Help needed: Sys_Get_Datafile_Field_Value_As_String |
Hi, there!
Can somebody help me with the Sys_Get_Datafile_Field_Value_As_String function?
How do I read records from a datafile using this function?
If I call
Sys_Get_Datafile_Field_Value_As_String(id, "System_Service")
I seem to get only the first field-entry as a return value, in this case "Crystalline Restructuring Plant".
My datafile contains something like this:
System_Service := Crystalline Restructuring Plant
System_Service := Death Shrine
System_Service := Energy Transmission Lens
System_Service := Events Predictor
System_Service := Fate Shrine
Re: Help needed: Sys_Get_Datafile_Field_Value_As_String
Thank you for the reply. I already did try this, and it works fine. However, it is a bit cumbersome.
To be able to cut out the unnecessary duplicate system service facilities I wanted to create a mod that would send me a message saying something like:
"3 Urban Pacification centers in system Foo (planet 1, planet 5, panet 7)"
I got as far as the game sending me a message "3 Urban Pacification centers in system Foo", if there are more than one in the system. But it is very hard to determine on which planets the duplicate facilities are located.
I just came up with the idea of looping through the cargo of each stellar object in a system - but this takes too much time. You would have to create a loop for each player, each system, each planet in the system and each facility that performs a service to the whole system.
Since this was too much bother, I trashed the project.
Re: Help needed: Sys_Get_Datafile_Field_Value_As_String
You can do that?
Hmm... I wish I'd noticed, that seems useful. The only problem I see is that the function doesn't take an 'n' value, so it stops when it finds the first System_Service entry. Try naming them System_Service1, System_Service2, etc, and when you call the function, append the number of the entry you're looking for.
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