I haven't really done much playing around with GUIs, and today I finally got around to building the GUI for a game and thus have 2 little non urgent questions:
1. I'm not quite sure how, but I want to make it so that when over the inventory with the mouse mode as eModeUseInv a right click deselects instead of looking. I've thought about maybe trying to tie the on_mouse_click function to the repeatedly_execute_always function but can't think of how and am sure this is not the correct manner to approach it in. Any thoughts?
2. I've put in a GUI.GetAtScreenXY function. Usually I'd write a GetAtScreenXY (ie, for a character) function like:
function repeatedly_execute_always()
{
if (GUI.GetAtScreenXY != gInventory)
{
gInventory.Visible = false;
}
}
But this doesn't seem to work with a gui, and I had to jump into the manual which suggested I do this:
function repeatedly_execute_always()
{
GUI *theGui = GUI.GetAtScreenXY(mouse.x, mouse.y);
{
if (theGui != gInventory)
{
gInventory.Visible = false;
}
}
}
This is no problem - it does exactly what I want, however I'd like to know why I can't use the other method (if anyone knows) and what purpose the GUI *theGui (this seems to be setting a variable?) serves.
Thanks for your help :)
Hmm, I'm not too familiar with this function, but could it have something to do with the parameters of GetAtScreenXY?
Gosh dang it.
Now I feel like a stupid, I swear I had those mouse.x and mouse.y coordinates in before :-[
Ignore the second question, I am tired and stupid ;D
I'm curious why the compiler didn't complain about the missing coords?
As for 1.:
Set "handle inv clicks in script" to true, then process inv clicks in your on_mouse_click.
Since eMouseLeft/RightInv get triggered over inv items only, you could do this:
void inv_click(MouseButton button) {
if (button == eMouseLeftInv) {
inventory[game.inv_activated].RunInteraction(Mouse.Mode);
}
if (button == eMouseRight && player.ActiveInventory != null) player.ActiveInventory = null;
if (button == eMouseRightInv) {
if (player.ActiveInventory != null) player.ActiveInventory = null;
else inventory[game.inv_activated].RunInteraction(eModeLook);
}
}
function on_mouse_click(MouseButton button) {
if (GUIControl.GetAtScreenXY(mouse.x, mouse.y) == InvWindow) {
inv_click(button);
return;
}
// rest here
}
This should catch inventory window clicks and handle them depending on whether the click was above an item or empty space.
Khris, this seems perfect, awesome! It took a little bit of fiddling but it seems to work fine save for one confusing thing: It deselects just fine over other inventory items, but not when over a blank part of the inventory (Ie, space in the inventory that hasn't got an item in it). Am I missing something?
Thanks for your help so far :D
I didn't test it, this line
should take care of that:
if (button == eMouseRight && player.ActiveInventory != null) player.ActiveInventory = null;
Not sure why it doesn't work :-\
Try adding some debugging lines as in
if (button == eMouseRight) Display("right click");
Just tried it, doesn't display the message.
Like I said, it isn't a big issue, just a minor annoyance, so if we can't get around it I am not going to be too upset.
If you're interested I can PM you the source (although I haven't bothered keeping my script very tidy this time, so it's a bit all over the place :-[)
Quote from: Ben304 on Fri 30/10/2009 12:15:11
Khris, this seems perfect, awesome! It took a little bit of fiddling but it seems to work fine save for one confusing thing: It deselects just fine over other inventory items, but not when over a blank part of the inventory (Ie, space in the inventory that hasn't got an item in it). Am I missing something?
That's actually an issue I am having for maybe 3rd time already when making a game :)
So I am interested in getting an answer too.
EDIT: I tried to set breakpoints in on_mouse_click function and know what? It does not even run this event when clicking on empty inventory space.
I consider that's rather an AGS bug...
Meh, I got the answer as soon as I wrote that it is a bug (which is actually wrong) :P
Quote from: GarageGothic on Fri 30/10/2009 17:13:54
Hmm, if I remember correctly the Inventory handles clicks differently depending on whether you click on an item or in the surrounding window. You may need to split your code between on_mouse_click() and the on_event for eEventGUIMouseDown (for clicks outside inventory items).
After referring to the thread CW started in the Tech forum and annoying monkey for help, this all works perfectly. Big thanks guys, I really appreciate your help! :D