Debug code?

[JonRobinson]

Bit of a noob with this game, sorry if this isn't the appropriate place to post this. However, I am having a problem. None of the debug console commands work for me (moreammo, restore, ua etc.) The only one so far that works is the original credits one (plyCredit gPlayer amount) amd I have a copy of something called DebugCode.xml in my extensions folder but I can't seem to make any of the console commands work other than that one. Everything else returns "unrecognized command" or some such.

[Atarlost]

Those commands do not exist unless they're defined in a module that is loaded on game start.

[JonRobinson]

Anyway to get ahold of that kind of file? If not whatever. Second question though: is there a way to find the HEX unid of an item in your cargo hold? Like call.it from the console or something? I looked in the game save file but couldn't find it amd most of ut was unreadable.

[TVR]

Don't bother using the old debug extension, it has long been obsoleted by GODMod.

Instructions to retrieve the UNID of any item in Transcendence.

1) Click on or scroll to the item in the list
2) Press F9 to open the debug console
3) Type in the following:

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(itmGetType (scrGetItem gScreen))

4) Press return
5) A number should be printed in the debug console. This is the UNID in decimal notation.
6) Convert this number to hexadecimal notation using a decimal->hexadecimal converter.
7) Converted number is the UNID, minus the "0x" that appears before hexadecimal numbers.

If you have GODMod, in step 3, type this into the console instead:

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(dsf_DecToHex (itmGetType (scrGetItem gScreen)))

[JonRobinson]

Cool thanks. Any way to force hex output? I know I'm lazy but still it'd be convenient

[JonRobinson]

Is there any way to tell what the hex unid is from the alpha version (e.g &itPlasmaCannon)

[TVR]

Not possible - Transcendence has no built-in hex output functions and &pointers; are discarded after the XML is loaded.

[Song]

There's probably a way to do it with TransData (or just decompile the source and go through the resulting XML), but the game itself can't extract UNIDs, IIRC.

[pixelfck]

There's probably a way to do it with TransData (or just decompile the source and go through the resulting XML), but the game itself can't extract UNIDs, IIRC.

As far as I know, the game's engine does not know about the &unid; entities; it uses the numbers instead.
In other words, it will be impossible to fetch the &unid; entities in-game, because they do no exist any more.

The &unid; entities are a convenience for the programmer/modder when scripting the game's content. After starting up the game, only the (hex) numbers (0x08001234, etc) are used.

Cheers,
Pixelfck