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This is *very* rough draft. Please contribute.

• Two new system events (can be used with objRegisterForSystemEvents)
  • OnSystemWeaponFire
    • aWeaponObj - the ship firing the weapon
    • aWeaponUNID - unid of the weapon being fired
  • OnSystemExplosion

• three new OnDamage* events
  • Seems like they are used on the items causing the damage
    • OnDamageShields - the damage returned is the damage applied
      • aDeviceItem - The device being damaged
      • aDamageHP - The initial damage rolled
    • OnDamageArmor - the damage returned is the damage applied
      • aHitPos - position of hit
      • aDamageHP - initial damage
      • aHitDir - direction of hit
    • OnDamageOverlay - Would seem to have the same vars as the others

• onObjUpdate: needs to be tested, probably only works on space enviroment types
• provides aObj

• New AI attribute aggressor=“true/false”
• New attribute in the Relationship tag, mutual='true/false'

• Ship tags inside of <Ships> elements can now contain a <Names> tag
• Ships can now inherit from a base ship class, using the inherit attribute

• OnDamage provides a aWeaponType variable (weapon UNID)

• New <OverlayType> element (which seems to be quite complex) works with objAddOverlay function.

• New attribute on items, useKey which can assign a key to a usable item, even if it has a screen associated with it (using the useScreen attribute)
  • This probably means the <Invoke> block has changed
• ItemType attribute: useInstalledOnly/unInstalledOnly.

• <Names> has new attribute personalName='true/false'
• <Action> elements have a nextKey='1' and a prevKey=“1” attribute. Wonder what that does.

• The <Canvas> element is quite a mouthful - works with canvas functions.
  • attributes: left, top, right, bottom

• <EnhancerDevice> has been completely revamped. In particular the new attribute “criteria” that gives extreme flexibility in enhancing items.
• <Relationships> is a new child for <Sovereign>, where it's possible to specify the disposition of other sovereign.

0.99c_-_1.0_rc1