Homeworld 2: UserFunctionReference

Most recent edit on 2007-04-22 14:38:35 by YaFn [Revert to version before bot]

Additions:
- updateTimer by Eiden & Mecha. Displays an in-game timer.
Gametype (Singleplayer & Multiplayer) Functions

PickRandomMusicTrackRule by EvilleJedi. Starting point for music player with playlist.
SobGroup_SplitGroup by Apollyon470. Splits sobgroups.
SobGroup_SplitGroupReference by Apollyon470.
SobGroup_ModifiySelected by EvilleJedi.
Player_Team by Mikail. Returns the team number that a player belongs to.
Player_NumberOfShips by Mikail. Counts the number of ships, regardless of type, in a player's fleet.
Player_RestrictAllResearch by Mikail. Restricts all research for a given player.
Player_BequeathResearch by Mikail. Grants all of Player 1's completed research to Player 2.
Player_BequeathRUs by Mikail. Transfers all of Player 1's RUs to Player 2.
Universe_SortTeams by Mikail. Sorts players based on their alliances, and stores the results in a table.
addObjective Adds the named objective from the "objectives" table. [Modified version of the function found in the tutorial missions.]
completeObjective Sets the named objective in the "objectives" table to "complete". [Modified version of the function found in the tutorial missions.]
SobGroup_GetDistanceToSobGroup by SunTzu.
Player_IsLocal by Mikail. Returns true if the player is the local player.
Universe_RandomPlayerList by Mikail. Returns a randomized list of player indices as the contents of a table.
Player_LaunchAllFromSelected by evillejedi. Launch all ships docked with the selected ships by pressing a key.
Player_ActivateGravwellOnSelected by evillejedi. Activate/deactivate gravwell on all selected ships with the ability by pressing a key.
Library of Miscellaneous Sobgroup Functions by inquisitiveidiot.
SobGroup_ExitHyperSpaceDirection by Mostly_harmless. Allows you to cause a sobgroup to exit hyperspace facing a particular direction.

Level Functions

asteroidAdd by Mikail. Uses the HW1 method of populating volumes with resources, instead of placing each asteroid individually.
Map Functions by Mikail. A collection of custom map functions. Includes a library of vector functions.
addSOBGroup by Mikail. A shortcut for creating a new sobgroup. Works like the addPath function.

Madstate Functions
UI Functions
Mathematical Functions

round rounds a number to the nearest integer.
Random Number Functions by Mikail.
Trigonometric Functions by Mikail. Some extra trig functions not found by default in Lua.
Vector Functions by Mikail. Some vector manipulation functions.
Shape Functions by Mikail. Some 2D and 3D curve and surface functions.

String Manipulation
Table Manipulation

Table Manipulation Functions by Mikail.

System Facilities

HW2Path by TamerLane. Finds and returns the full HW2 path

Deletions:
- updateTimer by Eiden

Edited on 2007-04-20 00:57:46 by FeoVde

Additions:
- updateTimer by Eiden

Deletions:
- updateTimer by Eiden & Mecha. Displays an in-game timer.

Gametype (Singleplayer & Multiplayer) Functions

PickRandomMusicTrackRule by EvilleJedi. Starting point for music player with playlist.
SobGroup_SplitGroup by Apollyon470. Splits sobgroups.
SobGroup_SplitGroupReference by Apollyon470.
SobGroup_ModifiySelected by EvilleJedi.
Player_Team by Mikail. Returns the team number that a player belongs to.
Player_NumberOfShips by Mikail. Counts the number of ships, regardless of type, in a player's fleet.
Player_RestrictAllResearch by Mikail. Restricts all research for a given player.
Player_BequeathResearch by Mikail. Grants all of Player 1's completed research to Player 2.
Player_BequeathRUs by Mikail. Transfers all of Player 1's RUs to Player 2.
Universe_SortTeams by Mikail. Sorts players based on their alliances, and stores the results in a table.
addObjective Adds the named objective from the "objectives" table. [Modified version of the function found in the tutorial missions.]
completeObjective Sets the named objective in the "objectives" table to "complete". [Modified version of the function found in the tutorial missions.]
SobGroup_GetDistanceToSobGroup by SunTzu.
Player_IsLocal by Mikail. Returns true if the player is the local player.
Universe_RandomPlayerList by Mikail. Returns a randomized list of player indices as the contents of a table.
Player_LaunchAllFromSelected by evillejedi. Launch all ships docked with the selected ships by pressing a key.
Player_ActivateGravwellOnSelected by evillejedi. Activate/deactivate gravwell on all selected ships with the ability by pressing a key.
Library of Miscellaneous Sobgroup Functions by inquisitiveidiot.
SobGroup_ExitHyperSpaceDirection by Mostly_harmless. Allows you to cause a sobgroup to exit hyperspace facing a particular direction.

Level Functions

asteroidAdd by Mikail. Uses the HW1 method of populating volumes with resources, instead of placing each asteroid individually.
Map Functions by Mikail. A collection of custom map functions. Includes a library of vector functions.
addSOBGroup by Mikail. A shortcut for creating a new sobgroup. Works like the addPath function.

Madstate Functions
UI Functions
Mathematical Functions

round rounds a number to the nearest integer.
Random Number Functions by Mikail.
Trigonometric Functions by Mikail. Some extra trig functions not found by default in Lua.
Vector Functions by Mikail. Some vector manipulation functions.
Shape Functions by Mikail. Some 2D and 3D curve and surface functions.

String Manipulation
Table Manipulation

Table Manipulation Functions by Mikail.

System Facilities

HW2Path by TamerLane. Finds and returns the full HW2 path

Edited on 2007-03-18 17:08:50 by MiKail

Additions:
Autoexec Functions These functions go into "Homeworld2\Bin\Autoexec.lua".

Deletions:
Autoexec Functions

Edited on 2007-03-18 17:07:43 by MiKail

Additions:
- addSOBGroup by Mikail. A shortcut for creating a new sobgroup. Works like the addPath function.

Deletions:
- addSOBGroup by Mikail. A shortcut for creating a new sobgroup. Works like the addPath function.

Edited on 2007-03-18 17:06:44 by MiKail

Additions:
- updateTimer by Eiden & Mecha. Displays an in-game timer.

Deletions:
- updateTimer by Eiden / Mecha. Displays an in-game timer.

Edited on 2007-03-18 17:06:16 by MiKail

Additions:
- updateTimer by Eiden / Mecha. Displays an in-game timer.

Deletions:
- In-game timer script by Eiden / Mecha. Displays an in-game timer.

Edited on 2007-02-11 16:27:45 by MiKail

Additions:
- addSOBGroup by Mikail. A shortcut for creating a new sobgroup. Works like the addPath function.

Deletions:
- addSOBGroup by Mikail.

Edited on 2007-02-11 16:26:39 by MiKail

No differences.

Edited on 2007-02-11 16:25:00 by MiKail

Additions:
- SobGroup_ExitHyperSpaceDirection by Mostly_harmless. Allows you to cause a sobgroup to exit hyperspace facing a particular direction.

Deletions:
- SobGroup_ExitHyperSpaceDirection by Mostly_harmless.

Edited on 2007-01-31 13:14:48 by Mostly_harmless

Additions:
- SobGroup_ExitHyperSpaceDirection by Mostly_harmless.

Edited on 2006-11-02 00:12:54 by MiKail

Additions:
- Shape Functions by Mikail. Some 2D and 3D curve and surface functions.

Edited on 2006-05-18 23:44:35 by MiKail

Additions:
- addSOBGroup by Mikail.

Edited on 2006-04-16 17:27:06 by MiKail

Deletions:
Rules

Edited on 2006-04-16 17:25:22 by MiKail

Additions:
Gametype (Singleplayer & Multiplayer) Functions

Deletions:
Gametype (Singleplayer & Multiplayer) Mission Functions

Edited on 2006-04-16 17:25:08 by MiKail

Additions:
Gametype (Singleplayer & Multiplayer) Mission Functions

Deletions:
Gametype/Campaign Mission Functions

Edited on 2006-04-16 17:21:35 by MiKail

Additions:
- addObjective Adds the named objective from the "objectives" table. [Modified version of the function found in the tutorial missions.]
completeObjective Sets the named objective in the "objectives" table to "complete". [Modified version of the function found in the tutorial missions.]

Deletions:
- addObjective Adds the named objective from the "objectives" table. Modified version of the function found in the tutorial missions.
completeObjective Sets the named objective in the "objectives" table to "complete". Modified version of the function found in the tutorial missions.

Edited on 2006-01-29 08:43:57 by MiKail

Additions:
- Table Manipulation Functions by Mikail.

Deletions:
- getlength by Mikail. Returns the length of a table.
tableinsert by Mikail. Inserts an item into a table.
tcomp by Mikail. Compares two tables and returns true if they're equal and false if they're not.

Edited on 2006-01-29 08:27:38 by MiKail

Additions:
- Random Number Functions by Mikail.

Deletions:
- randomsign Randomly returns either 1 or -1.
randombit Randomly returns either 1 or 0.
random2 by Mikail. Works just like random(), except that it can accept zero-length intervals as arguments.
random3 by Mikail. Works just like random(), but can accept zero as an argument and always returns a float value, not an integer.

Edited on 2006-01-29 08:16:37 by MiKail

Additions:
- tcomp by Mikail. Compares two tables and returns true if they're equal and false if they're not.

Oldest known version of this page was edited on 2006-01-27 18:49:59 by MiKail []

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User-Created Functions

If you've created any functions that you feel are useful, and would like to share them, please list them here.

AI Functions

None.

Autoexec Functions

In-game timer script by Eiden / Mecha. Displays an in-game timer.

Gametype/Campaign Mission Functions

SobGroup_SplitGroup by Apollyon470. Splits sobgroups.
SobGroup_SplitGroupReference by Apollyon470.
SobGroup_ModifiySelected by EvilleJedi.
Player_Team by Mikail. Returns the team number that a player belongs to.
Player_NumberOfShips by Mikail. Counts the number of ships, regardless of type, in a player's fleet.
Player_RestrictAllResearch by Mikail. Restricts all research for a given player.
Player_BequeathResearch by Mikail. Grants all of Player 1's completed research to Player 2.
Player_BequeathRUs by Mikail. Transfers all of Player 1's RUs to Player 2.
Universe_SortTeams by Mikail. Sorts players based on their alliances, and stores the results in a table.
addObjective Adds the named objective from the "objectives" table. Modified version of the function found in the tutorial missions.
completeObjective Sets the named objective in the "objectives" table to "complete". Modified version of the function found in the tutorial missions.
SobGroup_GetDistanceToSobGroup by SunTzu.
Player_IsLocal by Mikail. Returns true if the player is the local player.
Universe_RandomPlayerList by Mikail. Returns a randomized list of player indices as the contents of a table.
Player_LaunchAllFromSelected by evillejedi. Launch all ships docked with the selected ships by pressing a key.
Player_ActivateGravwellOnSelected by evillejedi. Activate/deactivate gravwell on all selected ships with the ability by pressing a key.
Library of Miscellaneous Sobgroup Functions by inquisitiveidiot.

Level Functions

asteroidAdd by Mikail. Uses the HW1 method of populating volumes with resources, instead of placing each asteroid individually.
Map Functions by Mikail. A collection of custom map functions. Includes a library of vector functions.

Madstate Functions

None.

Rules

PickRandomMusicTrackRule by EvilleJedi. Starting point for music player with playlist.

UI Functions

None.

Mathematical Functions

round rounds a number to the nearest integer.
randomsign Randomly returns either 1 or -1.
randombit Randomly returns either 1 or 0.
random2 by Mikail. Works just like random(), except that it can accept zero-length intervals as arguments.
random3 by Mikail. Works just like random(), but can accept zero as an argument and always returns a float value, not an integer.
Trigonometric Functions by Mikail. Some extra trig functions not found by default in Lua.
Vector Functions by Mikail. Some vector manipulation functions.

String Manipulation

None.

Table Manipulation

getlength by Mikail. Returns the length of a table.
tableinsert by Mikail. Inserts an item into a table.

System Facilities

HW2Path by TamerLane. Finds and returns the full HW2 path