Author Topic: MODULE: CustomDialogGui 1.9 (Read 41511 times)

abstauber · « **on:** 14 Dec 2008, 16:03 »

Abstract
Abstract: With this module you can add all sorts of dialog GUIs.
Think of it as an easy to use interface to AGS' native DialogOptionsRendering

Dependencies
AGS 3.4 or later

Version
1.9

Github
https://github.com/dkrey/ags_customdialog

Downloads
https://github.com/dkrey/ags_customdialog/releases/

Screenshots
icon based:

text based:

high-res and bottom up sorting:

Revision History
Since this is on github now, you can follow the changes there.

Enjoy

Dualnames · « **Reply #1 on:** 14 Dec 2008, 20:56 »

That sure looks cool.. nice sales pitch!!

Shane 'ProgZmax' Stevens · « **Reply #2 on:** 16 Dec 2008, 06:56 »

That's quite nice. It looks like you have it allow as much vertical space as necessary for the text but the horizontal is locked to the limits of the gui? Or is there some upper limit to the number of characters as well?

abstauber · « **Reply #3 on:** 16 Dec 2008, 07:29 »

I don't know if I get you right, but currently there's no horizontal scrolling as I'm using word wrap. So if you have a really long string, it might get wrapped three times, but is still shown.

Shane 'ProgZmax' Stevens · « **Reply #4 on:** 16 Dec 2008, 09:53 »

Sounds good.

Dualnames · « **Reply #5 on:** 16 Dec 2008, 16:02 »

Abs? Is this compatible with 640x480 reso?

abstauber · « **Reply #6 on:** 16 Dec 2008, 16:30 »

I haven't used high res coordinates, so if not pixel perfect. But apart from that it works fine.
~~If you're using it in high res you might want to turn off the outer border line though.~~ Edit: That should work now too.

Dualnames · « **Reply #7 on:** 16 Dec 2008, 16:46 »

Quote from: abstauber on 16 Dec 2008, 16:30

I haven't used high res coordinates, so if not pixel perfect. But apart from that it works fine.
If you're using it in high res you might want to turn off the outer border line though.

It works apart from the arrows. The clickable area is weird and doesn't work properly.

abstauber · « **Reply #8 on:** 16 Dec 2008, 16:55 »

You still have the mousewheel

But thanks for the hint, i'll look into that.

Dualnames · « **Reply #9 on:** 16 Dec 2008, 17:40 »

I 've implemented it into my game and will still use it, but I just made all the dialog non clickable.

abstauber · « **Reply #10 on:** 16 Dec 2008, 18:10 »

Could it be, that you're not using the current version?
I just re-checked 640x480, it works great. The issues you're having sound like v1.1

Dualnames · « **Reply #11 on:** 16 Dec 2008, 18:13 »

I'm using 1.1 so I just got unlucky..thanks abs.

abstauber · « **Reply #12 on:** 17 Dec 2008, 10:03 »

very welcome. Thanks to you I could iron out two more bugs. So if you're using line numbering, you should upgrade again

TheMagician · « **Reply #13 on:** 24 Dec 2008, 01:14 »

Absolutely great and useful module Abstauber! ... makes custom dialog options look so easy

However, I'm having trouble when translating the game.
Dialog options that have 'show' and 'say' enabled in the dialog editor only appear once in the translation file - which is the normal behaviour. So I enter the translation for that line, compile the game and this is what happens:
- The dialog box still shows the option in the original English version
- When I click on the option the character says the translated version.

I'm not sure if you can change this behaviour or whether it is a problem with an internal function of AGS.

abstauber · « **Reply #14 on:** 24 Dec 2008, 12:35 »

We should also thank kaputtnik for demanding that module

To be honest, I totally forgot about translations, but now it should work.

Pumaman · « **Reply #15 on:** 24 Dec 2008, 15:35 »

Great work with this

I think that the translation thing is actually a bug in the AGS Dialog.GetOptionText command, which should return the translated text. I'll get that fixed for 3.1.2, but your workaround of using GetTranslation should continue to work fine

kaputtnik · « **Reply #16 on:** 31 Dec 2008, 13:09 »

Quote from: abstauber on 24 Dec 2008, 12:35

We should also thank kaputtnik for demanding that module

It has been a pleasure. Demanding things and getting credit for is so top notch, I think I'll make this my professional goal. I will now go and become a film producer, see you soon.

Galen · « **Reply #17 on:** 19 Jan 2009, 16:40 »

Excellent mate, just what I wanted (since the default dialog window is a bit dull).

Dualnames · « **Reply #18 on:** 31 Jan 2009, 19:56 »

Thing's were fine with this module, but for a reason I don't know now it's bugging my game. I'm using AGS 3.1.1 and everything was fine, but now I start a dialog I get this error.

This was tracked down by Leon, but after playing my game I got it as well.

EDIT: I want to use that module in my game..

Pumaman · « **Reply #19 on:** 01 Feb 2009, 00:44 »

Can you upload the crash dump file for me to check it out?

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