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UI / Lua

Vanilla framework

Section titled “Vanilla framework”
  • Globals — RegisterEvent, SetScript, CallEventScripts, CallUpdateScripts.
  • Helper API — 200+ functions in ui/addons/ego_detailmonitorhelper/helper.lua for menu authoring.
  • FFI bridge — C function calls from Lua.

Third-party APIs

Section titled “Third-party APIs”
  • SN Mod Support APIs — Simple Menu API, Simple Menu Options, Interact Menu, Hotkey API, Named Pipes, Time, Chat Window, Userdata.

Common questions (planned)

Section titled “Common questions (planned)”
  • “How do I add a custom menu to the game?” → Helper API → Helper.registerMenu walkthrough.
  • “How do I handle events from MD in my Lua code?” → Globals → RegisterEvent("MyMod.X", ...) example.
  • “How do I add an option to the Extension Options menu?” → SN APIs → Simple Menu Options.
  • “Why doesn’t utf8 work in my Lua code?” → Gotchas → utf8 is nil in X4 sandbox.
  • “Why is the table widget ID, not the object?” → Gotchas → uitable semantics.