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Inspired by x86 assembly, these stand for "above" and "below", and perform unsigned versions of greater-than and less-than, respectively. Useful for testing array bounds.

Patch from Fox.

Called when a music track will be started from the beginning, and when the current track is continued after loading a save, etc. The requested track is passed into PLAYLEVELMUSICSLOT via ud.m_volume_number and ud.m_level_number.

New events: "EVENT_MENUCURSORLEFT" "EVENT_MENUCURSORRIGHT" "EVENT_MENUCURSORSHADE" "EVENT_MENUSHADESELECTED" New userdef structures: "menu_shadedeselected" "menu_shadedisabled" "menutext_zoom" "menutext_xspace" "menutext_pal" "menutext_palselected" "menutext_paldeselected" "menutext_paldisabled" "menutext_palselected_right" "menutext_paldeselected_right" "menutext_paldisabled_right" "gametext_zoom" "gametext_xspace" "gametext_pal" "gametext_palselected" "gametext_paldeselected" "gametext_paldisabled" "gametext_palselected_right" "gametext_paldeselected_right" "gametext_paldisabled_right" "minitext_zoom" "minitext_xspace" "minitext_tracking" "minitext_pal" "minitext_palselected" "minitext_paldeselected" "minitext_paldisabled" "minitext_palselected_right" "minitext_paldeselected_right" "minitext_paldisabled_right" "menutitle_pal" "slidebar_palselected" "slidebar_paldisabled" Self-explanatory. Use in conjunction with "menutext_tracking" and "gametext_tracking" ("mgametext_tracking" is now ignored). The values for disabled shade is added to the selected or deselected shades. The palettes have a disabled > selected > deselected hierarchy, and are applied if not zero. Patch from Fox

divr <dividend> <divisor> Divide gamevar <dividend> by <divisor> and round (aka round to nearest) the result. A result of 0.5 will equal 1. divru <dividend> <divisor> Divide gamevar <dividend> by <divisor> and round up (aka round away from zero) the result. Additionally "divrd" can be used to round down (aka round toward zero), which is equivalent to the current div command as tested on x86, ARM, and PowerPC. Note that "shiftr" rounds up negative values. Patch from Fox.

RETURN is the tilenum to be displayed. It is pre-populated with what the game will display for the current frame. Set RETURN to -1 to disable.

When pressed it switches between pipebomb / detonator or shrinker / expander. New event "EVENT_ALTWEAPON" Akin to "EVENT_PREVIOUSWEAPON" and "EVENT_NEXTWEAPON". RETURN is set to 12. Patch from Fox.

"statusbarflags" is a bitfield. Values are: STATUSBAR_NONONE = 1 STATUSBAR_NOMINI = 2 STATUSBAR_NOFULL = 4 STATUSBAR_NOSHRINK = 8 STATUSBAR_NOFRAGBAR = 16 STATUSBAR_NOOVERLAY = 32 STATUSBAR_NOMODERN = 64 Default value is 8. In case you modify it, you also have to set the other status bar related userdefs in EVENT_SETDEFAULTS. Default values in EDuke32 are: screen_size = 4; statusbarmode = 1; althud = 1; "statusbarrange" is used to add more alternatives for the status bar without breaking the option in the menu. If used, the mini status bar (screen_size = 4) will cycle through "statusbarcustom" when changing the screen size. Also fix the size of the viewport when the screen is shrunk and the scale of the status bar is not 100%. Patch from Fox.

New event "EVENT_MAINMENUSCREEN" Triggered before the main menu is displayed. Set RETURN to -1 to disable the screens that appear before the main menu. New event "EVENT_NEWGAMESCREEN" Triggered when a new game is started. Set RETURN to -1 to disable The Birth intro animation. New event "EVENT_ENDLEVELSCREEN" Triggered when a level ends. Set RETURN to -1 to disable the bonus and deathmatch score screens after a level ends. New event "EVENT_EXITGAMESCREEN" Triggered when a running game is ended. Set RETURN to -1 to disable the deathmatch score screen when you quit mid-game. New event "EVENT_EXITPROGRAMSCREEN" Triggered when the program is closed. Set RETURN to -1 to disable the shareware or TEN screen,sif they were enabled in LOGO_FLAGS. Patch from Fox.

Use this event to change the value of userdefs when initializing cfg settings with defaults. Patch from Fox.

Overrides the aspect ratio for IVF files. cutscene <path> { aspect <numerator> <denominator> } Note: For ANMs, you can use rotatesprite and setaspect to draw TILE_ANIM (currently defined as 30716) in EVENT_CUTSCENE with a custom aspect. Patch from Fox.

New event "EVENT_UPDATESCREENAREA" Use this event to change the size of the game view, similar to when you press + or -. New event "EVENT_DISPLAYBORDER" Set RETURN to change the background tile of the game view, set -1 to disable the background and border. New userdef structures "screenarea_x1", "screenarea_y1", "screenarea_x2", "screenarea_y2" Use these structures to change the boundaries of the view in EVENT_UPDATESCREENAREA. Patch from Fox.

Set RETURN to -1 to disable the sound played when an enemy awaken. You have to use a command to play a sound, because the bosses use globalsound. Patch from Fox.

Set RETURN to the sound played when the menu is opened. -1 to cancel. Patch from Fox.

EVENT_DISPLAYROOMSEND: Triggered right after the game world is rendered and before any sprite above the screen. EVENT_DISPLAYEND: Triggered after the game draws everything above the screen, including menus. A counterpart to EVENT_DISPLAYSTART. Patch from Fox.

screenpal <r> <g> <b> <a> Similar to palfrom, but works on screen events. Values range from 0 to 255. Patch from Fox.

Clobbering ud.volume_number is a hack no one should need to use any more. Only this command supports specifying -1 for volume to access the main menu, briefing, etc themes.