TraderMissions Plugin Guide

by Roger Ostrander (denor@users.sf.net)

1. Introduction

• 1.1 Who is this guide for?
• 1.2 How is the guide laid out?
• 1.3 Version

2. Syntax

• 2.1 Titles and Descriptions
• 2.2 A sample .tmd file
• 2.3 Introducing tmdverify
• 2.4 Objects
• 2.5 Fields
• 2.6 Children
• 2.7 Lists

3. From the Ground Up: Building the Tutorial

• 3.1 A note on the listings
• 3.2 The Bare Minimum
• 3.3 Might as Well Jump. (Jump!)
• 3.4 Our Home Planet
• 3.5 Putting the "Trade" in "TraderMissions"
• 3.6 Opening up the Armory
• 3.7 Ships With Low, Low Financing!
• 3.8 The Rest of the Human Race
• 3.9 We've Got Hostiles!
• 3.10 Missions, the Other Half of the Game
• 3.11 Finishing the Tutorial

4. Other Features

• 4.1 Deadlines
• 4.2 Escorts/Kill Quests
• 4.3 Multistage Missions
• 4.4 Random Missions

5. Simple Changes

• 5.1 The Search Path
• 5.2 Plugin Basics
• 5.3 Field Overrides
• 5.4 Child Overrides

6. Complex Changes

• 6.1 Removing Children
• 6.2 Replacing Children
• 6.3 List Modification

7. TMObject Reference

• 7.1 action
• 7.2 addon
• 7.3 cargo
• 7.4 condition
• 7.5 fleet
• 7.6 frozencargo
• 7.7 frozenship
• 7.8 gamestate
• 7.9 hudstates
• 7.10 image
• 7.11 map
• 7.12 mission
• 7.13 organization
• 7.14 planet
• 7.15 sector
• 7.16 ship
• 7.17 test
• 7.18 weapon

8. Internal TMObject reference

• 8.1 control
• 8.2 options
• 8.3 string
• 8.4 placeholder