Cue name Change the objective silently? This suppresses the mission objective bar and the sound effect. Default is false Mission type Objective action type Custom objective action, requires attribute customaction No objective Achieve Coverage Acquire blueprint Acquire crew Acquire units Acquire ware Activate something Approach an npc, or a location Assign subordinate Attack object Await (e.g. us this instead of objective.wait for 'awaiting' arrival at a location, when player is being taken there) Board object Build housing (terraforming) Build module Build project (terraforming) Build ship Build station Buy ware Claim (e.g. a sector, cluster or small ship) Collect Confirm the delivery of wares via the UI Confiscate Contact (faction, organisation) Contact ship via comm Craft Defeat (an enemy) Defend Deliver ware Deploy (satellite, mines) Destroy object Disembark from your ship (e.g. by using the spacesuit) Dock at object Drop Embark a ship (take control as the pilot) Embark a ship (as a passenger) Enable Escort Exchange wares Explore Extend Equip Find object Find way to location or object (no guidance to target provided) Fly to location or object Follow object Free (e.g. Prisoners) Get up (from chair) Fly to location or object (guidance case) Go to (on platform) Hack an object Hold position Gain reputation with a faction Investigate some situation Join a mission-subscription/squadron/... Kill actor Launch something (ship or missile) Look at something Neutralize something (terrafoming, e.g. environmental effect) Observe (object or event) Patrol Pick up object Pick up a person Police scan Protect object Race Relocate (station to location) Repair Research Restock Retreat (from battle, from threat) Sabotage an object Scan an object Secure (ship or location) Sell ware Smuggle an item Steal Supply Support Survive (battle, trap) Talk to actor Track Transport Trigger (e.g. spacesuit EMP/Bomb) Return to your ship and undock Unlock an object or location Upgrade Use your spacesuit Wait Mission group lookup Argon Police Argon Secret Service Argon Vs Holy Order war Argon Vs Xenon war Antigone Trade Guild Scale Plate Pact Pirates Terraforming Mission thread types for missions and mission offers Missions are active in parallel Missions are played through sequentially Which cue is used as namespace? Use "this" cue as namespace, even for instances: $foo == this.$foo Same as "this", but when instantiated, use the static cue: $foo == static.$foo By default the namespace is inherited from the parent cue. The default for root cues is same as "static". Priority of "todo" item Trivial (nice to have) Low priority Medium priority High priority Critical (game cannot ship without) Action when cue conditions fail (optional) Cancel the cue when conditions fail (without performing the actions) Complete the cue when conditions fail (without performing the actions) Cue state Disabled (no condition checks) Waiting (checking conditions) Active (running actions) Complete (finished running actions) Cancelled Component slot or list of component slots as objective targets (cannot be used in combination with any of the attributes object, group, offset or randomoffset) Group of objective targets (cannot be used in combination with any of the attributes object or slot) Offset from reference object (position or vector value - cannot be used in combination with any of the attributes slot or randomoffset) Random offset from reference object (given as length or vector value - cannot be used in combination with any of the attributes slot or offset). When a length is given, it specifies the maximal offset distance from the object in any direction (equivalent to a vector with identical X/Y/Z extents). When a vector is given, it specifies an ellipsoid with given X/Y/Z extents around the object - the random offset is a vector to a random point inside the ellipsoid. NOTE: If the same object and random offset is used as objective target multiple times, the random offset remains the same. The random offset is the same as the one generated by <create_position> with randomoffset attribute. Optional radius associated with the objective. Default is 0 Custom action text, required if action="custom" Objective detail text End time of this objective. The remaining time will be displayed in the message ticker if this is the current mission objective. Cannot be combined with attributes duration or showelapsedtime. The endtime can be updated with <update_objective_endtime>. The timer can be paused with <pause_objective_timer>, which will postpone the endtime accordingly. Time limit (duration) of this objective. Cannot be combined with attributes endtime or showelapsedtime. The duration is automatically converted to an endtime when the objective starts (see attribute endtime). Should the elapsed time for this objective be displayed in the message ticker? Cannot be combined with attributes endtime or duration. The elapsed time can be paused with <pause_objective_timer>. When this objective starts, should it continue using the timer state of the previous objective of this mission? This includes the remaining time (a time limit previously initiated via attributes endtime or duration), the elapsed time (via attribute showelapsedtime) and whether the timer has been paused via <pause_objective_timer>. If the previous objective had any timer data, it will be kept and continued, ignoring any other timer-related attributes (endtime, duration, showelapsedtime) for this objective. Consequently, if such attributes are also provided, they will only take effect if the previous objective did NOT have a displayed timer. NOTE: Even if the previous objective had an endtime that has already passed, keeptimer will keep this endtime (so that the remaining time of 0 seconds will still be displayed on screen). Value whose encyclopedia entry should be referenced from the mission briefing Should the target name be shown as unknown if the target is unknown? Default is false. Should mission guidance show the full path towards the objective target(s), even if there are unknown gates/sectors on the way? Default is false. If the target is inside a room, should mission guidance suggest docking at a suitable docking bay when the player is elsewhere in a ship or spacesuit? Default is true. Can be set to false explicitly if the target is in a room, but the mission requires the player to remain in a ship or a spacesuit. NOTE: For an objective to attack, destroy or kill a ship, docking will not be suggested anyway even when the target is docked, and setting suggestdocking to false is not required. Mission briefing step number Should the objective be displayed as 'failed' in the mission briefing instead of 'completed'? This only takes effect if this briefing step occurs before the currently active one. Should the incomplete objective be displayed as 'completed' in the mission briefing? This can be used to mark a briefing objective as completed out of sequence. This only takes effect if this briefing step occurs after the currently active one (since steps before the current step are already shown as completed by default). Corresponding step in the mission briefing that should be set to active (optional) Mission name (required if mission or mission offer is created from scratch) Mission description Icon to be displayed in mission briefing Caption for mission briefing icon (requires icon attribute) Faction that offers the mission (required if mission or mission offer is created from scratch) Opposition faction to be encountered during the mission Mission group (defined in missiongroups.xml) (required if mission or mission offer is created from scratch) Help overlay ID string Online mission ID string Online mission chapter string Licence required to accept the mission (licence faction must match 'faction') Money reward Arbitrary reward text (null is allowed and ignored; a non-null value takes precedence over money reward if specified) Is this mission abortable? (Only used for missions, has no effect on mission offers) Object that is associated with this mission (e.g. an NPC) Class, macro or object to be set as the long range scan target (can also be 0 to clear the long range scan target when updating a mission) Cue reference Cue name Internal version number Date of current version Status of current version Author name Date of change Change description Author name Date of change Description of change Priority of change Objective progress data for progress bar display Progress display text string (if provided, it's shown in message ticker with progress value, otherwise a progress bar is shown) Max progress count (rounded to an integer) Current progress count (rounded to an integer, default is 0 if not supplied) Mission briefing objective Range of delay time between activation and performing actions (or between previous actions block and performing next actions block) Cue actions Definition of briefing steps Replace briefing steps, i.e. discard all existing steps? This is supported for <update_offer>, <create_mission> (with attribute offercue) and <update_mission>. Default is false. Insert briefing steps instead of overwriting existing ones? This is supported for <update_offer>, <create_mission> (with attribute offercue) and <update_mission>. Default is false. Delivery information for certain types of delivery missions Specific delivery information if this is a mission to deliver player-owned crew to a target object, used by the UI to enable mission-related crew transfer Target object (station), can be null if people="0" Number of people to be delivered Optional table providing minimum skill requirements for people to be delivered (key = skill type, value = minimum skill value of this type) Specific delivery information if this is a mission to deliver wares to a player-owned object, used by the UI to enable mission-related ware transfer Target object (container) which must store the wares Table of wares to be delivered (key = ware, value = amount to be delivered, positive only) Specific delivery information if this is a mission to deliver ships, used by the UI to support mission-related ship setup List of ship requirements, which are also provided in the form of lists. Each ship requirement is formatted as [ macro, loadout ]. Optionally the amount of ships can be provided in the third list element. In <update_mission>, a provided list replaces any previous delivery info (an empty list can be provided to clear the previous delivery info). Definition for interactive elements of the briefing Custom briefing button to signal the mission clue upon click Briefing interaction button text (use '' to remove the button) Definition of briefing steps Duration of the sub-mission Briefing step (either as part of the briefing definition, or as reference to it when setting the objective) Replace briefing steps, i.e. discard all existing steps? This is supported for <update_offer>, <create_mission> (with attribute offercue) and <update_mission>. Default is false. Event for when a briefing is started for a mission or mission offer (object = cue, param = list of rendertarget names) Event for when a briefing is cancelled (object = cue) Event for when a submission selection is made in a briefing is started for a mission thread or mission thread offer (object = submission cue, param = list of rendertarget names) Event for when a submission is unselected in a mission thread related briefing (object = submission cue) Event for when the interact button in the mission briefing has been clicked (object = mission cue) Event for when a cue is activated (object = cue) Event for when a cue is cancelled (object = cue) Event for when a cue is completed (object = cue) Event for when a cue is signalled (object = cue). Default is this cue if no cue is specified. (param = Script parameter passed from <signal_cue_instantly>) Event for when mission guidance is disabled for a mission (object = mission cue). NOTE: Under normal circumstances, this event should not have an effect on a mission. Event for when mission guidance is enabled for a mission (object = cue). NOTE: Under normal circumstances, this event should not have an effect on a mission. Event for when a mission is aborted by the player (object = cue) Event for when a npc is created (param = npc actor) Event for when a cue offer is accepted (object = cue) Event for when an online mission offer is outdated (object = offer cue) Event for when the creation of an online mission offer is requested (param = online mission ID string) Online mission ID string Event for when a character is created on a platform by platform population system, or manually by <create_platform_actor> (param = actor, param2 = entity type, param3 = true iff actor is a representative) Is actor a representative? Event for when a marine commander starts a boarding operation (param = commander, param2 = target to be boarded, param3 = boarder faction) The marine commander that controls the boarding operation The target object to be boarded The boarder faction, which is trying to take ownership of the target Event for when a boarding commander requests support by the player (param = commander, param2 = object being boarded, param3 = forced mission (0 should mean no forced mission)) The platform commander requesting support The object being boarded by the commander requesting support Cue is in active state Cue is in cancelled state Cue is in complete state Cue is in disabled state Cue is in waiting state Mission guidance is active for the mission cue. NOTE: Under normal circumstances, this information should not have an effect on a mission. List of conditions all of which must be met List of conditions any one of which must be met Show Game-over menu Quit to desktop Quit to startmenu Identifier of startmenu submenu which should be opened instead of top level, e.g. 'new' Quit to game Id of new game to start Optional table providing parameters to be passed to the new game (parameter names and values must all be strings) Quit to latest savegame. Falls back to startmenu if no savegame can be found Start capturing a movie (to stop capture, see capture_movie_stop) Stop capturing a movie Make a screenshot (optional in a subdirectory) Sub-folder of the personal screenshot folder where the screenshot will be stored (optional) Enable Benchmarking (until we call benchmark_stop) Note: This action is only available in egosoft-internal builds with benchmarking enabled Sub-folder of the personal folder where the benchmarking results will be stored (optional) Disable Benchmarking (has to be previously started with benchmark_start) Note: This action is only available in egosoft-internal builds with benchmarking enabled Activate an existing mission associated with a cue Cancel cue. This only takes effect after the current cue actions have been performed. For more details, see section "Cleaning up instances explicitly" in the Mission Director Guide. Complete cue Create an actor object and associate it with this cue Fixed seed used for NPC appearance and random name generation. Auto-advance seed used for NPC appearance and random name generation. Create a mission and associate it with this cue Initial mission objective. If no mission briefing steps are provided, a matching briefing step is created implicitly. Cue associated with a mission offer, whose properties will be copied to the mission. The other mission parameters are optional if offercue is supplied. Duration of the mission. Cannot be combined with attributes endtime or showelapsedtime. The duration will be converted to the mission endtime immediately (see endtime attribute for details), unless this is a queued sub-mission of a mission thread. End time of the mission. Cannot be combined with attributes duration or showelapsedtime. The endtime can be updated with <update_mission>. The timer can be paused with <pause_mission_timer>, which will postpone the endtime accordingly. The remaining time will be displayed in the message ticker if this is the current mission. NOTE: The mission's objectives can have their own timers, which are independent of the mission timer and take precedence in the message ticker display. To avoid confusion, it is not recommended to combine mission timer and objective timers in the same mission. Should the elapsed time for this mission be displayed in the message ticker? Cannot be combined with attributes endtime or duration. The timer display can be disabled with <update_mission>. The elapsed time can be paused with <pause_mission_timer>. NOTE: The mission's objectives can have their own timers, which are independent of the mission timer and take precedence in the message ticker display. To avoid confusion, it is not recommended to combine mission timer and objective timers in the same mission. Should mission become active if there is already another mission? Default is true. (Setting to false also prevents the mission being activated automatically when another mission gets deactivated.) The cue of the mission thread Mission cue to insert this thread before in the mission-thread Create the accept event for the mission offer cue Create a mission offer and associate it with this cue The actor making the mission offer, used to start the briefing conversation The offer location component slot (if not supplied then the mission offer has no visible location) Distance from the offer location for the offer to be displayed in the BBS (unless hidden for another reason) Duration of the mission. Cannot be combined with attribute showelapsedtime. The duration will be converted to the mission endtime automatically when the mission starts. Should the elapsed time for this mission be displayed in the message ticker? Cannot be combined with attribute duration. The timer starts when the mission starts. NOTE: The mission's objectives can have their own timers, which are independent of the mission timer and take precedence in the message ticker display. To avoid confusion, it is not recommended to combine mission timer and objective timers in the same mission. Is the offer hidden from the BBS? If true, the mission offer can only be found via the offer location. Space location or list of locations the player must be in for the mission to appear in the BBS (unless hidden for another reason) Create a mission and associate it with this cue Cue associated with a mission offer, whose properties will be copied to the mission. The other mission parameters are optional if offercue is supplied. Duration of the mission thread. Cannot be combined with attribute endtime. The duration is converted to an endtime automatically (see endtime attribute for details). End time of the mission thread. Cannot be combined with duration attribute. The mission thread type of this offer Create a mission-thread offer and associate it with this cue The actor making the mission offer, used to start the briefing conversation The offer location component slot (if not supplied then the mission offer has no visible location) Distance from the offer location for the offer to be displayed in the BBS (unless hidden for another reason) Duration of the mission thread. The duration will be converted to the mission thread endtime automatically when the mission thread starts. Is the offer hidden from the BBS? If true, the mission offer can only be found via the offer location. Space location or list of locations the player must be in for the mission to appear in the BBS (unless hidden for another reason) The mission thread type of this offer Create an actor object on a platform manually and fire the corresponding <event_platform_actor_created> event. The room in which the actor should be created Create a presentation cluster for use by cutscene system (must be destroyed after use) Is the cluster persistent Create an faction representative actor on a random landing platform in the given sector, and fire the corresponding <event_platform_actor_created> event. If a representative already exists for this sector, no actor will be created; the result will be the existing actor. Station on which the faction representative should be created Create target points and associate them with a mission cue. NOTE: This only works if the mission is currently active, and it will remove previously existing target points of other missions. Mission cue which will be associated with the target points Either a single tag or a list of tags which are required for the target points Sequence identifier string Sequence stage Find a mission offer location on a container Force cue (not for general use) Perform actions of the referenced library in the context of this cue Library cue name (NOTE: if the library specifies a purpose, it must be "include_actions") Pause the current mission timer, which was previously initiated with one of the following attributes for a mission or mission offer: endtime, duration, showelapsedtime. The pause is to be unpaused with <unpause_mission_timer>. NOTE: If the current mission *objective* has a timer, it is independent and remains unaffected by pausing or unpausing the mission timer - see <pause_objective_timer> Unpause the current mission timer if it was previously paused. NOTE: If the current mission *objective* has a timer, it is independent and remains unaffected by pausing or unpausing the mission timer - see <unpause_objective_timer> Pause the current objective timer, which was previously initiated with one of the objective attributes: endtime, duration, showelapsedtime, keeptimer. The pause is to be unpaused with <unpause_objective_timer>. Unpause the current objective timer if it was previously paused. Perform actions of the referenced library in a separate context, providing parameters to the library and optionally receiving a result value. The referenced library must specify purpose="run_actions". Library parameter Parameter name Parameter value Library cue name with the purpose "run_actions" Create characters on platforms in the player zone, based on character quotas Remove all associations of actor NPCs with this cue (the actors will be removed unless referenced outside the MD) Remove association of cue actor with this cue (the actor will be removed unless referenced outside the MD) Actor NPC to be removed from the cue. If not supplied, the last created actor will be removed. Remove the mission associated with this cue, if there is one Optional indication of why the mission was removed. This can cause additional actions such as displaying a message. Mission aborted Mission completed successfully Tutorial completed successfully Mission failed Reason text (for mission failed only) Optional specification of whether another mission should be activated automatically as replacement for this one, in case this is the currently active mission. By default no new mission is activated automatically. If this is the current mission, no new mission should be activated. The player has to set a new current mission manually (default setting). If this is the current mission, the last previously active mission is activated again. If this is the current sub-mission in a master mission sequence, the next sequential mission will be activated. Remove the mission offer associated with this cue, if there is one Remove target points that are associated with the mission cue Mission cue which is associated with the target points Reset cue. This only takes effect after the current cue actions have been performed. For more details, see section "Cleaning up instances explicitly" in the Mission Director Guide. Add a holomap to a rendertarget Name of render target on which the cutscene should be played (ignored for event monitor cutscenes) Remove a holomap Set the target of the holo map. If necessary, the map will zoom in or out, using the target's parent component as the displayed space. Please make sure that you only go up or down one level of the hierarchy - it will still work if you don't, but might not look as good. This only works if the map is active! Distance from the map plane (TODO @Owen - perhaps remove this when able to get suitable distance based on the target) Whether to pan to the target instantly (defaults to false) Whether the map should also display items and spaces the player hasn't visited yet (defaults to false) Whether the map should turn off filters like trade offers, mission offers and orders (defaults to false) Whether the map should turn off all input (defaults to false) Set the zoom level of the holo map. This only works if the map is active! The camera's new distance from the map plane Whether the zoom level should be set instantly; if set to false the camera zooms smoothly (defaults to false) Set the maximum zoom level of the holo map. This only works if the map is active! The camera's maximum distance from the map plane Resets the maximum zoom level of the holo map to the default. This only works if the map is active! Center the camera on the known bounds. This only works if the map is active! Whether the camera should also zoom in/out to fit the known bounds, within allowed limits (defaults to false) Whether the position and/or zoom level should be set instantly; if set to false the camera pans and/or zooms smoothly (defaults to false) Adds a text label to the holo map. The text will be displayed below the icon of the reference component if the icon is visible, until <remove_holomap_text> is used. This only works if the map is active! Text string (does not suport line breaks) Defines the text color in the format [r, g, b, a] - default is white [255, 255, 255, 255] Removed a text label from the holo map. This only works if the map is active! Locks position input for the holomap. Intended for tutorials, not stored in savegames! Unlocks position input for the holomap. Locks rotation input for the holomap. Intended for tutorials, not stored in savegames! Unlocks rotation input for the holomap. Locks zoom input for the holomap. Intended for tutorials, not stored in savegames! Unlocks zoom input for the holomap. Locks all input for the holomap. Intended for tutorials, not stored in savegames! Unlocks all input for the holomap. Locks all flight input. Intended for tutorials, not stored in savegames! Unlocks all flight input. Locks flight throttle input. Intended for tutorials, not stored in savegames! Unlocks flight throttle input. Locks flight strafe input. Intended for tutorials, not stored in savegames! Unlocks flight strafe input. Locks flight steering input. Intended for tutorials, not stored in savegames! Unlocks flight steering input. Locks flight assist input. Intended for tutorials, not stored in savegames! Unlocks flight assist input. Locks primary shooting input. Intended for tutorials, not stored in savegames! Unlocks primary shooting input. Locks secondary shooting input. Intended for tutorials, not stored in savegames! Unlocks secondary shooting input. Locks all shooting input. Intended for tutorials, not stored in savegames! Unlocks all shooting input. Locks getting up from control position. Intended for tutorials, not stored in savegames! Unlocks getting up from control position. Locks all first person input. Intended for tutorials, not stored in savegames! Unlocks all first person input. Locks first person walk input. Intended for tutorials, not stored in savegames! Unlocks first person walk input. Locks first person look input. Intended for tutorials, not stored in savegames! Unlocks first person look input. Locks first person jump input. Intended for tutorials, not stored in savegames! Unlocks first person jump input. Locks first person crouch input. Intended for tutorials, not stored in savegames! Unlocks first person crouch input. Sets the player's current HUD target. Clears the player's current HUD target. Activate or deactivate a job Job ID string Activate job? (default is true) If providing a successor job, have the ships update their mainzone to something suitable for the job? (default is true, ignored if activate is true) Job ID of successor job to inherit ships and related information when this job is deactivated (ignored if activate is true) Set an objective for the cue's mission (see <create_mission>) Should the corresponding briefing step be updated to match this objective? Requires step attribute. Default is false. Either way, if a briefing step is specified, that step is set to active. Should a new briefing step for this objective be inserted into the mission briefing? Requires updatebriefing="true". Default is false (step will be overwritten if it exists). Set an objective by copying it from a mission briefing step, activating that step (the mission is responsible for making sure that any target objects specified in the briefing step are still valid). If a change of the briefing step is necessary, consider using <set_objective> with updatebriefing="true" instead. Briefing step to be set as current objective Set the persistence of dynamically created presentation clusters. Whether they should be exported to a savegame or not. Is the cluster persistent Update progress count of the objective for the cue's mission. The progress data must already have been set up by <set_objective>. Current progress count (rounded to an integer) Max progress count (rounded to an integer, remains unchanged if not supplied) Update metadata and briefing of an existing mission associated with a cue Duration of the mission. Only applicable for queued thread sub-missions, otherwise use attribute endtime instead. Cannot be combined with attributes endtime or showelapsedtime. The duration will be converted to an endtime automatically when the queued sub-mission starts (see endtime attribute for details). Updated end time of the mission. Set to 0s to remove existing end time. Cannot be combined with attributes duration or showelapsedtime. Should the elapsed time for this mission be displayed in the message ticker? Set to false to remove existing timer display. Cannot be combined with attributes endtime or duration. Update the current objective end time End time of the objective Update metadata and briefing of an existing mission offer associated with a cue Duration of the mission. Set to 0s to remove existing duration. Cannot be combined with attribute showelapsedtime. Should the elapsed time for this mission be displayed in the message ticker? Set to false to remove existing timer display. Cannot be combined with attribute duration. Is the offer hidden from the BBS? If true, the mission offer can only be found via the offer location. Space location or list of locations the player must be in for the mission to appear in the BBS (unless hidden for another reason) Update metadata and briefing of an existing mission thread associated with a cue Duration of the mission (set to 0s to remove existing duration) Update metadata and briefing of an existing mission thread offer associated with a cue Duration of the mission (set to 0s to remove existing duration) Space location or list of locations the player must be in for the mission to appear in the BBS (unless hidden for another reason) Have the player leave their current control position and activate first person controls Docks the player ship at the specified destination. NB: The player ship must be close enough to be granted docking permission. Refer to node docking at parameters.xml for distance thresholds. Undocks the player ship Set speed of the players currently controlled ship (aborts boost) Throttle value (defaults to 0) (-1 for full reverse, 0 for stop and 1 for full forward) Override the player's first person movement parameters by specifying an override ID. See parameters.xml, playerfirstperson/overrides. Override ID Clear the player's first person movement override Connect the player to the specified scenario console slot Scenario console slot Trigger the animation moving the player to the slot position, otherwise instantly connect. (defaults to true) Open the scenario selection menu, otherwise leave the position after connecting. (defaults to true) For the current objective of the active mission, set the waypoint (highway or gate) to the next sector as known to the player, if it exists and is not known yet Send a signal to a cue, triggering cues that wait for this signal via <event_cue_signalled>. The signal will be dispatched in the same frame, but only after the current cue actions are completed. NOTE: Make sure that the signal does not activate the current cue again (directly or indirectly), which could lead to an infinite loop. Check for existing cue listeners? If true and there are no listeners for the cue signal, a warning is produced. Default is true. Signal a cue instantly, triggering cues that wait for this signal via <event_cue_signalled>. Can pass parameter to <event_cue_signalled>. NOTE: Make sure that the signal does not activate the current cue again (directly or indirectly), which could lead to an infinite recursion. Check for existing cue listeners? If true and there are no listeners for the cue signal, a warning is produced. Default is true. Script Parameter passed to <event_cue_signalled> Set a visiting object to be related to a MD mission offer or accepted mission Mission or mission offer cue Force the visiting object to be related to the provided mission cue, even if it already is related to another mission (defaults to false) Was the object successfully flagged as a mission relevant visitor? Clear relation between a visiting object and its assigned MD mission Add reward inventory wares for an online mission to the online venture inventory and/or the player inventory. Online venture inventory items will be uploaded to the server. For such items, this action should only be performed shortly before the mission is completed, and not more than once per mission, otherwise successful upload of the provided online items is not guaranteed. Any other items will be added to the player inventory analogous to <add_inventory>. Online mission cue Table of inventory wares (key = ware, value = amount to be added) Set whether the player can enable external view. If disallowed, any current external view will end. Allow the player to activate external view (defaults to true) Set whether the player notification type is enabled. Should only be done during gamestart as the player can change their own notification settings afterwards. Enable the player notification type (defaults to true) Actions in all sub-nodes will be performed. Traverse a list, group or table. For each element (or table key), the actions in the sub-nodes will be performed. The keyword 'loop' can be used in expressions to access data of the current iteration. A randomly selected sub-node action will be performed. The chances of selection can be specified by using weights on the actions. Actions in sub-nodes will be performed only if the value matches. Can be followed by <do_elseif> and/or <do_else>. Actions in sub-nodes will be performed only if the conditions in the previous nodes are not met and if this action's values matches. Can be followed by <do_elseif> and/or <do_else>. Actions in sub-nodes will be performed only if the conditions in the previous nodes are not met. Actions in sub-nodes will be performed in a loop while the value matches. Cue name Cue version number Specify whether cue should be enabled only when in map editor (true) or only when not in map editor (false) Define the module name the cue should run in (cue runs in all by default) Create a new cue instance when activating? Minimum game time (player age) of first condition check, can be variable and is evaluated when cue is enabled (use only in combination with onfail or checkinterval) Delay between condition checks, must be constant (do not use with cues containing event conditions) Action after first time condition is checked (do not use with cues containing event conditions) Actions for patching a cue of an older version (will be performed when loading the MD script from a save). Patches are applied to waiting, active, complete or cancelled cues (see state attribute). This includes library users and instances, except for completed/cancelled instances that have already been deleted. Cue version at which this patch element was added (it will only be applied when loading a cue of an older version) Required state that this cue must be in for this patch to be applied (default is complete) Apply patch only if this cue is complete (default) Apply patch only if this cue is waiting (conditions are being checked) Apply patch only if this cue is active (not complete yet because of a delay) Apply patch only if this cue is cancelled Cue conditions all of which must be met to activate the cue Cue force actions, which will be performed before the actual actions when forcing a cue for debugging Name of the force actions, used to provide a list of plot shortcuts for testing Grouped set of patch nodes (grouping is for convenience/readability only) Sub-cues Cue Cue parameter (only used if cue is a reference) Parameter name Parameter value Library cue name (all other cue data is ignored if this is present) (NOTE: if the library specifies a purpose, it must be "cue_ref") A library cue Library parameter Parameter name Default value (parameter is required if default value not supplied) Optional library purpose, used to document the intended use and to enable validation checks. The library can be used for any purpose without this being specified, with the exception of the "run_actions" purpose. The library is to be referenced by a cue via the ref attribute. The library is to be referenced via the MD-specific <include_actions> action. The library should only contain the <actions> element. The actions will be performed as if running in the including cue. The library is to be referenced via the MD-specific <run_actions> actions. The library can contain the elements <params> and <actions>. The actions will be performed in the context of the library, with a temporary set of variables. The <return> action may be used to provide a result. After performing the actions, the original set of variables is restored, so it is possible to perform <run_actions> recursively. Mission Director script root element Cues Signature