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[metamorphium]

Hi,

I quickly threw together an universal object for icon based dialogues. Feel free to use it, misuse it, change it or throw it out and away.

http://wiki.dead-code.org/wakka.php?wakka=IconBased

[The Man]

Damn...I don't know what I'm doing...I tried to use this method,but it didn't work...It gives me a lot of errors like:

20:09: CUIWindow::LoadFile failed for file 'windows\dialogueWindow.window'
20:09: Runtime error. Script 'scripts\dialogueObject.script', line 21
20:09:   Call to undefined method 'AttachScript'. Ignored.
20:09: Runtime error. Script 'scripts\dialogueObject.script', line 42
20:09:   Call to undefined method 'CreateButton'. Ignored.
20:09: Runtime error. Script 'scripts\dialogueObject.script', line 46
20:09:   Call to undefined method 'SetImage'. Ignored.
20:09: Runtime error. Script 'scripts\dialogueObject.script', line 47
20:09:   Call to undefined method 'SetHoverImage'. Ignored.
20:09: Runtime error. Script 'scripts\dialogueObject.script', line 42
20:09:   Call to undefined method 'CreateButton'. Ignored.
20:09: Runtime error. Script 'scripts\dialogueObject.script', line 46
20:09:   Call to undefined method 'SetImage'. Ignored.
20:09: Runtime error. Script 'scripts\dialogueObject.script', line 47
20:09:   Call to undefined method 'SetHoverImage'. Ignored.
20:09: Runtime error. Script 'scripts\dialogueObject.script', line 42
20:09:   Call to undefined method 'CreateButton'. Ignored.
20:09: Runtime error. Script 'scripts\dialogueObject.script', line 46
20:09:   Call to undefined method 'SetImage'. Ignored.
20:09: Runtime error. Script 'scripts\dialogueObject.script', line 47
20:09:   Call to undefined method 'SetHoverImage'. Ignored.

And how my entity script should look like?
I could give up and use the standard dialogues method...but I want it!I want the icons!
Help me out...

[metamorphium]

seems you don't have any dialogue window file? You need just a simple window which will be used as a container for icons.

[The Man]

Yes,I didn't have it! I solved it,but I still don't know how my entity script should look like...
Can you give me a short example?

[The Man]

Ehm...no one can give me a help?
Please?

[metamorphium]

sorry, I have no clue what do you mean by Entity script?

[The Man]

I've got this entity called "venditore",and when I Leftclick on him I want the dialogue to start...I've got no problem with the traditional method,but i dont' know how to implement the icon method...what do I have to write inside "venditore.script"?

[metamorphium]

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[code script]
on "LeftClick"
{

  var your_object  = new Object("scripts\dialogueObject.script");

  your_object.InsertIcon(...);  // supply correct parameters.
  your_object.InsertIcon(...);
  your_object.InsertIcon(...);
  your_object.InsertIcon(...);

  your_object.initializeDialogue(path_to_your_responses_script);


}


[The Man]

Ok,it worked...the only problem is that the actor can walk during the dialogue!How can I solve this?
I tried to set Game.Interactive = false; but in this way the player can't choose the dialogue icon!
Sorry for all this problems,but I'm dreaming of creating a Broken Sword Style adventure,and I need this kind of dialogue...

[metamorphium]

try modifying the initializeDialogue method in the dialogue object to read:

tmpwin.Visible = true;
tmpwin.GoExclusive();

[The Man]

It doesn't seem to work and I really don't know why...I'm starting to give up...
What about a complete step-by-step tutorial for people who doesn't know a thing about scripting in WME like me?
Believe me,for a person who's not so familiar with programming,this procedure is quite difficult...and I'm sure a lot of people would like to use icon based dialogues...Anyway,thanks for your help!

[metamorphium]

For people who don't know a thing about scripting is here my online book.

http://res.dead-code.org/doku.php/wmebook:start

Icon based dialogue is not a trivial matter and if you find the code complex, it's time to go "back to the roots" and learn how WME works.

Ps. Optionally if you upload somewhere some minimalistic version of your dialogue project, I'll look what's wrong with it.

[cremen]

a little improove for other users:

in the initializeDialogue method at the end
add little command:

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tmpwin.ApplyEvent("Init");
and in the reactions.script

add "Init" event like this:

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on "Init"{
dlgObject.insertIcon("first","icon.png","icon.png"); // insert some real image file instead of icon.png
dlgObject.insertIcon("second","icon.png","icon.png"); // insert some real image file instead of icon.png
dlgObject.insertIcon("third","icon.png","icon.png"); // insert some real image file instead of icon.png
}
and then you need to show your dialog, use command like this:

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dlgObject.initializeDialogue("scripts\reactions.script");
it will be automaticly started.

this method is more usefull, becouse all icon based dialogs by one per file, you may just call

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dlgObject.initializeDialogue("scripts\dialog1.script");
or

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dlgObject.initializeDialogue("scripts\dialog3.script");
and all logic in the one file.

thanx for your engine.

P.S. in my project i renamed initializeDialogue to showdialog