HUD scripting example

[Killer Wolf]

as per the Progress thread, could someone knock up a quick script to change HUDs please? personally i'd like a script that changes the HUD to a trading HUD when docked, and something simple to change to a damaged HUD if damage is incurred. not picky about the parameters of this, ie number of bits of equipment damaged etc, i just want to try a few experiments.

ta

[another_commander]

as per the Progress thread, could someone knock up a quick script to change HUDs please? personally i'd like a script that changes the HUD to a trading HUD when docked, and something simple to change to a damaged HUD if damage is incurred. not picky about the parameters of this, ie number of bits of equipment damaged etc, i just want to try a few experiments.

ta

Quick example below. This goes in script.js, which lives inside Config:

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this.shipDockedWithStation = function()
{
	player.ship.hud = "trading-hud.plist";
}

this.shipWillLaunchFromStation = function(stationLaunchingFrom)
{
	player.ship.hud = "hud.plist";
}


// The below method has not been tested at all, might as well not compile, shown as quick'n'dirty example
this.shipBeingAttacked = function()
{
    if (player.ship.energy < 50)
    {
        player.ship.hud = "damaged-hud.plist";
    }
}

[Killer Wolf]

sweet, thanks AC.

[JensAyton]

This has now been changed to a read/write string property, as in:

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player.ship.hud = "trading-hud.plist";

[Lestradae]

What I have been wanting to ask for ages, would it be too difficult/messy to make HUDs into items of equipment?

That could put a whole new spin to them, still possible to have ships that have a specific/unique one, don't know if I'm the only one who would find this interesting?

[Frame]

What I have been wanting to ask for ages, would it be too difficult/messy to make HUDs into items of equipment?

That could put a whole new spin to them, still possible to have ships that have a specific/unique one, don't know if I'm the only one who would find this interesting?

Not quite sure what you mean, but you can dynamical on to fly change the hud to whatever you like at any time, during, after or just before docking

so if you couple it with some trigger like playerBoughtEquipment
and also take into account that the player can buy a new ship (with a new hud) that triggers playerBoughtNewShip, that will override the HUD setting(and it should)..

I'll leave it up to you to make a working example

Cheers Frame

[JensAyton]

What I have been wanting to ask for ages, would it be too difficult/messy to make HUDs into items of equipment?

That could put a whole new spin to them, still possible to have ships that have a specific/unique one, don't know if I'm the only one who would find this interesting?

• Custom, scripted equipment has already been done.
• HUDs are now scriptable.

Tadaa!

[Lestradae]

Ah, that's fast: I ask for it and it's already been done, basically. Nice

[Killer Wolf]

is it possible to query/use the player's condition status (the red/yellow/green) and/or if they've been targetted by another ship?

[Eric Walch]

is it possible to query/use the player's condition status (the red/yellow/green) and/or if they've been targetted by another ship?

What about player.alertCondition or player.alertHostiles

[another_commander]

is it possible to query/use the player's condition status (the red/yellow/green) and/or if they've been targetted by another ship?

Although I am sure that player.alertHostiles would be just fine for the vast majority of cases, here is a little script which uses the alertConditionChanged handler to find which ship has triggered the red alert (i.e. is attacking the player). Note that this script will not act in the case where the player gets targeted by a ship while already in red alert. This means that if you start a fight while very close to a sun, the script will not pick up the attack. In this case, maybe the shipBeingAttacked handler can come in handy.

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this.alertConditionChanged = function(currentAlertCondition, previousAlertCondition)
{
	if(currentAlertCondition == 3) // red alert
	{
		this.stp = this.findShipTargetingPlayer();
		if (this.stp)
		{
			log("scripttest2", "Player being targeted by " + this.stp);
		}
		else    // red alert is not because of a ship targeting player, could be temperature or altitude alert
		{
			log("scrtipttest2", "Red alert - not due to ship attacking player");
		}
	}
}


this.findShipTargetingPlayer = function()
{
	var scannerRange = 25000;

    // find ships in scanner range
	this.shipsInRange = system.filteredEntities(
						player.ship,
						function(ship)
						{
							return (ship.isShip && ship.position.distanceTo(player.ship.position) < scannerRange);
						} )

	 // see which of the ships found is targeting the player (if any)	
	for (var i = 0; i < shipsInRange.length; i++)
	{
		if (shipsInRange[i].target && shipsInRange[i].target.isPlayer)
		{
			return shipsInRange[i];
		}
	}

   // nothing found
	return null;
}

[Eric Walch]

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if (shipsInRange[i].target && shipsInRange[i].target.isPlayer) 

should be

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if (shipsInRange[i].target && shipsInRange[i].target.isPlayer && shipsInRange[i].target.hasHostileTarget) 

because not all ships targeting the player have hostile intentions.

[JensAyton]

Simplification:

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this.findShipTargetingPlayer = function() 
{
    function isTargetingPlayer(entity)
    {
        return entity.isShip && entity.hasHostileTarget && entity.target.isPlayer;
    }
    
    return system.filteredEntities(this, isTargetingPlayer, player.ship, 25000);
}

[Killer Wolf]

thanks for the info. just to clarify one other thing : if we have a script that determines HUDs, do we take out the HUD entry for the player variant in the SHIPDATA?

[another_commander]

No, the shipdata HUD entry should remain. It is good practice. If you don't have it, then the standard HUD will be displayed as default.