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The PC build is older, and as such it has a lot of "dev-and-debug" functionalities that were not used by the original script logic. | The PC build is older, and as such it has a lot of "dev-and-debug" functionalities that were not used by the original script logic. | ||
When the Mac release was built, some of those features were completely left out. | When the Mac release was built, some of those features were completely left out. | ||
[http://geyser.oni2.net/PCvsMac/script_commands_PConly.txt | [http://geyser.oni2.net/PCvsMac/script_commands_PConly.txt HERE] is the full list of commands and variables that are unavailable on Mac (by order of appearance in '''script_commands.txt'''). | ||
While some of them may be obsolete, and thus may have little effect on PC, a lot of them are definitely ''not'' defunct, and their lack on Mac is a major limitation. For instance, one should note : | While some of them may be obsolete, and thus may have little effect on PC, a lot of them are definitely ''not'' defunct, and their lack on Mac is a major limitation. For instance, one should note : | ||
*the absence of dev-console-related commands (meaning that the Dev Mode is, alas, completely missing from the Mac build) | *the absence of dev-console-related commands (meaning that the Dev Mode is, alas, completely missing from the Mac build) | ||
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**intermittently "switching" to characters that are NPCs in the original logic (used in a few mods e.g. Loser's Warehouse) | **intermittently "switching" to characters that are NPCs in the original logic (used in a few mods e.g. Loser's Warehouse) | ||
*the absence of '''chr_health''', '''wp_reset''', and a few other commands/variables that make scripting more flexible. | *the absence of '''chr_health''', '''wp_reset''', and a few other commands/variables that make scripting more flexible. | ||
*other stuff | *other stuff I'm forgetting (there's quite a lot missing, really) | ||
For further information, here are the complete lists of commands/variables as obtained with the '''dump_docs''' function call : | For further information, here are the complete lists of commands/variables as obtained with the '''dump_docs''' function call : | ||
*[http://geyser.oni2.net/PCvsMac/script_commands_Mac.txt script_commands_Mac.txt] | *[http://geyser.oni2.net/PCvsMac/script_commands_Mac.txt script_commands_Mac.txt] | ||
*[http://geyser.oni2.net/PCvsMac/script_commands_PC.txt script_commands_PC.txt] | *[http://geyser.oni2.net/PCvsMac/script_commands_PC.txt script_commands_PC.txt] | ||
As for the effect of the commands and | As for the effect of the commands and variables, the best documentation so far is on ssg's [http://www6.fh-eberswalde.de/user/dkriesch/onistuff/commands.htm Oni Stuff]. It covers the full list of commands/variables, i.e. that of the PC version. | ||