So recently I’ve found myself back in Game-Guru for more
significant lengths of time than I’ve had in a while. Up to this point I’ve mostly been relegated
to occasionally dipping my toes in the water while things are updating at a
furious pace due to github contributions.
So I found myself troubleshooting some of my weather system
functions and realized there was a significant body of added functions since
the last major version (5.12.2017/DX9).
The DX9 edition was fairly stable, so a lot of people use it
– however since then a large amount of updated Lua commands have been added
with no real clear list of what’s been changed between now and then. So without any further fanfare, here’s a simple list
capturing most of the changes listed on github. They were obtained by checking the history of changes on
github so if I missed any, please let me know.
Most of this is documented in
global.lua itself, albeit not as a straight ‘diff’ as this is intended to be.
ENTITY CONTROL
ScaleObject :
ScaleObject( obj, x, y, z ) -- Scales object in all axis (Note: uses object
id not entity!)
***** The following
four functions return multiple values, if you do not need them all just replace
***** the ones you
don't need with '_' for example : _, _, _, Ax, Ay, Az = GetEntityPosAng( e )
would
***** just give you
last three of the 6 values returned
GetObjectPosAng : x,
y, z, Ax, Ay, Az = GetObjectPosAng( obj ) -- returns position and Euler
angles of object
GetEntityPosAng : x,
y, z, Ax, Ay, Az = GetEntityPosAng( e )
-- returns position and Euler angles of entity
GetObjectColBox :
xmin, ymin, zmin, xmax, ymax, zmax = GetObjectCollBox( obj ) -- returns
collision cube of object
GetEntityColBox :
xmin, ymin, zmin, xmax, ymax, zmax = GetEntityCollBox( e ) -- returns collision cube of entity
Collision
box is defined by coordinates of two opposing corners, from these it is easy to
calculate the size of the object
GetEntityWeight :
weight = GetEntityWeight( e ) -- returns the Physics weight value of the
entity
GetObjectScales : xs, ys, zs = GetObjectScales( obj ) -- returns
scale values of object in all axis (Note: uses object id not entity!)
SetRotationYSlowly : SetRotationYSlowly(e,destangle,smoothvalue) --
where e is the entity and a smooth value of 100 is immediate, where 50 takes
twice as long to rotate to destangle (Dest Angle)
RotateToPlayerWithOffset(e,angleoffset) – Rotates an entity to the
player with a euler angle offset.
SetHoverFactor(e,v) – Sets E entity’s hover factor by V value. Presumably
used for flying objects.
SetEntityHealthSilent(e,v) – Unsure of actual function but
obviously it sets an entity’s health… silently?
Needs testing.
JOYSTICK/GAMEPAD/VR CONTROLS
NOTE: Joystick and VR
function before was simply a placeholder.
So these commands were there before but didn’t actually work – now they
do, hence their inclusion below.
JoystickX:
JoystickX() -- returns a value between -1000 and +1000 representing X axis
of controller
JoystickY:
JoystickY() -- returns a value between -1000 and +1000 representing Y axis
of controller
JoystickZ:
JoystickZ() -- returns a value between -1000 and +1000 representing Trigger
of controller
PromptLocalForVR(e,str,vrmode)
– Unsure, bit it does have actual function now.
PromptLocal(e,str)
– some kind of vr related function unfortunately poorly documented for now.
JoystickHatAngle:
JoystickHatAngle() -- command used by the default player control mechanism
JoystickFireXL:
JoystickFireXL() -- command used by the default player control mechanism
JoystickTwistX:
JoystickTwistX() -- command used by the default player control mechanism
JoystickTwistY:
JoystickTwistY() -- command used by the default player control mechanism
JoystickTwistZ:
JoystickTwistZ() -- command used by the default player control mechanism
SetGamePlayerStatePlrZoomInChange:
SetGamePlayerStatePlrZoomInChange() -- command used by the default player
control mechanism
GetGamePlayerStatePlrZoomInChange:
GetGamePlayerStatePlrZoomInChange() -- command used by the default player
control mechanism
GetDynamicCharacterControllerDidJump:
x=GetDynamicCharacterControllerDidJump() -- returns 1 if controller jumped
SOUND CONTROL
SetEntityString :
SetEntityString ( e, slot, string ) -- where e is the entity number and
slot (0-4) to write the string into. I
believe this probably allows you to change sounds or configure them
programmatically.
GetEntityString :
GetEntityString ( e, slot ) -- where e is the entity number and slot (0-4)
is the sound slot index. The above
supposition is confirmed by this.
LoopNon3DSound(e,v) – entity/value.
Loops a slotted sound without 3d, so no distance modifiers just same
volume at any distance.
WATER SHADER CONTROLS
**Water Shader Settings*** Look into the shader for
informations about these values(open effectbank/reloaded/water_basic.fx with
i.e. notepad)
SetWaterHeight(value)
– Sets height of water plane.
SetWaterColor(red,green,blue)
– Sets RGB of water plane.
SetWaterWaveIntensity(value)
– Sets intensity of waves
SetWaterTransparancy(value)
– Sets transparency of waves
SetWaterReflection(value)
– Sets reflection value of water surface
SetWaterReflectionSparkleIntensity(value)
– Specularity of water surface, I believe
SetWaterFlowDirection(x,y,speed)
-- small tip: -1 =east/north; 1=west/south - speed is a multiplier of the
flowdirection(higher => fast flow)
SetWaterDistortionWaves(value)
-- Water noise level
SetRippleWaterSpeed(value)
– how fast the ripples move
GetWaterHeight() – returns
height of water
GetWaterWaveIntensity()
– returns intensity of water
GetWaterShaderColorRed()
– returns water plane R value
GetWaterShaderColorGreen()
– returns water plane G value
GetWaterShaderColorBlue()
-- returns water plane B value
GetWaterTransparancy()
– returns water transparency value
GetWaterReflection()
-- returns water reflection value
GetWaterReflectionSparkleIntensity()
-- Returns ‘water reflection sparkle
intensity’ value
GetWaterFlowDirectionX()
– returns water flow direction X
GetWaterFlowDirectionY()
– returns water flow direction Y
GetWaterFlowSpeed() –
returns water flow speed
GetWaterDistortionWaves()
– returns water distortion wave setting
GetRippleWaterSpeed() – returns water ripple speed
LIGHT AND SKY CONTROL
SetSkyTo(str) :
str=foldername of the sky you want to change to (i.e.
ChangeSkyTo("dark"))
GetEntityLightNumber(
e ) -- Returns entity light number
(HALLELUJAH!)
x, y, z =
GetLightPosition( lightNum ) – Presumably returns light XYZ position into 3
separate variables, needs testing.
r, g, b =
GetLightRGB( lightNum ) --
Presumably fills RGB values into 3 separate variables. Needs testing.
GetLightRange(
lightNum ) -- Returns light range.
GetLightAngle : xv,
yv, zv = GetLightAngle( LightNum ) -- returns the angle vector of the
dynamic light specified
SetLightAngle :
SetLightAngle( lightNum, xv, yv, zv ) -- sets the angle vector of the
specified light ( e.g. 0, 0, 1 would be 'North' or +Z axis )
SetLightPosition(
lightNum, x, y, z ) – Lightnum=entity light number. Sets physical position.
SetLightRGB(
lightNum, r, g, b ) -- Lightnum=entity light number. Sets RBG value of light.
SetLightRange( lightNum, range )
-- range is 1 .. 10000, values outside range are capped; configures
output range of light.
FUNCTION FOR FUNCTIONS
SetPreExitValue: SetPreExitValue(e,value) -- where e is the entity
and a value of 2 will exit preexit function.
This is invoked at runtime and allows a function to return a value if it
exits before being allowed to return a code properly – I think. Needs testing but most of you won’t be using
this unless you took actual programming classes :P
PARTICLE CONTROLS (!)
ParticlesGetFreeEmitter: iEmitterID = ParticlesGetFreeEmitter() --
returns the index of a free particle emitter object
ParticlesAddEmitter:
ParticlesAddEmitter(animationSpeed,startsOffRandomAngle,offsetMinX,offsetMinY,offsetMinZ,offsetMaxX,offsetMaxY,offsetMaxZ,scaleStartMin,scaleStartMax,scaleEndMin,scaleEndMax,movementSpeedMinX,movementSpeedMinY,movementSpeedMinZ,movementSpeedMaxX,movementSpeedMaxY,movementSpeedMaxZ,rotateSpeedMinZ,rotateSpeedMaxZ,lifeMin,lifeMax,alphaStartMin,alphaStartMax,alphaEndMin,alphaEndMax,frequency)
-- create a particle emitter under the index iEmitterID and specified
parameters (yes, the command really is that long).
ParticleAddEmitterEx:
(as above with additional parameters) e, limbindex, particle image ID,
particle frame count -- where e is the entity to assign particle to
ParticlesDeleteEmitter:
ParticlesDeleteEmitter ( iEmitterID ) -- delete a particle emitter under
index iEmitterID
ParticleAddEmitterEx:
(as above with additional parameters) e, limbindex, particle image ID,
particle frame count -- where e is the entity to assign particle to
DECOMMED AI CONTROLS
Lastly, a large amount of OLD AI commands were
decommissioned. This means new ones are likely
on the way with the updated AI changes in the pipeline.
CharacterControlManual(e)
– decommed
CharacterControlLimbo(e)
– decommed
CharacterControlUnarmed(e)
– decommed
CharacterControlArmed(e)
– decommed
CharacterControlFidget(e)
– decommed
CharacterControlDucked(e)
– decommed
CharacterControlStand(e)
– decommed
SetCharacterToWalk(e)
– decommed
SetCharacterToRun(e)
– decommed
SetCharacterToStrafeLeft(e)
– decommed
SetCharacterToStrafeRight(e)
– decommed
SetCharacterVisionDelay(e,v)
– decommed
LockCharacterPosition(e,v)
– decommed
UnlockCharacterPosition(e,v)
– decommed
