Here's my situation :
- I'm using AGS 4
- I know that there is a ton of new features in the "API" (i.e. the scripting language).
Problem:
- I know of those new features by reading the "Releases" subforum.
- Those new features do not appear in the autocomplete, let alone in the CHM help file.
QUESTION: Is there a simple workflow that I could adopt to navigate the new features?
It's an open question: Anything suggestion would help. Even something less-than-ideal is welcome.
Right now I don't see any other way than browsing all the change logs in the forums, one by one?
Quote from: Monsieur OUXX on Thu 17/07/2025 16:55:45- Those new features do not appear in the autocomplete,
They do not appear in the autocomplete? That sounds as a bug, because they should. Which "Script API version" do you have selected in General Settings?
Which particular features have you tried?
Quote from: Monsieur OUXX on Thu 17/07/2025 16:55:45let alone in the CHM help file.
The dev team have just started writing a manual update for AGS 4.
I don't know if there's a online version of it available, but respective CHM file is currently available in the repo releases here:
https://github.com/adventuregamestudio/ags-manual/releases
it's called "ags4-help.chm".
AFAIK you must still rename it to "ags-help.chm" in order to call within the editor; we're discussing this issue atm.
Quote from: Monsieur OUXX on Thu 17/07/2025 16:55:45Right now I don't see any other way than browsing all the change logs in the forums, one by one?
That's still a main backup option.
But some features are explained in more detail in dedicated "Engine/Editor features" threads, these are marked as "AGS 4" in their titles.
Quote from: Crimson Wizard on Thu 17/07/2025 18:02:26Quote from: Monsieur OUXX on Thu 17/07/2025 16:55:45- Those new features do not appear in the autocomplete,
They do not appear in the autocomplete? That sounds as a bug.
I might have (
definitely did) made a fool out of myself!
That was an assumption.
When I wrote that post, I was in the process of bulk-upgrading all my scripts to AGS 4 and I was "in the zone", not looking at details. I was not looking in detail because I had this knee-jerk reflex from previous upgrades (a few years ago) when the autocomplete had to be updated manually and was missing stuff.
But if you say it's all there, then it's all there! Thanks once again for spoon feeding the devs.
I don't fully regret asking, though, because the idea of looking at specific threads of specific features (with the "AGS 4" tag, which I never really paid attention to) is a great idea.
SOLVED!
Quote from: Monsieur OUXX on Thu 17/07/2025 18:41:27I had this knee-jerk reflex from previous upgrades (a few years ago) when the autocomplete had to be updated manually and was missing stuff.
I cannot quite know what are you referring to here, because autocomplete is (and has been for as long as I remember) autogenerated from the script api header which has all the script types and commands declarations. If something is not in a script header, then these commands cannot be called from the script at all, and gaps in autocomplete is only a consequence.