ACK - simple guiscript question

[anartist]

Hello

I have Dhewm working very well with a very small starter pack that I can build on.

I have quake 4 installed because I can't get a gui editor to work in the 10 other executeables I have.

in main menu gui

I want to start a map called 1

if I fire up the dhewm exec and console map 1

fine

runs

want to fire map 1 from a button

that's it.

can't get syntax correct perhaps

starts up to load map flickers

the gui "cmd" syntax is possibly wrong but I can't find any examples of it other than this style
 

I know it's something simple

like I have to program a wait or the syntax is off

this one thing will enable me to package the set properly for ppl

Idon't understand fully the script code

I get that its calling a command to the engine from the script

I'm a designer I have lightwave environments

blender md5's

I need to trigger the start map from the beginning sequence or a gui

thank you if you have a moment to help

I'm using not the latest as it screws up for me but one back, the 32 bit one even though I am on x64.

Its great and looks good, I have darkradiant, I have zbrush, I can build materials

but I can't trigger a starting map from the script.
=|

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windowDef Desktop
{
rect 0,0,640,480
windowDef unnamed2

{
rect 0,0,640,480
visible 1
background ""
backcolor 0.501,0.250,0,0.552
matcolor 1,1,1,1
}
windowDef unnamed
{
rect 486,30,100,100
visible 1
forecolor 1,1,1,1
text "acl"
textscale 1
}
windowDef unnamed1
{
rect 488,151,100,100
visible 1
forecolor 1,1,1,1
text "skl"
textscale 1
onActivate{set "cmd" "startgame 1";}
      }

}


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[HMart]

First quake 4 gui scripting has some important diferences from Dhewm 3 gui scripting, the later is based on original Doom 3 system, so don't be surprised if Quake 4 gui tutorials don't work. For example, in quake 4 you can call onNamedEvents directly in the gui using comand "namedEvent", wheres on doom 3 gui's you can't, only through c++ (but is not hard to change the gui source code for that to happen I did it, will post the c++ code if someone wants), but that is not the only diference, for example in quake 4 you can access individual values from a vector, using the same way you do in doom script, using suffix _x _y _z , you cannot do that in original Doom 3 gui scripting, at lest I tried it and it caused a gui error. Another thing only exclusive to Quake 4 gui scripting, is that you can transition floats, wheres Doom 3 you can only to that to vectors.

About your gui code, afaik the command OnActivate is a global command, meaning it should be put exclusively inside the main desktop window, like the OnNamedEvent's, not any other window children, if you want a child window to start a commd use, OnEnter (when the user presses enter key), OnAction (when the user clicks the action key, mouse 1 normaly) or OnMouseEnter when the player mouses over the child window, I may be forgetting something but afaik that's the gist of it. 

 

ps: You can also use onTime events, to start a map automatically that is how Doom 3 main menu does it. 

 

for example: 

onTime 12000  // after 12 seconds
        {
            set "cmd" "startgame test.map";
        }

Edited July 29, 2020 by HMart