System

The system object gives you access to the current system's data and lets you create new systems

Properties

Property	Type	Description
`id`	`number`	The system's id
`name`	`string`	The system's name
`risk`	`number`	The system's risk level
`faction`	`number`	The system's faction
`jumpgatestationid`	`number`	The station id of the system's jump gate
`mapcoordinate_x`	`number`	The system's X coordinate on the map
`mapcoordinate_y`	`number`	The system's Y coordinate on the map
`mapcoordinate_z`	`number`	The system's Z coordinate on the map

Properties are readable and writable

print(system.id) -- get
system.id = 12 -- set

Methods

Create

Creates a new system and returns its id

Warning

This method can only be called inside the EarlyInit event

Args

name - The system's name
x, y, z - The system's map coordinates
faction - The system's faction
risk - The system's risk level
textureid - The star texture id
linkedsystemid - The system id the jump gate links to. Pass -1 for no jumpgate

RegisterEvent("EarlyInit", function()
    local systemid = system:Create("My system", 20, 30, 21, 2, 0, 7, 2)
    print("New system created, id: " .. systemid)
end)

IsVisible

Returns true if the given system is visible on the map

Args

systemid - The id of the system to check

if not system:IsVisible(26) then
    print("This system is not visible")
end

SetVisible

Sets the visibility of a system on the map

Args

systemid - The id of the system to update
visible - true to show the system, false to hide it

system:SetVisible(26, true)