Global Commands

This is a list of global commands available in Visionaire Studio.

General

Function Name	Description
createScreenshot	Create a screenshot to be used for the next savegame or to save into an external folder as a .png file.
createSprite
getCursorPos	Get the current position of the mouse cursor.
getObject	Get a Visionaire object.
getProperty	Get the requested game property.
getTime	Returns the number of milliseconds since the "getTime()" function was first called or since the timer was reset.
isPointInsidePolygon	Test if a point lies inside a polygon.
replaceGame	Replaces the Visionaire game file and starts the game from the beginning.
setCursorPos	Sets the mouse cursor to the {x,y} position provided.
setDelay	Executes a function with a delay.
sha1	Calculates the 160-bit (20-byte) SHA-1 (Secure Hash Algorithm 1) hash of a string.
startAction	Starts an action.
startAnimation	Starts an animation.
startDefaultBrowser	Open a URL in the user's default browser or in the steam overlay (if active).
startObjectTween	Start tween on a Visionaire object field.
startTween	Start tween on a Lua variable.
stopAction	Stop an active action.
stopAnimation	Stop a running animation.

Sound & Volume

Function Name	Description
getSoundId	Retrieve the id of a currently active audio file.
getSoundProperty	Retrieve various properties of a sound.
getVolume	Retrieve general volume levels.
setSoundProperty	Set properties of a sound.
setVolume	Set general volume levels.
startSound	Play an audio file.
stopSound	Stop a playing sound.
toggleSoundPause	Toggle an active sound between playing and paused states.

Events & Hooks

Function Name	Description
createEvent
registerEventHandler	Registering an event handler allows you to run custom functions on specific engine events.
registerHookFunction	Register a hook function for a specific operation.
unregisterEventHandler	Unregister an event handler for a specific engine event which had been registered before.

Window

Function Name	Description
getWindowBrightness	Returns the brightness (gamma) of the window.
getWindowMode	Returns the current window mode, i. e. if the game is running at fullscreen or in a window.
setWindowBrightness	Set the global brightness (gamma) of the window.
setWindowSize	Set the size of the game window.
setWindowTitle	Set a custom title in the game application title bar.
toggleWindowMode	Toggle the current window mode form fullscreen to windowed or vice versa.

Shaders

Function Name	Description
shaderCompile	Compile a shader.
shaderSetOptions	Set shader options.
shaderUniform	Set uniforms for shader.

Game clients (Steam, GOG Galaxy)

Function Name	Description
getGameClientAchievement	Get the current state of a game client achievement.
getGameClientStat	Returns the requested game client stat.
initGameClient	Initialize the GOG Galaxy client with the given values.
resetGameClientStats	Resets all game client stats.
setGameClientAchievement	Set a game client achievement to "done".
setGameClientStat	Sets the specified game client stat to the given value.

Haptic effects

Function Name	Description
createHapticEffectCondition
createHapticEffectConstant
createHapticEffectLeftRight
createHapticEffectPeriodic
createHapticEffectRamp
startHapticEffect
startHapticRumble
stopHapticEffect
stopHapticRumble

Debug

Function Name	Description
debugerror	Internal debug function to create a stacktrace
debugfunc	Internal debug function to create a stacktrace