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  3. Controlling Where the Player Starts gui file

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    Posted · Edited by datiswous

    On 3/31/2023 at 7:29 PM, nbohr1more said:

    If you can please bisect down to which 2.10 dev build caused the breakage, it will be easier to fix things:

    It still worked on 2.10 dev16335-9550

    It stopped working on 2.10 dev16342-9552

     

    Not surprising maybe:

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    dev16342-9552

    * Merged branch with major changes in main menu GUI (5323, thread).

    Known problems: All the missions from the list do not work as expected in main menu: custom background is missing, empty briefing page is shown, in rare cases even briefing/debriefing video can disappear. This will be properly fixed only when 2.10 is released. Right now you can download fixed pk4 file by direct link from the same page --- fixed version should work as expected.

     

  9. Controlling Where the Player Starts gui file

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    Posted · Edited by datiswous

    I got it working in TDM 2.0 !!!

    Maybe the menu change in 2.10 broke it?

    Well I guess I can make a bug report, since it did work in TDM 2.0 (standalone) and I can reproduce the functionality. I will try to check on which version it got broken.

     

    Edit: It still worked in tdm 2.09, but stopped working in 2.10, so it must be related to the changes @stgatilov made to the main menu in TDM 2.10 .

  10. Controlling Where the Player Starts gui file

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    Posted · Edited by datiswous

    I haven't actually tried it with older tdm versions. Maybe I should do that too.

    Edit: does not work in tdm 2.0

     

    12 hours ago, Geep said:

    onAction {

    set "gui::startSelect" "startpos2";

    set "cmd" "startSelect"; // line 161 of ModMenu.cpp

    }

    I tried that also, but nothing happened.

    I wonder if when it works, I should see something in the console.

  12. Controlling Where the Player Starts gui file

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    So I have now the following code in the mainmenu_briefing.gui : 

    	windowDef StartPointBox1 {
		rect 160,160,300,100
		visible	0
		forecolor	1, 1, 0.8, 0.7
			font	BRIEFING_TEXT_FONT
		textscale	BRIEFING_TEXT_SCALE
		text "Scale the north wall"
		onAction {		
			set "gui::startSelect" 	"startpos2";
			}
	}

    And under //Stage 5. Things that need to be visible: text5, nextbutton5, PrevButton4 : 

    				set "StartPointBox1::visible" "1";

    The text is visible and clickable.

    "startpos2" is the name of the second info_player_start entity

    If I click on the text. Nothing happens it seems. It seems this set command doesn't work this way?

  14. Controlling Where the Player Starts gui file

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    1 minute ago, HMart said:

    The engine has multi spawn positions but only for multiplayer, the single player code does not handle that

    Well aperently it does, because this has been in core since TDM 1.08

     

    2 minutes ago, HMart said:

    Something like this, In DR put special "go to" entities, just used as locations to transport too, then in the main menu GUI set which entity the player should jump too and then transport the player to it when he spawns, you can do a fade transition to hide the jump, for the player will be like he spawned there in the first place.

    Yeah, cool idea, I just think if somehow the original functionality added by Grayman is used, it's much easier to use.

  15. Controlling Where the Player Starts gui file

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    Posted · Edited by datiswous

    This seems to be the code in core:

    Game_local.h 

    // grayman #2933 - store the start position selected during the mission briefing, if any
const char *			m_StartPosition;

     

    Game_local.cpp 

    	m_StartPosition = ""; // grayman #2933

      

    /*
===========
idGameLocal::SelectInitialSpawnPoint
============
*/
idEntity *idGameLocal::SelectInitialSpawnPoint( idPlayer *player ) {
	spawnSpot_t		spot;
	idVec3			pos;

	// grayman #2933 - Did the player specify
	// a starting point in the briefing?

	bool foundSpot = false;
	spot.ent = NULL;
	if ( m_StartPosition != NULL && m_StartPosition[0] != '\0' )
	{
		spot.ent = FindEntity( m_StartPosition );
		if ( spot.ent != NULL )
		{
			foundSpot = true;
		}
	}
	
	if ( !foundSpot )
	{
		spot.ent = FindEntityUsingDef( NULL, "info_player_start" );
		if ( !spot.ent )
		{
			Error( "No info_player_start on map.\n" );
		}
	}
	return spot.ent;
}

     

    ModMenu.cpp 

    	else if (cmd == "startSelect") // grayman #2933 - save mission start position
	{
		gameLocal.m_StartPosition = gui->GetStateString("startSelect", "");
	}

     

    Issue #2933

  16. Controlling Where the Player Starts gui file

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    Posted · Edited by datiswous

    Hey @Geep I wondered, since you're the Gui expert around here (I think), can you give it a quick look if it's not too difficult to generate the gui code for the mainmenu_briefing.gui that's currently missing, or that we really need that file. I gathered it's just an example file and the gui code can be created from the info in the wiki. It's just still a bit difficult for me. I don't know if this currently still works though, I guess I could test it in TDM 1.08 as well (If I get it running).

    Edit: The same code for this at least seems presents in both TDM 1.08 and 2.11

    See: https://wiki.thedarkmod.com/index.php?title=Briefing#Controlling_Where_the_Player_Starts

    Here is a testmap: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YQQknGlVJE9TJyItE_H2KjggvrIAuhnf/view?usp=sharing

  18. Fan Mission: The Heart of Saint Mattis by joebarnin (2019/09/10)

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    Posted · Edited by datiswous

    Pretty good medium sized mission with interesting story. I found it too difficult though, so I got stuck. Good that you have a hints section. But maybe it's an idea to give more in-mission clues for lower difficulties (although I wasn't playing on easy)?

    I found some "issues" that I post in screenshots later, but I found especially that the Ambient light in full darkness seemed too bright?

    Btw.

    Spoiler

    Is it normal that the ambient light is not in the middle of the map? Maybe that doesn't matter, but I found that a bit odd. If there's a good reason, then that's interesting.

    image.png.501d6a80aa5f2a27ea940e26dc3ee7cb.png

    Maybe also there's a lack of specular in some of the textures?

    Btw. There's lots of redundant and double files in the pk4. especially in the textures, dds, maps and guis folders. So if you would make an update in the future, you could look into this aswell.

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  20. Fan Mission: The Heart of Saint Mattis by joebarnin (2019/09/10)

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    Posted · Edited by datiswous

    On 3/25/2023 at 4:38 PM, joebarnin said:
      Reveal hidden contents

    Down in the living quarters of the cathedral, there's a small builder statue on a table in an alcove. This opens a secret door in a closet in the big dining room. Grab everything behind that secret door, and read the book. That should progress you.

     

    Spoiler

    I figured it out. The secret door is not in a closet, but in a separate room connected to the dining room.

  21. Fan Mission: The Heart of Saint Mattis by joebarnin (2019/09/10)

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    On 3/25/2023 at 4:38 PM, joebarnin said:
      Hide contents

    Down in the living quarters of the cathedral, there's a small builder statue on a table in an alcove. This opens a secret door in a closet in the big dining room. Grab everything behind that secret door, and read the book. That should progress you.

     

    Hi can you tell me:

    Spoiler

    Which of the 6 closets it is? I have activated the statue switch, but (afaik) it opens nothing in the 6 closets in the dining room. So I don't know what you mean..

     

  22. Controlling Where the Player Starts gui file

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    Posted

    Thanks, but the one feature I'm looking for is not based on difficulty level. I think I can cobble it together from info in the wiki page. It's next on my list of projects. If I can create a working mainmenu_briefing.gui file with an example how this works, I will add it to the wiki (as code, so I don't have to upload anything). Could be interesting for a contest. Mappers might be interested to use a never used feature included in core by Grayman, to a new mission, I would think..

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