LUA Gui and Mods?

Neuralize · Post by **Neuralize** » 01 Dec 2006, 07:27

In the last version of Spring a mod creator was able to customize the GUI for his mod by including the appropiate text files, now this doesn't work. Is this intentional?

Edit: Lui -> LUA

Post by **trepan** » 01 Dec 2006, 07:39

1. You could not load a LUA GUI from a mod before 0.74b1
(the addition of that feature is mentionned in the changelog)

2. Renamed "ctrlpanel.lua" to "gui.lua" is also mentionned
(in case your local copies are no longer working)

https://taspring.clan-sy.com/svn/spring ... ngelog.txt

Neuralize · Post by **Neuralize** » 01 Dec 2006, 19:45

Ah, if I recall, Expand and Exterminate had modified their GUI menu in the last version by using ctrlpanel.txt in their mod's sdz, but if you load that version into Spring now, the menu just reverts to default settings.

Post by **trepan** » 01 Dec 2006, 19:52

There's a "ctrlpanel.txt" file included in the 0.74b1 installer.
If you remove that file, then the mod's version of the file will
be loaded instead.

knorke · Post by **knorke** » 01 Dec 2006, 20:13

Is there a way to get the transparent chatbox of E&E beta 4 in other mods too?

ZellSF · Post by **ZellSF** » 01 Dec 2006, 20:21

Just unextract E&E's ctrlpanel.txt file?

Post by **trepan** » 01 Dec 2006, 20:41

You could also edit the default "ctrlpanel.txt" and set it
up the way that you want it. It contains a few example
configurations for different button grids.

Forboding Angel · Post by **Forboding Angel** » 02 Dec 2006, 00:29

trepan... why can't mods specify a gui anymore?

Post by **trepan** » 02 Dec 2006, 00:32

Read my posts in this topic, carefully.

knorke · Post by **knorke** » 02 Dec 2006, 01:11

ok, thanks. feels like a whole different game now, I think the transparent chat should be the standard setting..

Chojin · Post by **Chojin** » 02 Dec 2006, 10:05

Something I have been playing with:
http://ipxserver.dyndns.org/games/spring/misc/guis/

The possibilities LuaUI gives are amazing!

Neuralize · Post by **Neuralize** » 06 Dec 2006, 21:15

It sounds like this feature needs to be streamlined just a little. There should be an option in settings.exe or tasclient.exe where you can choose which gui to use. If you have the time, you guys should even go as far as to create a seperate directory for guis. Then, just implement a drop down box in either settings or tasclient that allows you to choose exactly which gui you want to use out of a bunch installed. You would choose your gui and then specific whether you want the mod gui to override that in the event that it exists.

So the option would be like..

select a gui:
customgui1
customfungui
default

mod gui overrides if present:
yes
no

Post by **trepan** » 06 Dec 2006, 21:43

Neuralize:
How limiting, why not allow in-game changes?

P.S. There is 1 dev working on this, with X amount of
time and keystrokes available to him. All in good time.

LordMatt · Post by **LordMatt** » 07 Dec 2006, 00:05

NEED MOAR TREPANS!

Peet · Post by **Peet** » 07 Dec 2006, 00:07

We need more trepans like we need holes in our skulls :D

j5mello · Post by **j5mello** » 07 Dec 2006, 05:46

Someone write a trepan!!!

Neddie · Post by **Neddie** » 07 Dec 2006, 06:13

I'll switch my major to genetics. He can be my Graduate project.

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LUA Gui and Mods?

LUA Gui and Mods?