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How do make a simple game menu?

You use what you know!

like having a filled region over a text actor to make a button, when clicking on a button you can either load the game or change the view position to change screen, make sure to have a back button

I have tried many times......... I don't know the codes!

To create a Menu:

Make a text actor with the list of selections, make the size 14. Now make a Canvas actor and put this code:

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erase(0, 189, 255, .60);


Place that code in Draw Actor, or Create Actor.
Make a variable called M_INDEX.

now this part is important, say you have like 6 options. Example:

Items
Status
Equipment
Journle
Options
Exit

M_INDEX's max number would be 5, because 0 counts However many numbers you have, always remember that it's -1. So, for example if you have 24 selection items, then the max would be 23. You'll understand what I mean in the code.
Now make sevral events, KeyDown - Down

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if (M_INDEX<=5) {
    M_INDEX++;
    y+=16;
}
else if (M_INDEX==6) {
    M_INDEX=0;
    y-=(16*6);
}


Look carefully at the y-=(16*6);, because I can't remember if it's -1 for that too or not xD. Anyway, it should bounce the menu back to the top selection.

Now for KeyDown - Up

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if (M_INDEX>=0) {
    M_INDEX--;
    y-=16;
}
else if (M_INDEX==-1) {
    M_INDEX=5;
    y+=(16*6);
}


That should do the trick

Now all you gotta do for determining what option gets selected, is make a Key Down event for Enter, with something similar to this code.
KeyDown - Enter

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switch(M_INDEX) {
    case 0: //In our case, items
    //Your functions here
    break;
    case 1:
    //etc
    break;
}


Hope this helped

Lol np man

the last code was a bit puzzling

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switch(M_INDEX) {
    case 0: //In our case, items
    //Your functions here
    break;
    case 1:
    //etc
    break;
}

can you explain it a bit more?

ok so
case 0 is the first selection
you have to put there what it has to do when first thing is selected
for example if first is play and second is load then

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case 0:
view.x=300; //move the view to the game play area
view.y=400;
break; //you have to put this before every new case
case 1:
view.x=300;
view.y=400;
loadVars(blabla);


hope this helped

Thanks, schnellboot

schnellboot um do I put this in as well?:

move the view to the game play area

you have to put this before every new case

you can but you don't have to

Is it for loading or playing game?

for everything you only have to set it up ..

How must i edit it to play game?

already explained that ..