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== | {{deprecated|Removed in Spring 95.0. See {{sourcelink|file=cont/examples/Widgets/game_messages.lua}} for a possible replacement.}} | ||
==Location== | |||
<code>messages.lua</code> is a file in the <code>Gamedata/</code> directory of a Spring Game. | |||
==Purpose== | |||
This file defines what messages are shown when a player dies. | |||
==Source== | |||
The engine source code which parses the data from this file is viewable here: | |||
* {{sourcelink|file=rts/Game/Messages.cpp}} | |||
==Details== | ==Details== | ||
In the message string %i is replaced with the | In the message string <code>%i</code> is replaced with the player's team number and <code>%s</code> is replaced with the player's name. | ||
==Example== | ==Example== | ||
===Single Message=== | |||
Example taken from Air Raid: | |||
<code> | <code><pre> | ||
return { | return { | ||
"Player %i(%s) is down!" | |||
} | } | ||
</code> | </pre></code> | ||
===Multiple Messages=== | |||
Example taken from [http://code.google.com/p/zero-k/ zeroK]. One message is picked from the list at random. | |||
<code> | <code><pre> | ||
local messages = { | local messages = { | ||
[ [[Team%i(%s) is no more]] ] = { | |||
"Team%i (%s) has been obliterated", | |||
"Team%i (%s) has been liquidated", | |||
"Team%i (%s) has been eradicated", | |||
"Team%i (%s) has been terminated", | |||
"Team%i (%s) has bowed out", | |||
"Team%i (%s) has gone to a better place", | |||
"Team%i (%s) beheld Satan as he fell from heaven LIKE LIGHTNING!", | |||
"Team%i (%s) is out of existence", | |||
... | |||
}, | |||
} | } | ||
return messages | return messages | ||
<code> | </pre></code> | ||
[[Category:gamedata]] | [[Category:gamedata]] | ||
Latest revision as of 11:48, 17 November 2013
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Removed in Spring 95.0. See cont/examples/Widgets/game_messages.lua for a possible replacement. |
Location
messages.lua is a file in the Gamedata/ directory of a Spring Game.
Purpose
This file defines what messages are shown when a player dies.
Source
The engine source code which parses the data from this file is viewable here:
Details
In the message string %i is replaced with the player's team number and %s is replaced with the player's name.
Example
Single Message
Example taken from Air Raid:
return {
"Player %i(%s) is down!"
}
Multiple Messages
Example taken from zeroK. One message is picked from the list at random.
local messages = {
[ [[Team%i(%s) is no more]] ] = {
"Team%i (%s) has been obliterated",
"Team%i (%s) has been liquidated",
"Team%i (%s) has been eradicated",
"Team%i (%s) has been terminated",
"Team%i (%s) has bowed out",
"Team%i (%s) has gone to a better place",
"Team%i (%s) beheld Satan as he fell from heaven LIKE LIGHTNING!",
"Team%i (%s) is out of existence",
...
},
}
return messages
