GUI/Fonts/Custom controls
by Gerald Fishel · in Torque Game Builder · 03/13/2006 (9:09 pm) · 3 replies
Hi all,
Just purchased TGB, and I want to get my feet wet. I have owned TGE for a while, and I know some about the scripting engine and have made many modifications to the C++ source. But I never did much with the GUI system in Torque. For my current needs, a good GUI is important. (I am developing a single player Texas Hold'em game.)
There are 2 initial items that would help me along the path greatly.
1) How (if possible) to set the font/size/color/ and text alignment of the text in controls like GuiBitmapButtonTextCtrl
and
2) How to create a custom control; i.e. I would like to handle the drawing, mouse and keyboard input, with C++, and have the control available in the GUI editor.
If anybody can point me to any resources that might be helpful in this regard, it would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Just purchased TGB, and I want to get my feet wet. I have owned TGE for a while, and I know some about the scripting engine and have made many modifications to the C++ source. But I never did much with the GUI system in Torque. For my current needs, a good GUI is important. (I am developing a single player Texas Hold'em game.)
There are 2 initial items that would help me along the path greatly.
1) How (if possible) to set the font/size/color/ and text alignment of the text in controls like GuiBitmapButtonTextCtrl
and
2) How to create a custom control; i.e. I would like to handle the drawing, mouse and keyboard input, with C++, and have the control available in the GUI editor.
If anybody can point me to any resources that might be helpful in this regard, it would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
#2
Thanks for the help. I just figured out how to do the custom control right before checking back here, and I did it the same way you recommend, by copying the GuiBitmapButtonCtrl.*
Looking into GuiControlProfile now
Thanks
03/13/2006 (9:32 pm)
Hi Luke,Thanks for the help. I just figured out how to do the custom control right before checking back here, and I did it the same way you recommend, by copying the GuiBitmapButtonCtrl.*
Looking into GuiControlProfile now
Thanks
#3
03/13/2006 (9:39 pm)
Got the profiles figured out now too, thanks a bunch 
Torque 3D Owner Luke D
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You'll want to sub-class the GuiControl object (or one of its existing children) in the source. Take one of the existing children as an example and clone it as a starting point. There might be a resource or a doc that outlines what you need to do to create an entirely new one from scratch but I always find it easier to copy something like GuiBitmapCtrl.* and change the references.