Interface question

Caydr · Post by **Caydr** » 18 Oct 2005, 03:26

http://taspring.clan-sy.com/screenshots/screen60.jpg

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The above screenshot appears to use a functional interface... is there any indication when this might be released? Is it possible to make custom interfaces now or in the future?

SwiftSpear · Post by **SwiftSpear** » 18 Oct 2005, 03:33

That looks like the experimental GUI that was in testing a little while ago... I don't know why we reverted to the current one which we still use, but that GUI was somewhat buggy when it was in testing. There were several commands that didn't work properly and what not... I wonder if it couldn't have been fixed up, it looks a lot better then the current GUI in my opinion.

[K.B.] Napalm Cobra · Post by **[K.B.] Napalm Cobra** » 18 Oct 2005, 04:44

Radeon9200's don't even draw the labels on the current GUI.

Kuroneko · Post by **Kuroneko** » 18 Oct 2005, 05:23

[K.B.] Napalm Cobra wrote:Radeon9200's don't even draw the labels on the current GUI.

Bizzar. Why is that anyway? I had to learn the positions from memory..ugh.

Torrasque · Post by **Torrasque** » 18 Oct 2005, 14:12

Here is another screenshot : http://www.fileuniverse.com/?p=showimage&ID=852

At the moment, Juninkomiko is working on in his spare time.
He has found a flaw in the desing, and is working on it I think.

Hey Junin, what's new ?

AF · Post by AF » 18 Oct 2005, 20:47

The old GUI wasnt discardd, we always ahd this itnerface but the new interface was half finished. Someone on the team finished it but before they could hand bakc the completed code they dissapeared leaving us with buggy gui code before the first release.

Since then only torrasque and jouninkomiko have dared enter the GUI folder to go bug hunting.

You can get the new gui by uncommenting the line in GUIDefine and recompiling spring.

Weaver · Post by **Weaver** » 18 Oct 2005, 20:56

The last time a compiled version was available I did these buttons. Some people liked them.

Pxtl · Post by **Pxtl** » 18 Oct 2005, 21:13

How about a buttonset that shows the player the hotkeys? Sexiness < informativeness.

Gnomre · Post by **Gnomre** » 18 Oct 2005, 23:29

Hot key on mouse over would be better.

SwiftSpear · Post by **SwiftSpear** » 18 Oct 2005, 23:36

Gnome wrote:Hot key on mouse over would be better.

agreed.

[K.B.] Napalm Cobra · Post by **[K.B.] Napalm Cobra** » 19 Oct 2005, 06:38

Niiiiice.

Zoombie · Post by **Zoombie** » 19 Oct 2005, 06:56

[K.B.] Napalm Cobra wrote:Niiiiice.

Yarr!

That is to say i love the GUI

FizWizz · Post by **FizWizz** » 19 Oct 2005, 07:15

Those are the best of the buttons I have seen for the Spring GUI thus far. They'd be good enough for me as a final form too, even if they might seem to lack a bit of flair to potential newcomers. I thought the best part of the experimental GUI was the tooltips though. It was cool to hover the mouse over a unit and get all the relevant stats right there instead of looking in the corner (which you would have to deselect any other units beforehand to use).

DeathHawk · Post by **DeathHawk** » 19 Oct 2005, 08:39

So will they eva realese it or was it just a test?

Looks really good better then the current one i reckon

Caydr · Post by **Caydr** » 19 Oct 2005, 11:39

In its current state, Spring doesn't display menus adequately for any kind of organization to take place in the build menus. I've always been a pain for refusing to do things like have a menu that's blank except for one unit... it's really irritating sometimes hunting for the proper item on a menu when everything's out of alignment. I hope some sort of working menu will be in place by the time I finish the new version of AA:Spring, else it'll look like crap. (I've got everything aligned logically for a 7x2 menu)

Weaver's look pretty decent, but I'd love it if it was possible to customize the GUI layout entirely within code that doesn't have to be compiled. I could design something AA-themed, an outer-space mod might design something scifi-looking... etc.

NOiZE · Post by **NOiZE** » 19 Oct 2005, 12:10

sidedata.tdf works pretty good imo

DeathHawk · Post by **DeathHawk** » 19 Oct 2005, 12:29

Cool how are you doin with AA I am a big Fan at that mod will it have all the weapons it has in the oringinal.

If its Possible can you add a flying Peewee i miss them =P

SinbadEV · Post by **SinbadEV** » 19 Oct 2005, 15:38

I think custom "skins" for the interface in a "not compiled" and "included in a mod" form would be cool...

Especially if you could have the Old "Giant Krogoth Picture" menu for the gantry... or having the spot for the D-gun in the Commanders Menu not just be grayed out for everyone else like in the orriginal...

Torrasque · Post by **Torrasque** » 19 Oct 2005, 16:57

You can customize it by modifing that file :
http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/s ... iew=markup
You can really place button where you want, and the size you want.
I think it should'nt be hard to add picture instead of text...but it's better to make it work before adding stuff.

You can even perhaps make some little translation.

SinbadEV · Post by **SinbadEV** » 19 Oct 2005, 19:38

Pxtl wrote:How about a buttonset that shows the player the hotkeys? Sexiness < informativeness.

But what;s the point of seeing hotkeys you you need to mouse to make them showup?

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