Ingame console commands
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[edit] Introduction
This article is currently heavily outdated. We should consider to replace it with automated script documentation.
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[edit] General information about the console
- Console is made visible by pressing F10
- The console is able to execute normal Lua 5.1 code
- You can simply type a lua identifier to see it's value
[edit] Autorun Scripts
You can drop lua scripts into the content/scripts/autorun folder and the will be executed at startup. This way you can drop your lua snippets into that folder and have your helper/test functions available in the console without messing with the usual startup scripts.
[edit] Special FIFE console commands
[edit] Load maps
[edit] Command
load_map("path/mapname.map")
[edit] Example #1
Loads one of the New Reno maps from Fallout 2:
load_map("maps/newr1.map")
[edit] Example #2
Loads one of our XML maps:
load_map("content/maps/noise1_a.xml")
[edit] Delayed execution
[edit] Command
Single execution
Timer.singleshot( time_in_milliseconds, function )
Repeated execution
t = Timer( interval, function ) t:start() ... t:stop()
[edit] Example #1
Take a screenshot in 10 seconds.
Timer.singleshot( 10*1000, engine.makeScreenshot )
[edit] Example #2
Print FPS to console every second.
t = Timer( 1*1000, function() console.print( engine.getFPS() ) end) t:start()
[edit] Create screenshots
[edit] Command
engine.makeScreenshot()
[edit] Example #1
Takes a screenshot of the current screen and saves it in the Screenshots subdir as .bmp file:
engine.makeScreenshot()
