JKA - Galaxies ( ingame menus )

GangsterAngel · 08-02-2005, 11:28 AM

Hello. i am the programmer for "JKA - Galaxies"

a RPG mod alot like Starwars Galaxies

i have a small problem. i have no experiance with client side code.
and the features that you can do via the console we would like a ingame menu to do them.

things like giving NPCs orders, and setting ur house security settings and stuff.

So i guess what im asking is.
How do u make the game show a ingame menu?. and how do u set what command or event is done when a item in the menu is clicked.

- Help would be very much appreciated by me and SJC.

Sith -J Forums Link: ( SJC Is the Mods Mapper )
http://superb.6.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=480&start=0

ensiform · 08-02-2005, 11:42 AM

well for starters you make your menu in some typing app or your dev program. and then you need to make scripts and calls to certain things in the ui of your mod to do what you want them to do from the 'game' side.

GangsterAngel · 08-02-2005, 12:41 PM

Thanx for replying . but i kinda already knew that.

i just need to know HOW to do it lol .. ive messed with menus before. i made a cool hud. ( not a reskin )

stubert · 08-02-2005, 02:36 PM

it's a really messy process =/

razorace · 08-02-2005, 06:27 PM

The easiest way to learn is to see how Raven did the menus for JKA. Every single menu you see in the game is generated by the .menu files in the assets pk3s.

I normally have a link to a manual on the Q3 menu system but I just switched systems and don't have the link yet. Try google.

stubert · 08-02-2005, 08:48 PM

theres also the project called "quake 3 enhanced UI"

it's what threewave and urban combat use for their menu system... and could probably be ported to jk3

GangsterAngel · 08-10-2005, 05:49 PM

getting desprate for the menus now

and i cant find where the Voice Chat menu is activated.

GangsterAngel · 08-10-2005, 06:28 PM

Perhaps i should be more spesific.

how am i ment to make UI and CG comunicate to activate a menu?
how do i get CG to call UI_SetActiveMenu when a button is pressed!?

razorace · 08-10-2005, 07:51 PM

You mean from another menu or when you just press a button?

GangsterAngel · 08-10-2005, 08:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by razorace

You mean from another menu or when you just press a button?

When a button is pressed
( Button / Key / Bind )

razorace · 08-10-2005, 09:03 PM

uh, check how the ingame menu is opened.