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<code>messages.lua</code> is a file in the <code>Gamedata/</code> directory of a Spring Game. It defines what messages are shown when a player dies. | |||
It defines what messages are shown when a player dies. | |||
==Source== | |||
The engine source code which parses the data from this file is viewable here: https://github.com/spring/spring/blob/master/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== | ||
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===Multiple Messages=== | ===Multiple Messages=== | ||
Example taken from [http://code.google.com/p/zero-k/ zeroK] | Example taken from [http://code.google.com/p/zero-k/ zeroK]. One message is picked from the list at random. | ||
<code><pre> | <code><pre> | ||
Revision as of 14:59, 2 April 2011
Location
messages.lua is a file in the Gamedata/ directory of a Spring Game. It defines what messages are shown when a player dies.
Source
The engine source code which parses the data from this file is viewable here: https://github.com/spring/spring/blob/master/rts/Game/Messages.cpp
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 %1(%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]] ] = {
--AA/BA
"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
