GSNews Class Reference

Class that handles news messages. More...

Inheritance diagram for GSNews:

Public Types
enum	NewsType {   NT_ACCIDENT,   NT_COMPANY_INFO,   NT_ECONOMY,   NT_ADVICE,   NT_ACCEPTANCE,   NT_SUBSIDIES,   NT_GENERAL }
	Enumeration for the news types that a script can create news for. More...
enum	NewsReferenceType {   NR_NONE,   NR_TILE,   NR_STATION,   NR_INDUSTRY,   NR_TOWN }
	Reference to a game element. More...

Static Public Member Functions
static bool	Create (NewsType type, Text *text, GSCompany::CompanyID company, NewsReferenceType ref_type, SQInteger reference)
	Create a news message for everybody, or for one company. More...

Detailed Description

Class that handles news messages.

Member Enumeration Documentation

NewsReferenceType

enum GSNews::NewsReferenceType

Reference to a game element.

Enumerator
NR_NONE	No reference supplied.
NR_TILE	Reference location, scroll to the location when clicking on the news.
NR_STATION	Reference station, scroll to the station when clicking on the news. Delete news when the station is deleted.
NR_INDUSTRY	Reference industry, scrolls to the industry when clicking on the news. Delete news when the industry is deleted.
NR_TOWN	Reference town, scroll to the town when clicking on the news.

NewsType

enum GSNews::NewsType

Enumeration for the news types that a script can create news for.

Enumerator
NT_ACCIDENT	Category accidents.
NT_COMPANY_INFO	Category company info.
NT_ECONOMY	Category economy.
NT_ADVICE	Category vehicle advice.
NT_ACCEPTANCE	Category acceptance changes.
NT_SUBSIDIES	Category subsidies.
NT_GENERAL	Category general.

Member Function Documentation

Create()

static bool GSNews::Create ( NewsType  type, Text *  text, GSCompany::CompanyID  company, NewsReferenceType  ref_type, SQInteger  reference  )

static

Create a news message for everybody, or for one company.

Parameters

type	The type of the news.
text	The text message to show (can be either a raw string, or a GSText object).
company	The company, or COMPANY_INVALID for all companies.
ref_type	Type of referred game element.
reference	The referenced game element of ref_type. For NR_NONE this parameter is ignored. For NR_TILE this parameter should be a valid location (GSMap::IsValidTile). For NR_STATION this parameter should be a valid stationID (GSStation::IsValidStation). For NR_INDUSTRY this parameter should be a valid industryID (GSIndustry::IsValidIndustry). For NR_TOWN this parameter should be a valid townID (GSTown::IsValidTown).

Returns

True if the action succeeded.

Precondition

type must be NT_ECONOMY, NT_SUBSIDIES, or NT_GENERAL.

text != null.

company == COMPANY_INVALID || ResolveCompanyID(company) != COMPANY_INVALID.

The reference condition must be fulfilled.

GSCompanyMode::IsDeity().