HOW TO : Access the console in game ??

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HOW TO : Access the console in game ??

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Hi .
//****************
24 //Console Rendering System by Rogue
25 //2005-08-a-few-days
26 //
27 //****************
That console feature seems to be implemented , but there is no information about it .
see -> http://spacetechs.free.fr/VEGASTRIKEDEV ... ource.html

How can we invoke the console actually ?
With http://spacetechs.free.fr/VEGASTRIKEDEV ... _keys.html ?

Shall i code a keyboard key binding to the function ?

The console will greatly help the debug process , and i need it to test my AIML bot in game.
Please help !
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 if (!track.HasWeapons())
            {
                // So what are you going to threaten me with? Exhaustion gas?
                return ThreatLevel::None;
            }
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Re: HOW TO : Access the console in game ??

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The command is already coded.
commandMap["ConsoleKeys::BringConsole"] = ConsoleKeys::BringConsole;
And bound.

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    <bind key="function-1" modifier="ctrl" command="ConsoleKeys::BringConsole"/>
The console itself is not quite implemented and mostly commented out.

edit: fixed links
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Re: HOW TO : Access the console in game ??

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Hi .

The links you provided report an error 404 .
But thank you for this help , i will dig that .
:wink:

But hey , how do u use it ?
Can you give me an example from your code ?

Edit : I've found something strange , duno if it's directly in relation nor how it affect the engine but ...

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//Register commands
    //COmmand Interpretor Seems to break VC8, so I'm leaving disabled for now - Patrick, Dec 24
    if ( game_options.command_interpretor ) {
        CommandInterpretor = new commandI;
        InitShipCommands();
    }
It's in the main.cpp , line 339 :
http://spacetechs.free.fr/VEGASTRIKEDEV ... tml#l00241
I have tested the value with breakpoint , yeah it's false !
So that part of code is there but do nothing .
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 if (!track.HasWeapons())
            {
                // So what are you going to threaten me with? Exhaustion gas?
                return ThreatLevel::None;
            }
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Re: HOW TO : Access the console in game ??

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It's a pre-parsed confvar, as obvious from the name.
In the older code r13333 src/main.cpp, line 339:

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//COmmand Interpretor Seems to break VC8, so I'm leaving disabled for now - Patrick, Dec 24
if ( XMLSupport::parse_bool( vs_config->getVariable( "general", "command_interpretor", "false" ) ) ) {
CommandInterpretor = new commandI;
InitShipCommands();
}
It was moved to src/options.cpp, line 24: "= XMLSupport::parse_bool( vs_config->getVariable( "general", "command_interpretor", "false" ) );"
In vegastrike.config it's omitted, thus falling back to "false". So, set it to "true" and see what happens. Not a lot, really, but at least it will intercept input and exit on "Escape".
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Re: HOW TO : Access the console in game ??

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It was moved to src/options.cpp, line 24: "= XMLSupport::parse_bool( vs_config->getVariable( "general", "command_interpretor", "false" ) );"
In vegastrike.config it's omitted, thus falling back to "false". So, set it to "true" and see what happens. Not a lot, really, but at least it will intercept input and exit on "Escape".
ok , thank you .
i will try the "true" version , just to see what happens .

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 if (!track.HasWeapons())
            {
                // So what are you going to threaten me with? Exhaustion gas?
                return ThreatLevel::None;
            }
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