Menus

[Turon]

How do make a simple game menu?

[Game A Gogo]

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

[Turon]

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

[Hblade]

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

[Turon]

Thank You Hblade

[Hblade]

Lol np man

[Turon]

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?

[schnellboot]

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

[Hblade]

Thanks, schnellboot

[Turon]

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

[schnellboot]

you can but you don't have to

[Turon]

Is it for loading or playing game?

[schnellboot]

for everything you only have to set it up ..

[Turon]

How must i edit it to play game?

[schnellboot]

already explained that ..