Species.tbl

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List of Tables and related code files
* Notes Modular Tables
** Notes tables which only use modular tables
Ai.tbl*	/ai/aicode.cpp
Ai_profiles.tbl*	/ai/ai_profiles.cpp
Animation.tbl**	/model/modelanimation.cpp
Armor.tbl*	/ship/ship.cpp
Asteroid.tbl*	/asteroid/asteroid.cpp
Autopilot.tbl*	/autopilot/autopilot.cpp
Cheats.tbl*	/cheats_table/cheats_table.cpp
Colors.tbl*	/globalincs/alphacolors.cpp
Curves.tbl*	/math/curves.cpp
Controlconfigdefaults.tbl	/controlconfig/controlsconfigcommon.cpp
Credits.tbl*	/menuui/credits.cpp
Cutscenes.tbl*	/cutscene/cutscenes.cpp
Decals.tbl**	/decals/decals.cpp
Fireball.tbl*	/fireball/fireballs.cpp
Fonts.tbl*	/graphics/font.cpp
Game_settings.tbl*	/mod_table/mod_table.cpp
Glowpoints.tbl*	/model/modelread.cpp
Help.tbl*	/gamehelp/contexthelp.cpp
Hud_gauges.tbl*	/hud/hudparse.cpp
Icons.tbl*	/mission/missionbriefcommon.cpp
Iff_defs.tbl*	/iff_defs/iff_defs.cpp
Keywords.tbl*	Not In Codebase
Lighting_Profiles.tbl*	/lighting/lighting_profiles.cpp
Lightning.tbl*	/nebula/neblightning.cpp
Mainhall.tbl*	/menuui/mainhallmenu.cpp
Medals.tbl*	/stats/medals.cpp
Messages.tbl*	/mission/missionmessage.cpp
Mflash.tbl*	/weapon/muzzleflash.cpp
Music.tbl*	/gamesnd/eventmusic.cpp
Nebula.tbl*	/nebula/neb.cpp
Objecttypes.tbl*	/ship/ship.cpp
Options.tbl*	Not In Codebase
Particle effects(-part.tbm)**	/particle/effects...
Post_processing.tbl	/graphics/gropenglpostprocessing.cpp
Rank.tbl*	/stats/scoring.cpp
Scpui.tbl*	Not In Codebase
Scripting.tbl*	/parse/scripting.cpp
Ships.tbl*	/ship/ship.cpp
Sexps.tbl**	/parse/sexp/sexp_lookup.cpp
Sounds.tbl*	/gamesnd/gamesnd.cpp
Species_defs.tbl*	/species_defs/species_defs.cpp
Species.tbl*	/menuui/techmenu.cpp
Ssm.tbl*	/hud/hudartillery.cpp
Stars.tbl*	/starfield/starfield.cpp
Strings.tbl*	/localization/localize.cpp
Tips.tbl*	/menuui/playermenu.cpp
Traitor.tbl*	/stats/scoring.cpp
Tstrings.tbl*	/localization/localize.cpp
Virtual_pofs.tbl*	/model/modelreplace.cpp
Weapon_expl.tbl*	/weapon/weapons.cpp
Weapons.tbl*	/weapon/weapons.cpp

The species.tbl is used to define the various intelligence clips found from tech room.

FS2 Open, 23.0: This table can also be called intel.tbl

This table is one of the Modular Tables and can be extended with xxx-intl.tbm

Format and Info

• Table begins with the intelligence data entries, each one starting with $Entry:
• Table does not have any kind of end marker

FS2 Open, 23.0:

• Can begin with #Intel and end with #End

Table has a limit of 75 entries in total.

FS2 Open, 22.0:

• Limit removed

Important: Each description text is limited to a maximum length of 5120 characters. Longer entries will not appear in the techroom. Should a text be too long it needs to be shortened or split into multiple ones.

Intelligence Entry

$Entry:

• Begins the intelligence data entry

$Name:

• Defines the name of the intelligence entry. Number refers to the translations found from tstrings.tbl
• Syntax: XSTR("String", Integer)

+nocreate

FS2 Open, 23.0:

• Allows editing of an intel entry without creating a new entry

$Anim:

• Defines the name of the animation used for the intelligence entry
• Syntax: String

FS2 Open, 23.0:

• This field is now optional

$AlwaysInTechRoom:

• Sets the entry to appear form the beginning of campaigns. If set to '0' or false the entry has to be triggered with sexps during the campaign
• Syntax: Integer (0 or 1)

FS2 Open, 23.0:

• Syntax: Boolean
• This field is now optional, defaults to false

$Description:

• Sets the description shown when the intelligence entry is viewed in tech room. Number refers to the translations found from tstrings.tbl.
• Ends with $end_multi_text
• Syntax: XSTR("String", integer)

FS2 Open, 23.0:

• This field is now optional

Sample

• A Retail FreeSpace 2 entry

$Entry:
$Name: XSTR("The Great War",3184)
$Anim: Intel_Great_War
$AlwaysInTechRoom: 1
$Description:
XSTR(
"In 2335, the Terran-Vasudan War entered its fourteenth year...", 3185)
$end_multi_text