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Calling a GUI ::OnEnterTrigger

by Jonas · in Torque 3D Professional · 07/20/2010 (5:29 am) · 8 replies

Hey community!

i have attempted to call a GUI via a trigger like when he walks in the trigger a little msg should appear in the middle of the screen(like you picked up rocket launcher) but im kind of lost how i should go about doing that.

This is what i got so far:

function DoorTrigger::onEnterTrigger( %this, %trigger, %obj)
{
   if(%obj.getInventory(Map01Key01))
   {
      echo("You opened the door with the key and left it there!");
      %trigger.doorRef.playThread( 0, "open");
      %obj.decInventory(Map01Key01, 1);
      canvas.pushDialog(you_have_key_gui);    //this is the line that isn't working the rest is fine
   }
   else
   {
      echo("You do not have the key!");
   }
}

Note: i have gui in the name of the actual file its not a typo.
Also the gui is a bitmap.

best regards
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    Torque 3D Owner Chris
    #1
    07/20/2010 (6:53 am)
    open the console, you_have_key_gui.dump();


    Torque Owner Jonas
    #2
    07/20/2010 (8:02 am)
    that gives me the msg: <input> (0): Unable to find object: 'you_have_key_gui' attempting to call function 'dump'

    Richard Marrevee
    R.G.S - Richards Game Studio
    #3
    07/20/2010 (9:48 am)
    Have you exec the you_have_key_gui.gui, or the file where the definiton of this gui is?

    Torque Owner Ryan Mick
    Red Witch Entertainment
    #4
    07/20/2010 (6:38 pm)
    Also keep in mind that your event is firing on the server and not the client. You would need to make a cmdtoclient call to show your GUI.

    Torque Owner Jonas
    #5
    07/20/2010 (8:21 pm)
    Hey again guys, ok i forgot to exec it so problem solved there, However now i face the problem that the gui pops up but it shuts my cursor ...

    basically i want it to pop up a sign that won't interfere at all with the game play its just a little notice.

    Also how would i go about giving the gui a life time? i want it to go away after a while .

    Best regards
    /Jonas

    Torque Owner Jonas
    #6
    07/20/2010 (8:24 pm)
    Ok i fixed the cursor error with a simple line : NoCursor = "1";

    its just the issue with giving the gui a life time (i want it to go away after about 5-6 seconds)

    best regards

    Associate Konrad Kiss
    Bitgap Games
    #7
    07/20/2010 (10:49 pm)
    try this:

    Canvas.schedule(5500, popDialog, you_have_key_gui);

    It should work as far as I can tell. :)

    Edit: add this after the pushDialog line.

    Torque Owner Jonas
    #8
    07/21/2010 (6:18 am)
    ye it works perfectly ! thank you Konrad.