The Shaggy Selector or how to add a menu pop up

[Spaceman]

Several days ago on IRC, [GT] Shaggy asked if it was possible to have an ingame pop-up with lots of command buttons. After much experimenting with the menu code I managed to create two pop-ups.

1) A modified version of the F5 Team Select menu. I'll make a seperate post about it.

2) A new menu with 18 buttons



You can change the width, colour, label and action of all the buttons - you can even hide them. You can also change the pop-ups title, colour and width, but currently not its height.




Use the diff's in this zip http://www.leela.org.uk/nexuiz/?action=show&file=shaggy_selector.zip or try and follow the notes below.

Add to Nexuiz/trunk/data/qcsrc/menu/classes.c

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#include "nexuiz/dialog_shaggyselect.c

Add to Nexuiz/trunk/data/qcsrc/menu/nexuiz/mainwindow.c

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near the start

ATTRIB(MainWindow, shaggyInfoDialog, entity, NULL)


in the middle

i = spawnNexuizShaggySelectDialog();

i.configureDialog(i);

me.addItemCentered(me, i, i.intendedWidth * eX + i.intendedHeight * eY, SKINALPHAS_MAINMENU_z);

Create dialog_shaggyselect.c in Nexuiz/trunk/data/qcsrc/menu/nexuiz/ with the following code

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#ifdef INTERFACE
CLASS(NexuizShaggySelectDialog) EXTENDS(NexuizRootDialog)
   METHOD(NexuizShaggySelectDialog, fill, void(entity))  // to be overridden by user to fill the dialog with controls
   ATTRIB(NexuizShaggySelectDialog, title, string, strzone(cvar_string("msb_name")))  // name of the pop up
   ATTRIB(NexuizShaggySelectDialog, color, vector, stov(cvar_string("msb_colour")))  // 'R G B' range 0 - 1
   ATTRIB(NexuizShaggySelectDialog, intendedWidth, float, cvar("msb_width"))  // width of the pop up 0 - 1
   ATTRIB(NexuizShaggySelectDialog, intendedHeight, float, cvar("msb_height"))  // height of the pop up 0 - 1
   ATTRIB(NexuizShaggySelectDialog, rows, float, cvar("msb_rows"))  // number of rows
   ATTRIB(NexuizShaggySelectDialog, columns, float, cvar("msb_columns"))  // number of columns
   ATTRIB(NexuizShaggySelectDialog, name, string, "ShaggySelect")  // name used to call the pop up
ENDCLASS(NexuizShaggySelectDialog)

float msb_width(string);
string msb_label(string);
vector msb_colour(string);
string msb_action(string);
#endif

#ifdef IMPLEMENTATION
entity makeShaggyButton(string theName, vector theColor, string commandtheName)
{
   entity b;
   b = makeNexuizCommandButton(theName, theColor, commandtheName, 1);
   return b;
}

void fillNexuizShaggySelectDialog(entity me)
{
   me.TR(me);
      if (msb_width("0") > 0)
         me.TD(me, 1, msb_width("0"), makeShaggyButton(msb_label("0"), msb_colour("0"), msb_action("0")));
      if (msb_width("1") > 0)
         me.TD(me, 1, msb_width("1"), makeShaggyButton(msb_label("1"), msb_colour("1"), msb_action("1")));
      if (msb_width("2") > 0)
         me.TD(me, 1, msb_width("2"), makeShaggyButton(msb_label("2"), msb_colour("2"), msb_action("2")));
   me.TR(me);
      if (msb_width("3") > 0)
         me.TD(me, 1, msb_width("3"), makeShaggyButton(msb_label("3"), msb_colour("3"), msb_action("3")));
      if (msb_width("4") > 0)
         me.TD(me, 1, msb_width("4"), makeShaggyButton(msb_label("4"), msb_colour("4"), msb_action("4")));
      if (msb_width("5") > 0)
         me.TD(me, 1, msb_width("5"), makeShaggyButton(msb_label("5"), msb_colour("5"), msb_action("5")));
   me.TR(me);
      if (msb_width("6") > 0)
         me.TD(me, 1, msb_width("6"), makeShaggyButton(msb_label("6"), msb_colour("6"), msb_action("6")));
      if (msb_width("7") > 0)
         me.TD(me, 1, msb_width("7"), makeShaggyButton(msb_label("7"), msb_colour("7"), msb_action("7")));
      if (msb_width("8") > 0)
         me.TD(me, 1, msb_width("8"), makeShaggyButton(msb_label("8"), msb_colour("8"), msb_action("8")));
   me.TR(me);
      if (msb_width("9") > 0)
         me.TD(me, 1, msb_width("9"), makeShaggyButton(msb_label("9"), msb_colour("9"), msb_action("9")));
      if (msb_width("10") > 0)
         me.TD(me, 1, msb_width("10"), makeShaggyButton(msb_label("10"), msb_colour("10"), msb_action("10")));
      if (msb_width("11") > 0)
         me.TD(me, 1, msb_width("11"), makeShaggyButton(msb_label("11"), msb_colour("11"), msb_action("11")));
   me.TR(me);
      if (msb_width("12") > 0)
         me.TD(me, 1, msb_width("12"), makeShaggyButton(msb_label("12"), msb_colour("12"), msb_action("12")));
      if (msb_width("13") > 0)
         me.TD(me, 1, msb_width("13"), makeShaggyButton(msb_label("13"), msb_colour("13"), msb_action("13")));
      if (msb_width("14") > 0)
         me.TD(me, 1, msb_width("14"), makeShaggyButton(msb_label("14"), msb_colour("14"), msb_action("14")));
   me.TR(me);
      if (msb_width("15") > 0)
         me.TD(me, 1, msb_width("15"), makeShaggyButton(msb_label("15"), msb_colour("15"), msb_action("15")));
      if (msb_width("16") > 0)
         me.TD(me, 1, msb_width("16"), makeShaggyButton(msb_label("16"), msb_colour("16"), msb_action("16")));
      if (msb_width("17") > 0)
         me.TD(me, 1, msb_width("17"), makeShaggyButton(msb_label("17"), msb_colour("17"), msb_action("17")));
   me.TR(me);
}

float msb_width(string btn)
{
   return cvar(strcat("msb_width", btn));
}

string msb_label(string btn)
{
   return strzone(cvar_string((strcat("msb_label", btn))));
}

vector msb_colour(string btn)
{
   return stov(cvar_string(strcat("msb_colour", btn)));
}

string msb_action(string btn)
{
   return strzone(cvar_string((strcat("msb_action", btn))));
}
#endif

// click. The C-word so you can grep for it.


Create menu.cfg in .nexuiz/data/ (or ? on Windows) and add the following lines to it

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//shaggy select
set msb_name "Shaggy Selector"  // name of the pop up
set msb_colour "0.7 0.7 1"  // 'R G B' range 0 - 1
set msb_width 0.4  // width of the pop up 0 - 1
set msb_height 0.4  // height of the pop up 0 - 1
set msb_rows 6  // number of rows
set msb_columns 6  // number of columns

//row 0
set msb_width0 2.0
set msb_label0 "0"
set msb_action0 "say 0"
set msb_colour0 "0.8 0.4 0.1"

set msb_width1 2.0
set msb_label1 "1"
set msb_action1 "say 1"
set msb_colour1 "0.5 0 0.6"

set msb_width2 2.0
set msb_label2 "2"
set msb_action2 "say 2"
set msb_colour2 "0.9 0 0.9"

//row 1
set msb_width3 2.0
set msb_label3 "3"
set msb_action3 "say 3"
set msb_colour3 "0.1 0.5 0.9"

set msb_width4 2.0
set msb_label4 "4"
set msb_action4 "say 4"
set msb_colour4 "0.6 0.9 0.9"

set msb_width5 2.0
set msb_label5 "5"
set msb_action5 "say 5"
set msb_colour5 "1 0.3 0.5"

//row 2
set msb_width6 2.0
set msb_label6 "6"
set msb_action6 "say 6"
set msb_colour6 "0.2 0.5 0.1"

set msb_width7 2.0
set msb_label7 "7"
set msb_action7 "say 7"
set msb_colour7 "0.9 0.4 0.1"

set msb_width8 2.0
set msb_label8 "8"
set msb_action8 "say 8"
set msb_colour8 "0.8 0.2 0.9"

//row 3
set msb_width9 2.0
set msb_label9 "9"
set msb_action9 "say 9"
set msb_colour9 "0.5 0.5 0.6"

set msb_width10 2.0
set msb_label10 "10"
set msb_action10 "say 10"
set msb_colour10 "0.3 0 0.3"

set msb_width11 2.0
set msb_label11 "11"
set msb_action11 "say 11"
set msb_colour11 "0.4 0.5 0.2"

//row 4
set msb_width12 2.0
set msb_label12 "12"
set msb_action12 "say 12"
set msb_colour12 "0.2 0.6 0.7"

set msb_width13 2.0
set msb_label13 "13"
set msb_action13 "say 13"
set msb_colour13 "0.9 0.9 1"

set msb_width14 2.0
set msb_label14 "14"
set msb_action14 "say 14"
set msb_colour14 "0.8 0.9 0.7"

//row 5
set msb_width15 2.0
set msb_label15 "15"
set msb_action15 "say 15"
set msb_colour15 "0.3 0.7 0.5"

set msb_width16 2.0
set msb_label16 "16"
set msb_action16 "say 16"
set msb_colour16 "0.7 0.4 0.3"

set msb_width17 2.0
set msb_label17 "17"
set msb_action17 "say 17"
set msb_colour17 "0.6 0.2 0.5"
//end

Add the following to your autoexec.cfg

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exec menu.cfg  // load the new menu buttons

Use bind ?? "menu_cmd directmenu ShaggySelect" to show the new pop-up.

[shaggy]

Do you want me to write some binds for this?

[[-z-]]

Updated to r5282

http://z.nexuizninjaz.com/mods/shaggy_s ... _r5282.zip

[Xventure7]

I am thinking of putting a log in screen which user can register to get the username and password from server,

any idea

[GreEn`mArine]

How many possibilites does the menu code give you? Could one have access to things like the playerlist on the server so that I could somehow have a "admin menu" where I can select players and kick them using a GUI, and getting away from feeling like a linux user who likes ancient console commands ?

[Alien]

bah, no it doesn't (or I haven't noticed that it's possible). Unless you code another menu for rcon or add extensions to dp.

Btw, console has power (you can't batch jobs using gui usually).

[[-z-]]

How many possibilites does the menu code give you? Could one have access to things like the playerlist on the server so that I could somehow have a "admin menu" where I can select players and kick them using a GUI, and getting away from feeling like a linux user who likes ancient console commands ?

This is actually what I was beginning to work on. It's a little above my head at the moment... but so far I've been able to create a new element that's a textbox/button combo. I'm trying to keep this abstract so we can have the code written once and update the internals via cfg files.

I figured I could pull the player info in a similar manner to the server info window... but I'm not sure if that has the player numbers needed to do the action.

Ideally, I'd like a list of players on the server, with a filter box much like the server list... so you filter / highlight the name of the player and take action via buttons on the right >> mute, kick, ban, etc.