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Modding, Mission Design, and Coding => The FRED Workshop => Topic started by: Sushi on January 04, 2010, 11:38:53 am

Title: FREDders! Please remember to:
Post by: Sushi on January 04, 2010, 11:38:53 am

Please use the "$" marker when setting directive keypress text. That way, what is shown in the mission directives box is modified according to key mappings.

Directive keypress text of "Press Alt-J" yields "Press Alt-J."

Directive keypress text of "Press $Alt-J$" yields "Press R" (for me, since I remapped "R" to jump out).


Very simple to do, but saves a world of pain for those of us who have extensively remapped keys. Otherwise, I have to dig through the original keymappings to figure out what I remapped "Alt-A" to (for example). Thanks!

P.S. Happy 1k posts to me!

Title: Re: FREDders! Please remember to:
Post by: General Battuta on January 04, 2010, 11:41:01 am

I believe you can also use the dollar sign ($) to remap keypresses in training directives.

Very handy if (for instance) you're doing RPG-style dialogue selection using the number keys.

Title: Re: FREDders! Please remember to:
Post by: Rodo on January 04, 2010, 11:50:37 am

another thing I wasn't aware of.. thanks for the tip!

Title: Re: FREDders! Please remember to:
Post by: Spoon on January 04, 2010, 06:42:02 pm

Interesting, I was just wondering today how to do that.
Guess i'll go add that right away  :nod:

Title: Re: FREDders! Please remember to:
Post by: Colonol Dekker on January 04, 2010, 07:05:51 pm

$callsign = your pilot name too.
 
I for one request that we hold back content until people prove they have read the Freddocs all the way through. . . . Like Fredmasons. (I'm copyrighting that word ;))

Title: Re: FREDders! Please remember to:
Post by: Aardwolf on January 05, 2010, 12:42:58 am

I don't think you can copyright a word... trademark yes, but copyright no.

I knew about the keystroke thing, but $callsign is news to me... I first noticed it used in TVWP... is it a since-retail thing?

Title: Re: FREDders! Please remember to:
Post by: Colonol Dekker on January 05, 2010, 12:50:29 am

Yes :)

Title: Re: FREDders! Please remember to:
Post by: Goober5000 on January 07, 2010, 09:32:21 pm

Quote from: Colonol Dekker on January 05, 2010, 12:50:29 am

Yes :)

No. :p

Title: Re: FREDders! Please remember to:
Post by: Colonol Dekker on January 08, 2010, 02:30:47 am

Really?
 
I thought I saw it in retail Derelict or TSM missions at some point? I'll need to play back through old missions to check.

Title: Re: FREDders! Please remember to:
Post by: karajorma on January 09, 2010, 02:36:33 am

This really needs to be in the FRED forum to reach the target audience though. :)

Title: Re: FREDders! Please remember to:
Post by: Aardwolf on January 09, 2010, 04:03:30 pm

Quote from: Colonol Dekker on January 08, 2010, 02:30:47 am

Really?
 
I thought I saw it in retail Derelict or TSM missions at some point? I'll need to play back through old missions to check.

In briefings (usually for training missions), if you set a ship or wing to "player fighter/bomber (wing)", it will display their callsign next to the icon instead of the given text... it's accomplishing similar things through different means.

Title: Re: FREDders! Please remember to:
Post by: Colonol Dekker on January 09, 2010, 04:12:03 pm

But i learned about $callsign by opening up a retail tech-based mission, i'm sure i've seen it somewhere before....

:s

Ah well, it's in the past. It works now, that's the important thing.