HowTo:Edit Communications
In-game communications (unit-to-unit chat) are implemented as finite state machine - each state has a set of possible nodes, each node has a text and deltaRelation value. Conversation are faction-dependent and are defined by XML files in data/communications.
Nodes basics
Their default positions and purpose we can see in the function creating the default set and following ones. It have only basic text and relationship adjustment values:
| # | Node text | Value | Hardcoded | Comment |
| 0 | "welcome to cachunkcachunk.com" | 0 | (starting node: Don't link here) | Its edges list starting nodes (depending on relations). |
| 1 | "I love you!" | +.1 | ||
| 2 | "J00 0wnz m3" | +.08 | ||
| 3 | "You are cool!" | +.06 | ||
| 4 | "You are nice!" | +.05 | ||
| 5 | "Ya you're naled! NALED PAL!" | -.02 | ||
| 6 | "i 0wnz j00" | -.08 | ||
| 7 | "I hate you!" | -.1 | ||
| ... | Built-ins: | |||
| N-16 | "Docking operation complete" | 0 | On being udocked. | Usually set to 0.01 or so: you do business with them, they like you. |
| N-15 | "Please move into a green docking box and press d." | 0 | docking operations | |
| N-14 | "Docking operation begun." | 0 | docking operations | |
| N-13 | "Clearance denied." | 0 | docking operations | |
| N-12 | "Clearance granted." | 0 | docking operations | |
| N-11 | "No." | 0 | rejecting FG order | |
| N-10 | "Yes." | 0 | obeying FG order | |
| N-9 | "Prepare To Be Searched. Maintain Speed and Course." | 0 | contraband scan | |
| N-8 | "No contraband detected: You may proceed." | 0 | contraband scan | |
| N-7 | "Contraband detected! All units close and engage!" | 0 | contraband scan | Usually is set to -.125 or so. It's in addition to hardcoded "close and engage!" orders and relations.
See also variables - AI/ContrabandMadness, etc. |
| N-6 | "Your Course is deviating! Maintain Course!" | 0 | contraband scan | The patrol also gets upset. |
| N-5 | "Request Clearance To Land." | 0 | ||
| N-4 | 0 | (killed) | ||
| N-3 | 0 | (dealt damage) | ||
| N-2 | 0 | (got damaged) | ||
| N-1 | "*hit*" | -.2 | (got hit) | Not a communication, just reaction on damage. Still supports friendly/neutral/hostile edges. |
XML schema description
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<comm> ... </comm>-- Marks the beginning and end of the XML file. -
<node> ... </node>-- basic data.-
text[string] [""] - What they say.- (see above)
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text1, etc [string] [""] - Variant text (to be chosen randomly). -
relationship[float] [0.0] - relationship adjustment.- (see above)
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<edge> ... </edge>-- connection to other nodes. Typically, there are 3 (good-neutral-bad) entries at the top level.-
index[int] - linked node's number.
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<sound> ... </sound>-- voice. Sound nodes corresponding to text, text1, etc are simply added in this order-
file[string] [""] - OGG file name, relative to data/ ("communications/sounds/lihw/lihw_good-day.ogg") -
gain[float] [1.0] - relative volume. -
sex[unsigned small int] [0] - FIXME Support for variant sounds, doesn't seem to be used yet.
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