Global GUI local room [solved]

[Zipofthe95]

Well that tells you bugger all.

Anyway, here's the gist. Let's say I have three four-button panels that use the same gui, and let's say the number 1 in each panel toggles the visibility of an object in a room. How would I go about it? I made a "panel gui" with "add gui button" but on click button sends me to global script. Global script doesn't work with local room objects (I just tried. I made an object 1 that controls that object within a room, works. On global script, it doesn't know what that object is). So essentially, is there a way to "localise" what a gui button does? And if that is possible, can I make the script carry over to other rooms? Let's say I have room 2 that's exactly the same room as room 1 (and panels use the same "panel gui") but while "button 1" there would control... a chair, room two "button 1" would control... a mug on the table. Hope I made myself clear.

P.S. On a side note. Can I make it that when I hover over a button a text appears to describe what it does. For example, if I have a "hand" button and mouse hovers over it to say in gui box "your hands "As efficent as they are deadly"?

Cheers!

[Laura Hunt]

You can reference room objects, hotspots, etc from your Global Script (or Dialogues, for that matter) by using their index rather than their script name.

So, instead of using "oWhatever.Visible = true", you would use "object[1].Visible = true".

And if that is possible, can I make the script carry over to other rooms? Let's say I have room 2 that's exactly the same room as room 1 (and panels use the same "panel gui") but while "button 1" there would control... a chair, room two "button 1" would control... a mug on the table.

Yes, but you would have to make sure that the chair in room 1 and the mug in room 2 have the same index. And of course, be wary of possible side effects on objects with this same index in other rooms where the GUI might be active.

[Zipofthe95]

Yup, that's the stuff. Many thanks!

[Crimson Wizard]

I'd like to mention that there's also CallRoomScript function that lets you send a "message" to the room script, and in room script you catch it using "on_call" callback function (check them out in the manual). This is a method one may use to handle certain generic situation depending on the room you are in.

[Zipofthe95]

Interesting. Thanks.