Creating Apps

Example Lua script

app = {
	name = "DataDelete",
	description = "Delete a data point.",
	cost = 2.0,
	targets = {"data"},
	showInRadial = "target",
	showInAppWheel = "default",
	state = "off",
	icon = "Common/Apps/Icons/DataDelete.png",
	iconColor = { 0, 0.4, 0.9843, 1 },

	OnClickAppWheel = function()
		UI.ToggleDataDelete()
	end,

	OnClickRadial = function()
		UI.ToggleDataDelete()
	end,

}

App configuration

App Table
Name	Required/Optional	Description
name	required	Name of the app
description	required	Short description of what the app does
cost	optional	How many seconds the tracking progress increases when using this app
targets	optional	List of what target types the app can have
showInRadial	optional	How the app should be displayed in Radial menu. See menu options.
showInAppWheel	optional	How the app should be displayed in the AppWheel. See menu options.
state	required	Current state of the app.
icon	required	Path to icon image
iconColor	optional	background color for the app icon
OnClickAppWheel	optional	The function to run when the app is launched from the AppWheel
OnClickRadial	optional	The function to run when the app is launched from the radial menu

Target types

targets = {TargetType.Data, TargetType.Hackable},

Name	value	Description
None	0	No target. USe for apps which don't require any target at all.
Data	1	Any data points currently visible to the player
Interaction	2	Physical interactions in the levels
Hackable	4	Hackable devices in player's current networks
Character	8	People

Menu options

Name	Description
always	App is always displayed in this menu.
never	App will never be shown in this menu
default	App will be set as favourite for this menu by default
target	App will always display in Radial menu if current target matches the App's targets value.

States

Name	Description
unavailable	The player doesn't have this app yet
disabled	App can't be used at the moment, for example no network connection
off	"App is not doing anything
on	App is switched on and running in the background
alert	"App displays alert to notify the player about something