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Replay/Spectating

Spring.IsReplay

 ( ) -> nil | boolean

Spring.GetSpectatingState

 ( ) -> boolean spectating, boolean fullView, boolean fullSelect

ModUI

Spring.GetModUICtrl

 ( ) -> boolean

MyInfo

Spring.GetMyAllyTeamID

 ( ) -> number

Spring.GetMyTeamID

 ( ) -> number

Spring.GetMyPlayerID

 ( ) -> number

Local Player,Team,Ally

Redundant same as the GetMyXYZ functions! Spring.GetLocalPlayerID

 ( ) -> number playerID

Spring.GetLocalTeamID

 ( ) -> number teamID

Spring.GetLocalAllyTeamID

 ( ) -> number allyID

Team/Player Info

Spring.GetPlayerRoster

 ( [number sortType] ) ->
   nil | playerTable = {
           [1] = {
             string  name,
             number  playerID,
             number  teamID,
             number  allyTeamID,
             boolean spectator,
             numebr  cpuUsage,
             number  pingTime
           },
           etc...
         }

   Sort codes:
    1 = Sort by allies  (the default)
    2 = Sort by teamID
    3 = Sort by playerName
    4 = Sort by CPU usage
    5 = Sort by ping time

Spring.GetTeamColor

 ( number teamID ) -> nil | number r, number g, number b,  number a

Spring.GetTeamOrigColor

 ( number teamID ) -> nil | number r, number g, number b,  number a

Spring.GetPlayerTraffic

 ( number playerID [, number packetID] ) -> number

Sound

Spring.GetSoundStreamTime

 ( ) -> number playedTime, number totalTime

Camera

Spring.GetCameraNames

 ( ) -> { [camName] = number camNum, ... }

Spring.GetCameraState

 ( ) -> { "name" = string, "mode" = number camIdx, state1 = number, state2 = number, ... }

See Lua_camState for details about Spring.GetCameraState output.

Spring.GetCameraPosition

 ( ) -> number x, number y, number z

Spring.GetCameraDirection

 ( ) -> number forward_x, number forward_y, number forward_z

Spring.GetCameraFOV

 ( ) -> number fov

Spring.GetCameraVectors

 ( ) -> vectorTable = {
   forward   = { [1] = number x, [2] = number y, [3] = number z },
   up        = { [1] = number x, [2] = number y, [3] = number z },
   right     = { [1] = number x, [2] = number y, [3] = number z },
   top       = { [1] = number x, [2] = number y, [3] = number z },
   bottom    = { [1] = number x, [2] = number y, [3] = number z },
   leftside  = { [1] = number x, [2] = number y, [3] = number z },
   rightside = { [1] = number x, [2] = number y, [3] = number z }
 }

Inview

Spring.GetVisibleUnits

 ( [number teamID = -1 [, number radius = 30 [, boolean Icons ]]] )
   -> nil | unitTable = { [1] = number unitID, ... }

Spring.IsAABBInView

 ( number minX, number minY, number minZ,
   number maxX, number maxY, number maxZ ) -> nil | boolean

Spring.IsSphereInView

 ( number x, number y, number z [, number radius ] ) -> nil | boolean

Spring.IsUnitIcon

 ( number unitID ) -> nil | boolean

Spring.IsUnitInView

 ( number unitID ) -> nil | boolean

Spring.IsUnitVisible

 ( number unitID [, number radius [, boolean checkIcons] ] ) -> nil | boolean

Screen Trace

Spring.WorldToScreenCoords

 ( number x, number y, number z ) -> number x, number y, number z

Spring.TraceScreenRay

 ( number mouseX, number mouseY [, boolean onlyCoords [, boolean useMinimap] ] )
   -> nil |
   string "unit",    number unitID    |
   string "feature", number featureID |
   string "ground",  { [1] = number x, [2] = number y, [3] = number z }

Screen & Window Geometry

Spring.GetViewGeometry

 ( ) -> number viewSizeX, number viewSizeY, number viewPosX, number viewPosY

Spring.GetWindowGeometry

 ( ) -> number winSizeX, number winSizeY, number winPosX, number winPosY

Spring.GetScreenGeometry (is missing multiscreen support!)

 ( ) -> number screenSizeX, number screenSizeY, number ZERO, number ZERO

Unit

Spring.IsUnitAllied

 ( number unitID ) -> nil | boolean

Spring.GetUnitViewPosition

 ( number unitID [, boolean extrapolated ] ) -> nil | boolean

Selected Units

Spring.GetSelectedUnits

 ( ) -> { [1] = unitID, ... }

Spring.GetSelectedUnitsSorted

 ( ) -> { [number unitDefID] = { [1] = [number unitID], etc...}, ... }

Spring.GetSelectedUnitsCounts

 ( ) -> { [number unitDefID] = number count, etc... }

Spring.GetSelectedUnitsCount

 ( ) -> number count

Spring.IsUnitSelected

 ( number unitID ) -> nil | boolean

Unit Groups

Spring.GetUnitGroup

 ( number unitID ) -> nil | number

Spring.GetGroupList

 ( ) -> nil | {
   [number] = number unitCount,
   ...
 }

Spring.GetSelectedGroup

 ( ) -> number

Spring.GetGroupAIName

 ( number groupID ) -> string aiName

Spring.GetGroupAIList

 ( ) -> {
   [1] = string aiName, ...
 }

Spring.GetGroupUnits

 ( number groupID ) -> nil | {
   [1] = number unitID, ...
 }

Spring.GetGroupUnitsSorted

 ( number groupID ) -> nil | {
   [number unitDefID] = {number unitID, ...}, ...
 }

Spring.GetGroupUnitsCounts

 ( number groupID ) -> nil | {
   [number unitDefID] = number count, ...
 }

Spring.GetGroupUnitsCount

 ( number groupID ) -> nil | number count

UI

GUI Settings

Spring.IsGUIHidden

 ( ) -> nil | boolean

Spring.HaveShadows

 ( ) -> nil | boolean

Spring.HaveAdvShading

 ( ) -> nil | boolean

Spring.GetWaterMode

 ( ) -> nil | number mode, string "mode"

   mode numbers:
     0 - basic
     1 - reflective
     2 - dynamic
     3 - refractive
     default - unknown

Spring.GetMapDrawMode

 ( ) -> nil | "normal" | "height" | "metal" | "path" | "los"

Spring.GetDrawSelectionInfo Returns whether "Selected units" text is displayed.

 ( ) -> boolean

Unit GUI States

Spring.GetUnitLuaDraw

 ( number unitID ) -> nil | boolean

Spring.GetUnitNoDraw

 ( number unitID ) -> nil | boolean

Spring.GetUnitNoMinimap

 ( number unitID ) -> nil | boolean

Spring.GetUnitNoSelect

 ( number unitID ) -> nil | boolean

Minimap

Spring.GetMiniMapGeometry

 ( ) -> number posX, number posY, number sizeX, number sizeY,
   boolean minimized, boolean maximized

Spring.GetMiniMapDualScreen

 ( ) -> boolean false | string "left" | string "right"

Spring.IsAboveMiniMap

 ( number x, number y ) -> nil | boolean

(Build-)Menu

Spring.GetActiveCommand

 ( ) -> nil | number index (, number cmd_id, number cmd_type, string cmd_name)

Spring.GetDefaultCommand

 ( ) -> nil | number index (, number cmd_id, number cmd_type, string cmd_name)

Spring.GetActiveCmdDescs

 ( ) -> nil | {
   [1] = {
     id=number,
     type=number,
     name=string,
     action=string,
     tooltip=string,
     texture=string,
     cursor=string,
     hidden=boolean,
     disabled=boolean,
     showUnique=boolean,
     onlyTexture=boolean,
     params = { [1] = string, .. }
   }, ...
 }

Spring.GetActiveCmdDesc

 ( number index ) -> nil | {
     id=number,
     type=number,
     name=string,
     action=string,
     tooltip=string,
     texture=string,
     cursor=string,
     hidden=boolean,
     disabled=boolean,
     showUnique=boolean,
     onlyTexture=boolean,
     params = { [1] = string, .. }
 }

Spring.GetCmdDescIndex

 ( number cmdID ) -> nil | number index

Spring.GetActivePage

 ( ) -> nil | number pageNum, number maxPages

Build Facing

Spring.GetBuildFacing

 ( ) -> nil | number

Spring.GetBuildSpacing

 ( ) -> nil | number

GatherMode & InvertQueueKey

Spring.GetGatherMode

 ( ) -> nil | number

Spring.GetInvertQueueKey

 ( ) -> nil | boolean

Mouse States

Spring.GetMouseState

 ( ) -> number movedX, number movedY,
   boolean leftPressed, boolean middlePressed, boolean rightPressed

Spring.GetMouseCursor

 ( ) -> string name, number scale

Spring.GetMouseStartPosition

 ( number mouseButton ) -> nil | number pressedX, number pressedY,
   number camPosX, number camPosY, number camPosZ,
   number dirX, number dirY, number dirZ

(Hot-)Keys

Spring.GetKeyState

 ( number key ) -> nil | boolean

Spring.GetModKeyState

 ( ) -> boolean alt, boolean ctrl, boolean meta, boolean shift

Spring.GetPressedKeys

 ( ) -> {
   [number] = boolean,
   ...
 }

Spring.GetKeyCode

 ( string keysym ) -> number

Spring.GetKeySymbol

 ( number key ) -> string "keysym1", string "keysym2"

Spring.GetKeyBindings

 ( string keyset ) -> nil | { [1] = {string actionCmd, string actionExtra}, ... }

Spring.GetActionHotKeys

 ( string action ) -> nil | { [1] = string hotKey, ... }

Console

Spring.GetLastMessagePositions

 ( ) -> nil | {
   [1] = { number X, number Y, number Z },
   ...
 }

Spring.GetConsoleBuffer

 ( [number maxLines] ) -> nil | {
   [1] = {
     text = string,
     priority = number
  }, ...
 }

Spring.GetCurrentTooltip

 ( ) -> string

FPS & GetDrawFrame

Spring.GetFPS

 ( ) -> number

Spring.GetDrawFrame

 ( ) -> number low 16bit, number high 16bit

Time

Spring.GetFrameTimeOffset

 ( ) -> nil | number

Spring.GetLastUpdateSeconds

 ( ) -> nil | number

Spring.GetHasLag

 ( ) -> boolean

Spring.GetTimer

 ( ) -> timer

Spring.DiffTimers

 ( timer1, timer2 ) -> number seconds