Gray out a custom command and show a portrait ?

[Joubarbe]

Hi,

Two questions this time

- Is there a way to gray out a custom command ? I would like to condition my command to a global variable.
- Can we show a portrait when the player is in space or in a station, like the game does during main plots or when he's being scanned ?

Thanks.

[DrBullwinkle]

- Is there a way to gray out a custom command ? I would like to condition my command to a global variable.

Take a look at Passenger to Marine.

In the setup file, the "set script command:" line references a check script.

In the check script, there are several constants that you can return. CmdConCheckDisabled is the constant that causes the command to be greyed out in the menu. [FALSE] removes the command from the menu.

[Joubarbe]

Thanks (again) !

Have you ever saw a mod/script displaying a portrait ? I read all commands, and did not find anything interesting.

[DrBullwinkle]

Actors are commonly presented from MD scripts.

[Guest]

CmdConCheckDisabled is the constant that causes the command to be greyed out in the menu. [FALSE] removes the command from the menu.

check cmd script:
return 0 ... command not available
return 1 ... command available
return 2 ... command greyed out

[Joubarbe]

And a super bonus question : how to get the name of a class ? Get name returns me a strange thing like "CLASS0418934"...

Here is the code (took from X-Studio, with strange behavior) :

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dim $ArrayTM = {Argon Magnetar}, {Boron Pleco}, {Split Boa}, {Pirate Caravel}, {Argon Zephyrus}, {Paranid Helios}, {Teladi Pelican}, {Yaki Chokaro}

if $NeededClass == [TM]
$ArrayNeeded = $ArrayTM
end

$ArraySize = size of array $ArrayNeeded
$Random = random value from zero to $ArraySize
$ReturnShip = $ArrayNeeded[$Random]
return $ReturnShip

And I'd need the real name of the ship. Quite strange that doesn't work.

DrBullwinkle, I know you have some libraries to find ships for ASS, but that's not exactly what I need (I read your mind!).

[DrBullwinkle]

how to get the name of a class ?

RefObj-> get class

However, there is a problem with testing the result of "get class" against a fixed class: Most ships belong to multiple classes.

For example, an M6 is a member of Carrier, M6, BigShip, Ship, and Moveable Ship.

So a more reliable test is:

If RefObj-> is of class [whatever] ...
else if RefObj-> is of class [whatever2] ...
end

[Guest]

And a super bonus question : how to get the name of a class ? Get name returns me a strange thing like "CLASS0418934"...

And I'd need the real name of the ship. Quite strange that doesn't work.

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$Ship.Type.Name = sprint fmt: '%s', $Ship.Type, null, null, null, null
$Object.Class.Name = sprint fmt: '%s', $Object.Class, null, null, null, null

$Object.Class and $Ship.Type.Name are of datatype "string"
$Ship.Type is of datatype "ship type"
$Object.Class is of datatype "object class"

[Joubarbe]

Thank you for your answers.

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$Ship.Type.Name = sprint fmt: '%s', $Ship.Type, null, null, null, null

That works, even if I don't really understand this command. My ship.type.name = CLASS0418934 if I use "get name" with it. Ok, because this command is to retrieve the name of an in-game object, not a ship type. But why a sprint fmt here, what do you replace exactly... ?

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$Ship.Type = sprint fmt: '%s', $Ship.Type, null, null, null, null

Because this will work too (that's what I use).

[Cycrow]

Thank you for your answers.

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$Ship.Type.Name = sprint fmt: '%s', $Ship.Type, null, null, null, null

That works, even if I don't really understand this command. My ship.type.name = CLASS0418934 if I use "get name" with it. Ok, because this command is to retrieve the name of an in-game object, not a ship type. But why a sprint fmt here, what do you replace exactly... ?

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$Ship.Type = sprint fmt: '%s', $Ship.Type, null, null, null, null

Because this will work too (that's what I use).

the sprint command is basically a way to setup a string using a serious of arguments, same as the c command, sprint.

all objects and data types can be converted to strings internally,.

the Reason the ->get name doesn't work, is because classes are not objects, they are enumerations, so you can't run object commands on them.

When converting these into a string, it basically does a read text command for the correct page and class id