The Script Editor / Galaxy Editor

[kaine]

Do we have a rought ETA on the scripting instructions? is it weeks away or months away?

[Brianetta]

[echo_buzz]

coxpwr,
i dont know if found out or not how to install different lasers in the same tower,but different bays, so ill tell you here:
(3 bay turret)
$front = shipname->install 2 units of alpha PSG
$front = shiptname->install1 unit of ion disruptor

so from the main menue chose TRADE COMMANDS
the 4th line example will say: <blah>INSTALL<blah>units of<blah>
press it and it will take you to a different menue,
from the SCRIPT INPUT menue push <VARIABLE>and give it a name say front, so then you'll have:

$front = ? -> install ? units of ?
replace the question marks with variables: shipname,unitts, weapon name.
$front = shipname->install 2 units of alpha Phase Shockwave Generator.

instead of scrolling everytime through the weapon list, just declare them before, something like:

aPSG = alpha Phase Shockwave Generator
$front = shipname->install 2 units of aPSG

i just started on the editor today so maybe there's a better way of doin it, but the abouve still works

[kaine]

[echo_buzz]

he's propably tesing you

[akrules!]

[Orlando Benjamin]

Where is that Script Editor?

[echo_buzz]

while you floating around in space just type: Thereshallbewings (with capital T), then push: S C S , and it will start.

[BurnIt!]

We now have a scripting forum for all you hobby scripters out there.
Note that scripting still is NOT supported.

[Brianetta]

[drew2541]

how do you type in the phrase

[btaak]

I have found a couple of ways to stop a script from running. It appears that the script gets saved in your save game file. So, number one, save the game before you try the script. Then either do not save the game while you are trying the script so that it does not get written into your save game. Or number two, after having removed the *xml files for the script out of the \t and \script directories reload the previous save game you saved before using the script. If you did happen to save a game after having installed a script, go into the script editor and delete the scripts (they have the same names as the *xml files in the scripts directory), then save your game again. Then reload that save game after exiting via Shift-Q to the main load menu.

[giskard]

Btaak: Most of that is known to me but the Shift Q part just raise questions. Will that stop all scripts saved into a saved game ?

You see the problem Id like to avoid is not one of test without saving, its one of enable/disable at will. I plan to write a script players will probably only need early on and so may wish to remove it once they understand the game better.

Right now im considering taking the ship upgrade path and using that as the on/off switch for the script. Eg buy and sell it, enables or disables some BBS articles.

Giskard

[Ziggy]

[CBJ]

Let's not get personal about this please, this is not a thread I want to have to lock.