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Imagemaps for GUIs?

by Alex "IkoTikashi" Zappe · in General Discussion · 04/05/2002 (6:41 am) · 4 replies

hi there,
i wonder if it is possible to have something like "imagemaps" in GUI-elements like on webpages (yes, i'm a webdeveloper ;) )?!?
or are GUI-elements limited to be "rectangular" or something?? does anybody see the need for imagemaps or is working on this already ???
thx
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Torque 3D Owner Frank Bignone
Darkhand Studio
#1
04/05/2002 (7:30 am)
From memory, someone already did it but I do not remember if he posted in the forums or in the resources.

Torque Owner Harold "LabRat" Brown
#2
04/05/2002 (8:41 am)
You could have a menu gui with mouse event areas overlayed on the section you want to have interaction with.

The only issue would be that you couldn't have irregular shaped interaction areas.

Alex "IkoTikashi" Zappe
#3
04/10/2002 (9:23 am)
jupps, i think i found a resource (which mentions Harold "LabRat" Brown btw ;) ) .. i'll try this one ... thx

Torque Owner Harold "LabRat" Brown
#4
04/10/2002 (10:42 am)
Hehe... now that you posted it yeah I remember that thread.

And it's probably exactly what you are looking for. I was gone for a couple of months playing DAoC so some of those older resources are hard to remember and I missed a few.