0x27 — character_detach_parent

Resolves a character and detaches parent links through either CCharacterManager::DetachParent or CBackGround::DetachParent.

proven— handler traced, and exercised by at least one shipped script.

At a glance

Opcode	`0x27` (39)
Handler	`CRadiScript::Command_27`
Signature	`CRadiScript::Command_27(int,SCR_DATA*,unsigned int,unsigned int)`
Translation unit	`r_script_run2.cpp`
Address	— debug build; click for all 3
Handler size	`0x164` (356 bytes)
Engine name	`character_detach_parent`
Family	Characters
Command size	`4 + extra_words * 4` bytes

Handler behaviour

Resolves a character and detaches parent links through either CCharacterManager::DetachParent or CBackGround::DetachParent.

Encoding

The command header is one 32-bit word, as described in §3 Instruction encoding:

 31            24 23            16 15             8 7              0
+----------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+
|  flags         |  argument byte |  extra words   |  0x27          |
+----------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+

Bits 8–15 give the number of 32-bit operand words that follow. Bits 16–23 are handed to the handler as a bitfield; on character commands bit 0 normally says whether a character selector word is present. Bit 31 is the keep-going bit.

Operand fields

8 documented fields. input fields are read from the command's operand words; derived fields are computed from other fields rather than stored separately.

Field	Role	Meaning
`character`	input	The packed 32-bit character selector word. Its low half is the character id and byte 2 is a secondary class/variant input; see `character_number` and `character_variant`.
`character_parent_detach_flag_high`	derived	Upper part of the matching packed value for `character parent detach flag`.
`detach_flag_low`	derived	Lower part of the matching packed value for `detach flag`.
`flag4`	input	Boolean option 4 taken from the handler's argument byte.
`flag6`	input	Boolean option 6 taken from the handler's argument byte.
`flag7`	input	Boolean option 7 taken from the handler's argument byte.
`flag7_preserved`	derived	Bit 7 of the argument byte, kept verbatim; the traced handler body never consumes it.
`yield`	derived	Pause the script here for one game frame; the next command runs on the following update. Lines without it keep running immediately.

Engine calls

Engine functions this handler was observed calling:

CBackGround::DetachParent(CCharacter*,unsigned int)
CCharacterManager::DetachParent(CCharacter*,unsigned int)
CCharacterManager::GetCharacterClass2(int,unsigned int,const CCharacter*,unsigned int)
CRadiScript::GetCharacterID(unsigned int&,unsigned int&,unsigned int*,SCR_DATA*,unsigned int)

Bit masks

Masks the handler applies to its argument byte or operand words:

0x0001 0x00FF