arrays) - cause i already have the others
Your still not clear on where to install this file.
you need to state .. It goes into file X Y Z
IE scripts , Main directory , etc.
"The procedure is :
Extract the lib where you want to.
In the folder where you extract it, there will be two directories :
* scripts, which contains files that you will copy in your c:\program\x3\scripts folder
* t, which contains files that you will copy in your c:\program\x3\t folder"
1. So i can extract it to my Desktop eh?
2. are you saying to put it in the Scripts folder AND the T folder? Or the DL comes with these files you need to move over? Because i just DL this and all it came with was a XML file.
This script is installed as any other script : script file in the script folder of the game install, text files in the t folder. In fact I don't really understand what is your point ...
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