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Engine executable. Settings and tools of the game program (CivilizationVI.exe), usable without a mod. Mostly undocumented debug and configuration functionality; descriptions come from analysis of the executable and have not all been tried in the running game.

Search

Static table with 7 methods. named from how the game scripts call it (7 of 7 methods matched). Registering function 0x4d7990.

Methods are called with a dot (Search.Method(...)).

Method	Returns	In game scripts	Example	Status
`Search.AddData(searchContext: string, arg2: string, arg3: string, arg4: string, [arg5: table]) -> boolean, boolean`	boolean, boolean	21 calls, 6 files	`Search.AddData(SEARCHCONTEXT_SUGGESTIONS, szTerm, szTerm, "")`	inferred
`Search.ClearData(arg1: string) -> boolean`	boolean	2 calls, 2 files	`Search.ClearData(g_SearchContext)`	inferred
`Search.CreateContext(arg1: string, arg2: string, arg3: string, arg4: string) -> boolean`	boolean	6 calls, 5 files	`if (Search.CreateContext(SEARCHCONTEXT_MAPSEARCH, "", "", "...")`	inferred
`Search.DestroyContext(arg1: string) -> boolean`	boolean	5 calls, 4 files	`Search.DestroyContext("Civics")`	inferred
`Search.HasContext(arg1: string) -> boolean`	boolean	1 calls, 1 files	`if(Search.HasContext(g_SearchContext)`	inferred
`Search.Optimize(arg1: string) -> boolean`	boolean	6 calls, 5 files	`Search.Optimize(searchContext)`	inferred
`Search.Search(arg1: string, str: string, [arg3: integer], …) -> table, table`	table, table	10 calls, 5 files	`local results = Search.Search("Civilopedia", str)`	inferred