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Documentation of controls

by Colossai Studios · in RTS Starter Kit · 02/23/2005 (4:11 am) · 6 replies

Hello.
I'v recently purchased the TE and RTS kit. So now I'm learning how the GUI works, and have gone through a couple of tutorials. Now I'm looking for a documentation of all the controls, where I can find description of them, so I'll know how they work and when they should be used. For example, the GuiScrollCtrl or the GUIMessageVectorCtrl.
thanks
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Associate Kyle Carter
#1
02/23/2005 (9:19 pm)
We don't have those controls documented yet. One of the major areas I have to hit on my todo list. You should be able to figure out quite a lot just from reading other GUIs and checking some of the resources on the site - it hasn't been a major priority for us because by and large people seem to have no trouble figuring things out on their own.

Torque 3D Owner Colossai Studios
#2
03/06/2005 (9:51 am)
Allright.
I'm looking for a drop-down listbox. Does that exist, if not, is there any custom ones out there?

Torque 3D Owner Stephen Zepp
#3
03/06/2005 (10:00 am)
Where are you looking for a "drop-down listbox"? All of the gui stuff is in the Gui Editor--press F-10 once you've loaded up a game.

Make sure you back things up before experimenting--doing the wrong thing(s) in the Gui Editor can cause some play issues, so you'll want to be able to fall back on known working!

Torque 3D Owner Colossai Studios
#4
03/06/2005 (10:13 am)
Yes, I'm in the GUI editor. And I want add a listbox to the GUI, does that exist, if so, what's the name of it?
thanks

Torque 3D Owner Stephen Zepp
#5
03/06/2005 (10:24 am)
Currently I think the best list (although incomplete) can be found in The Essential Guide to Torque Gaming Engine. Download the .pdf, it has a section on gui controls.

Torque 3D Owner Colossai Studios
#6
03/06/2005 (11:07 am)
The GuiPopupMenuCtrl seems to be what I was looking for. Now I just have to figure out how to add elements to it.