Adventure Game Studio

Firstly, I apologise immensely for having to ask this, because I know it's been asked several times before, but I've been searching through and reading all the old threads and stuff ain't working.

Based mostly upon this old thread (http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?topic=28748.0), I have made a new GUI (gActiveInv) with a button (btnActiveInv) set to PopupModal with a z order of 2, where the normal UI it will be overlaid onto has a z order of 1.

I want it to show up when an inventory item is selected (obviously), so...

Global Script:

Quote

function btnInvSelect_OnClick(GUIControl *control, MouseButton button)
{
  mouse.Mode = eModeUseinv;
  mouse.UseModeGraphic(eModeUseinv);
  btnActiveInv.NormalGraphic=player.ActiveInventory.Graphic;
  gActiveInv.Visible=true;
}

The selected inventory item becomes active, the cursor changes, but gActiveInv doesn't appear.
I've tried using (INV) as well, but nothing doing.

Help?

Thanks.

Version 3.0, by the way.

The function in your post is the function associated with the pointer button on the built-in inventory GUI used to set the cursor to "selectActiveInv"-Mode.

You'll need to check for eModeUseinv in rep_ex.

function repeatedly_execute() {

  // other code

  // new:
  if (mouse.Mode == eModeUseinv && !gActiveInv.Visible) {
    btnActiveInv.NormalGraphic = player.ActiveInventory.Graphic;
    gActiveInv.Visible = true;
  }
  else if (mouse.Mode != eModeUseinv && gActiveInv.Visible) gActiveInv.Visible = false;
}

Also note that a Popup modal GUI will halt the game (like e.g. the Quit? GUI), so switch its visibility to Normal, then put "gActiveInv.Visible = false;" inside game_start.

Thanks muchly, but wouldn't that mean that it's only visible while said inventory item is the current cursor mode?
How about swapping if (mouse.Mode == eModeUseinv && !gActiveInv.Visible) for if (player.ActiveInventory!=null), would that work?

Sorry, it's been a while. I've forgotten a lot of stuff.

Quote from: KhrisMUC on Wed 13/08/2008 16:48:54
Also note that a Popup modal GUI will halt the game (like e.g. the Quit? GUI), so switch its visibility to Normal, then put "gActiveInv.Visible = false;" inside game_start.

I had a feeling it was something like that, but I tried Normal mode first, and that didn't work.
I also think someone suggested using Popup in an old thread somewhere, but maybe not.

QuoteThanks muchly, but wouldn't that mean that it's only visible while said inventory item is the current cursor mode?

True, that's what I thought you wanted. I have to admit though that showing the inv item in the corner only while it's the current cursor anyway seems a bit silly :)

Change it to:
function repeatedly_execute() {

  // other code

  // new:
  if (player.ActiveInventory != null) {
    btnActiveInv.NormalGraphic = player.ActiveInventory.Graphic;
    gActiveInv.Visible = true;
  }
  else gActiveInv.Visible = false;
}

QuoteI had a feeling it was something like that, but I tried Normal mode first, and that didn't work.

It seems like "gActiveInv.Visible = true;" was never actually called. Normal is the right mode for what you want (a GUI that switches its visibility depending on the game's state).

Excellent stuff. Works a charm.
I thank you, kind sir.