How to read a macro's properties?

[Ginger470]

So I want to find out what the max speed of a ship is... I can find the engines, but I can't seem to be able to pull the info from the macro.

This would be useful for all/any macro.... but how to do it?

Here's the macro... now how would I go about getting, say, speed 'forward'?


Thanks!

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!--Exported by: Michael (192.168.3.113) at 11.10.2013_10-33-35-->
<macros>
  <macro name="engine_player_bal_mk1_dam1_macro" class="engine">
    <component ref="generic_engine" />
    <properties>
      <identification name="{20108,101}" description="{20108,102}" unique="0" />
      <acceleration forward="30" reverse="45" strafe="60" pitch="75" yaw="75" roll="120" />
      <angular />
      <speed forward="90" reverse="-30" strafe="45" pitch="25" yaw="25" roll="60" />
      <typeinfo mk="1" type="1" />
      <hull min="250" max="1000" hittable="0" />
      <efficiency>
        <threshold threshold="1" value="1" />
        <threshold threshold="0.5" value="0.9" />
        <threshold threshold="0.25" value="0.8" />
      </efficiency>
      <sounds>
        <ambient ref="eng_player_ambient" />
      </sounds>
    </properties>
  </macro>
</macros>

[Mad_Joker]

I asked the exact same question once. Nobody knew how to do it. Therefore, I assume it's not possible.

[Ginger470]

but but but.......



There has to be a point in making these macros easily editable -- seems weird that none of the definitions would be read except by functions in the exe.

[iforgotmysocks]

?? you can read most properties once a object did load them from the macro.

Just search for the component/object and check with .speed

What annoys me is that you can't set properties of macros.
You only can do that by using functions.

[losthart2611]

I read in a post that you can only set speed as -1, 0 or 1 namely full reverse, full stop or full forward.

dont know if this will help

[UniTrader]

I read in a post that you can only set speed as -1, 0 or 1 namely full reverse, full stop or full forward.

dont know if this will help

sounds to me like that function expects a float. dont know if this will help, too.

[Observe]

I'm not exactly sure what you are trying to do, and I don't have access to my computer atm to verify, but if memory serves correctly, perhaps you can use something like <set_value name="$speed" exact="player.primaryship.speed"/> to get current speed and <force_player_speed speed="somenumber"/> to set it? This of course won't change the macro settings on-the-fly, but you could have your own custom engines with their own settings and use <upgrade_object_by_macro> to install those engines.

I don't know if the above has any relevance to what you are after.

[Ginger470]

Thanks for the tips guys, but ....

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<find_object_component name="$MIC_engines" class="class.engine" object="player.primaryship" multiple="false"/>

returns $MIC_engines.speed = current speed, not max speed