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Format Thousands

[updated 19 Feb 2016]
Was that fifty four thousand ? five thousand ? or five hundred thousand ? that just popped up on the screen. Its difficult to tell in the few seconds that it was there. Why not get it formatted properly and get a decent idea of the size ?

Converts 54287 into 54,287 or 54 287 or 54.287 depending on viewing language

Changes number formating in messages to be in thousands by adding a separator after every three numbers in the logbook and the event monitor,

Version 0.05 provides a work around for a patching problem that took out cargo collection.

Support for X Rebirth 4.00 RC2 as well as X Rebirth 3.61

Formats $AMOUNT$ as well as $MONEY$ and $PRICE$ (X Rebirth 3.61 only) in thousands for all ai scripts

It will skip any thousands formatting that Egosoft have already done for $MONEY$ and $PRICE$ in 4.00 RC2 using silent="true" on patch commands that are meant to fail in X Rebirth 4 which reduces the debug.log messages by 23

My current recommendation for users is to keep on using this mod until Egosoft release 4.00 and then make a decision on whether the $AMOUNT$ formating is useful to you. That will make the game easier to use in the meantime and get the formatting into the player log. There is no retrospective reformatting of the player log, it is text and its formatted as its written.

For X Rebirth - 3.61 and 4.00 RC2

$AMOUNT$ formatting is useful when buying large amounts of wares such as fuel or energy cells

Logbook (entries can come from either md or ai scripts)
ai move.refuel.xml - Transferred $MONEY$ Cr to $ENTITY$ to buy $AMOUNT$ Fuel Cells.\nLocation: $SHIP$ in sector $SECTOR$ - tested
ai trade.performplayertraderun - Arrived at destination but cannot buy $AMOUNT$ units of $WARE$
ai trade.performplayertraderun - Arrived at destination but cannot sell $AMOUNT$ units of $WARE$
ai trade.performplayertraderun - $AMOUNT$ $WARE$ were lost in this transaction
ai trade.performplayertraderun - Bought $AMOUNT$ $WARE$ for $PRICE$ Cr - tested
ai trade.performplayertraderun - Sold $AMOUNT$ $WARE$ for $PRICE$ Cr - tested

For X Rebirth 3.61 only

Patches multiple Egosoft files to additionally change the $MONEY$ and $PRICE$ messages

Note that the formatting fixes for $MONEY$ and $PRICE$ plus the extra Cr have now been incorporated into 4.00 by Egosoft

Event monitor (messages can come from either md or ai scripts)
md Notifications.xml - Account updated - Debit withdrawal:
md Notifications.xml - Account updated - Payment received:
ai move.refuel.xml - Transferring funds for refueling
ai trade.performplayertraderun - Bought $AMOUNT$ $WARE$ for $PRICE$ Cr
ai trade.performplayertraderun - Sold $AMOUNT$ $WARE$ for $PRICE$ Cr

Logbook (entries can come from either md or ai scripts)
md Notifications - Received surplus of $MONEY$ Credits from $TRADER$.
ai move.refuel.xml - Transferred $MONEY$ Cr to $ENTITY$ to buy$AMOUNT$ Fuel Cells.\nLocation: $SHIP$ in sector $SECTOR$
ai player.interaction.budget - The account of $STATION$ in $ZONE$ has dropped to $MONEY$ Credits.
ai player.interaction.budget - $STATION$ in $ZONE$ has had $AMOUNT$ transfered to its account. New balance is $MONEY$.
ai trade.performplayertraderun - Bought $AMOUNT$ $WARE$ for $PRICE$ Cr
ai trade.performplayertraderun - Sold $AMOUNT$ $WARE$ for $PRICE$ Cr

Formatting fixes
ai move.refuel.xml - Logbook - removed extra "Cr" from "Transferred $MONEY$ Cr Cr to $ENTITY$ ..."

Mission briefing
md RML_Transfer_Money -Transfer $MONEY$ credits to $NPC$ - not tested but the fix is in there and is patching without error messages

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