Squadron Orders

[RPC]

Anybody know how to mod the 'Squadron Orders' when you press Q? I know that changing the controller to something like "fleet" gives you a whole new set of Squadron Orders and even gives you formations (alpha formation would save many an auton) to chose from. Are they internal functions? I already know how to mod the individual commands using bases or the <communications> tag, but I don't want to reassign every ship I have if I have a fleet of 10 ships.
Maybe dockscreens are the way to go to manage fleets?

[alterecco]

As far as I know <Communications> is the only way to provide or change options in the squadron screen.

[digdug]

create a new event handler for your custom squadron, add the <communications> to it, then just make your wingmen inherit the new event handler.

[RPC]

create a new event handler for your custom squadron,

Custom squadron as in custom formation or as in custom wingmen?
Being able to mod formations would be good enough for me .

[alterecco]

Like digdug said, event handlers are the easiest way to add communication orders to other ships

It would be /something/ like this:

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<ShipClass UNID="&scSomeEventHandlerName;"
    class=              "(my event handler)"
    virtual=            "true"
    attributes=      "eventHandler"
    >
    <Communications>
        <Message name="Test" key="t">
           <OnShow>
              true
              ;; or some other calculation you want to do
           </OnShow>
           <Invoke>
              (block nil
                 ;; run whatever code in here
                 (plyMessage gPlayer "Ran Test")
              )
           </Invoke>
        </Message>
    </Communications>
</ShipClass>

The above is a simple example of an event handler that has one communication order. You can attach that to a ship by using the objSetEventHandler function.

You might need to experiment a it with some other factors, such as whether the ship needs to be wingman or not.