MSFS Mission Script - Actions

Applicable
MSFS
MS Flight
LM P3D5
LM P3D4
LM P3D3
LM P3D2
LM P3D
FS World
FSXSE
FSXA
FSX
FS2004
FS2002
XP11
XP10
XP9

See MSFS Mission Script for general information about creating a mission script.

Action queue

All actions are fired in the order they’re listed in the ObjectReferenceList of the trigger that fired. This is important, because Dialog actions take time to play and will delay any actions that follow them. If a delay is set on a Dialog action, then the next action in the queue will be delayed by that amount. You can arrange the order in which actions in a given queue fire by changing the order manually in the .xml.

Common actions

ObjectActivationAction, DialogAction, ChangeAssistanceItemAction, FailureAction, AdjustPayloadAction, RefillAction, FlowStateAction.

General attributes

Actions have a few general attributes:

Immediate

True: This action will start immediately
False: This action will wait for other actions to complete. The order is determined by the order the actions are listed in the trigger. This can be changed by manually editing the order in the ObjectReference section of the element in the mission .xml.

BreakOnExecute

Official description: "Code break if action is executed". Not sure what that means

TargetPlayer

The target player refers to the target of an action in a multiplayer mission. Action Target can be the GUID of a particular player or team, or you can use one of the specially defined guids to refer to relative targets:

Local User	{8B7615FA-BBBF-4baa-B959-5EF4F59BB575}
All Players	{D09ADD85-4CA8-4be9-939C-4544BA259DA2}
Trigger	{9A82F89B-F271-4285-AE90-1F733945D975}
All Players Except Trigger	{D2764AC8-FBB3-4b9b-9721-3C3EA0CB402B}

Mission logic

ObjectActivationAction

Very useful action to (de)activate objects such as triggers and InGameMarkers.

RandomAction

Chooses a random action from a list and can have a probability that an action executes.

ExecuteRPNAction

Execute RPN code.

SkipAction

Skip an action.

StopObjectActionQueueAction

Stop action queues of referenced objects

ExecuteListAction

Execute a list of action

WaitAction

Action that does nothing... for a predefined time. You can use this to pause the actionQeue.

Actions related to a trigger

CountAction

Changes the count of a CounterTrigger

ResetTimerAction

Reset the timer to the StartTime.

TimerAdjustAction

Adjusts the time of a TimerTrigger up or down.

Action related to Mission objects

GoalResolutionAction & SubGoalResolutionAction

Changes the state of a (sub)goal.

GrantRewardAction

Untested.

PointOfInterestActivationAction

(De)activates a point of interest

POIChangeModelAction

Unknown.

Sound

DialogAction

Plays dialog for the copilot and atc. It can use sound files or text-to-speech (TTS). The dialogAction can also show subtitles.

InstructorDialogAction

Same as a DialogAction, but allows for a male and female voice, depending on the player's selected instructor in the settings.

OneShotSoundAction

Plays specified sound file. Doesn't seem to work in MSFS.

PlayListAction

Plays through a list of sound files. Doesn't seem to work in MSFS.

PlaySoundAction

Play a sound in 3D space. Uses a WWise event.

StopSoundAction

Stop a sound.

SoundEffectAction

Sets sound effects. Doesn't seem to work in MSFS.

RTPCAction

Send a WWise RTPC.

Player/Aircraft

ChangeAssistanceItemAction

Changes specific assistance items throughout the mission.

FailureAction

Fail a system (e.g., fuel pump, gear, altimeter, radios).

AdjustPayloadAction

Set or adjust the weight on a payload station (weight of pilot, passengers, baggage, etc).

RefillAction

Add or subtract percent of a substance (e.g., fuel).

ChangeObjectTypeAction

Change an object to a different type.

RequestTeleportAction

Request a teleport.

RequestTeleportCameraAction

Teleport current camera to a position given in a CFG file (e.g, close instrument view, wide cockpit view, gear view).

SkipTimeAction

Skip time.

Action related to AI / Simobjects

AITakeControlsAction

Changes control of the users' plane between user and AI.

SendMessageToAIAction

Currently useless for missions. See documentation.

ActivateWaypointsAction

Send waypoints to a Simobject for the AI to follow.

WaypointsFromAnotherWaypointAction

Get waypoint list for another ActivateWaypointsAction.

PlayFlightRecordingAction

Plays back recording for AI aircraft.

Animation / effects / RTC

FadeToColorAction

Fades a color over the whole viewport. Useful for teleports and testing.

AttachEffectAction

Attach a visual effect to an object (e.g., plane, simobject).

PlayAnimationAction

Play an animation.

PlayBlendTreeStateAction

Play a blend tree state.

Replay

RecordReplayAction

Record a new replay and store in file.

PlayReplayAction

Play a replay file.

PlayGhostAction

Play a ghost replay.

Race

DisqualifyPlayerAction

Disqualify a player.

RaceCourseActivateAction

Enable race course progress for all players.

RaceClockStartAction

Start the global race timer for all players.

TimePenaltyAction

Give a player a time penalty/bonus.

BackOnTrackAction

When a crash occurs in a race course, the crash is 'not allowed' and the player is teleported to the pylon before his crash.

Other

FocusInstrumentAction

Focus the camera on a specific instrument. You can highlight the isntrument as well.

RumbleAction

Controller rumble effect.

CustomAction

Create a custom action that uses an external program connected with simconnect.

ChangeMarkerTemplateAction

Change marker template.

ChangeRopeLinkAction

Change link on ropes.

ChangeNodeAction

Change node property.

AttachDroppablePayloadAction

Attach a droppable payload.

AgentMessageAction

Send or reveive a message from an agent (ATC?).

MissionScoreToLeaderboardAction

Try to send mission score to leaderboard. Not (yet) supported for unofficial missions.

ShowLogbookAction

Show the logbook.

FilterInputKeyAction

Change input key processing.

Mission Creation for MSFS

Pages relevant to mission creation for MSFS.

Mission structure

Flightplan

Weather definitions

Flight file

Mission script

Triggers

AirportLandingTrigger & AreaLandingTrigger · CounterTrigger · PropertyTrigger · ProximityTrigger · TimerTrigger

Actions

ObjectActivationAction · DialogAction · AdjustPayloadAction · ChangeAssistanceItemAction · FadeToColorAction · RandomAction · RequestTeleportAction · CountAction · ResetTimerAction · TimerAdjustAction · GoalResolutionAction & SubGoalResolutionAction · GrantRewardAction · PointOfInterestActivationAction · ActivateWaypointsAction · AITakeControlsAction · SendMessageToAIAction

Mission objects

Mission definition · Goal · LivingWorldExclusion · Camera

Calculator

Flow states

Events

Areas

Rectangle Area · Cylinder Area · Polygon Area · Corridor Area · InGameMarker

Library objects

Sim objects

RTC

Mission tools

MSFS Script Editor · BushTripInjector · BushMissionGen · MSFSLocalizer · SPB2XML · Little Navmap

Other

Example mission files

Porting FSX Missions to MSFS

Localisation

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