GUI Status Bar

[sloppy]

I'm sure this has been asked but I can't locate where.Ã,  I have a status bar that names all the hotspots.Ã,  That was easy.(@OVERHOTSPOT@)

How do you do the same thing with objects and player characters?

[petazzo]

If I have understood well, you want a gui that displays characters and objects names?
@HOVERHOTSPOT@ should display them as well. For the objects make sure you've gived them a name.

[monkey0506]

The name is kind of misleading, but I think it would only be troublesome changing it now.

[sloppy]

You're right it does work.  I hadn't named the objects and I didn't have my player character checked as clickable.

[sloppy]

New question regarding this:  I would like the status bar label to also show the name of the button in the gui when the mouse is hovered over it (walk, look, save game, etc.).  How is that scripted?

[Ashen]

That can't be done directly AFAIK, you'll have to do it in script using repeatedly_execute (rep_ex_always if the GUI is modal), e.g.:

Code: ags

  if (Button.GetAtScreenXY(mouse.x, mouse.y) == btnIconAbout) lblStat.SetText("About");
  else if (Button.GetAtScreenXY(mouse.x, mouse.y) == btnIconQuit) lblStat.SetText ("Quit Game");
  else if (Button.GetAtScreenXY(mouse.x, mouse.y) == btnIconSave) lblStat.SetText("Save Game");
  // Etc for all buttons
  else lblStat.SetText("@OVERHOTSPOT@");

(Making sure o use the right Label and Button names for your game.)

[sloppy]

Yes, that worked.  Thanks!