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Too many panels #237846 11/22/08 21:50 11/22/08 21:50
Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 109 J JGGamer OP Member
JGGamer OP Member J Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 109	Is there a way I can cut down on the use of code in creating my 70 panels? I have to put a code like this 70 tines: Code: // Panel #01 BMAP imageButtonFrame = "button_frame.pcx"; PANEL panelButtonFrame = { scale_x = 0.5; scale_y = 0.5; layer = 4; bmap = imageButtonFrame; flags = OVERLAY \| VISIBLE; } and then I have to put a code for their position in here: Code: /---------------MAIN----------------/ // The main() function is started at game start function main() { panelButtonFrame.pos_x = 5; //Position ButtonFrame panelButtonFrame.pos_y = (screen_size.y)-115; // load the level level_load("test.WMB"); wait(2); } Is there a way to compress the code? Also, if I wanted to use the same panel in many places, is there a way I can do so without creating another panel? Thanks

Re: Too many panels [Re: JGGamer] #237849 11/22/08 22:05 11/22/08 22:05
Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 44 United States Dante_Scott Newbie
Dante_Scott Newbie Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 44 United States	I doubt you can compress the code in any way. I would just do the code over and over. I know this doesn't help much but I think that you should just take some time to do that. I have been in this same spot before.

Re: Too many panels [Re: Dante_Scott] #237855 11/22/08 23:49 11/22/08 23:49
Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 1,178 England M MrGuest Serious User
MrGuest Serious User M Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 1,178 England	it's possible to draw buttons and windows all inside one panel, and also possible to change the bmap within a panel, so it really depends on why you have 70 panels and what they're all doing?

Re: Too many panels [Re: MrGuest] #237865 11/23/08 01:20 11/23/08 01:20
Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 109 J JGGamer OP Member
JGGamer OP Member J Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 109	Thanks Quote: it's possible to draw buttons and windows all inside one panel Could you show me how to do that? That may be the answer to my second question. Quote: Also, if I wanted to use the same panel in many places, is there a way I can do so without creating another panel? These are just frames that do nothing, so if I could put them all in one panel, that would be fine. Could you help me with that please?

Re: Too many panels [Re: JGGamer] #237925 11/23/08 17:49 11/23/08 17:49
Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,922 Schweiz Widi Serious User
Widi Serious User Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,922 Schweiz	Look at the manual for "button" and "window"

Re: Too many panels [Re: Widi] #237934 11/23/08 18:28 11/23/08 18:28
Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 19 Sweden Alof Newbie
Alof Newbie Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 19 Sweden	Another thing you could do is creating a new script named "Panels.c" or something - Then write your panel codes in there, then include the script into your main script. I know this is not compressing the code in any way - but it sure makes it easier to sort things if you've got a lot of code. Hope this helps a bit "If you say 'plz' because it's shorter than 'please', then I'll say 'no' because it's shorter than 'yes'.

Re: Too many panels [Re: Alof] #237940 11/23/08 18:41 11/23/08 18:41
Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 19 Sweden Alof Newbie
Alof Newbie Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 19 Sweden	Or... you could rearange the panels and create less panels by do some cut n' and such. Create a larger Panel containing several panels? Unless the Panels aren't doing different stuff. But if you're creating a simple ui then I guess you'll want to use one or two large panels and do the buttons in the same panel. There's no reason to split it if they're all static? "If you say 'plz' because it's shorter than 'please', then I'll say 'no' because it's shorter than 'yes'.

Re: Too many panels [Re: Alof] #237944 11/23/08 19:04 11/23/08 19:04
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 902 Van Buren, Ar Gordon User
Gordon User Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 902 Van Buren, Ar	You can addapt what I did in one of my games. Code: Panel Storage: PANEL* Panels[MAX_X][MAX_Y][5]; Panel Init: str_cpy(panel,""); str_cat_num(panel,"bmap=BackgroundTile; pos_x = %4.0f;",i64+X_OFFSET); str_cat_num(panel," pos_y = %4.0f; size_x = 64; size_y = 64; flags = OVERLAY;",j64+Y_OFFSET); Panels[i][j][BASE_LAYER] = pan_create(panel,-105); The init code was run inside two loops to set the posistion of the panels at the correct x,y location. This worked for 360 panels. if you need a different bitmap for each panel then use a text object for storage of the bitmap names. Our new web site:Westmarch Studios

Re: Too many panels [Re: Gordon] #238011 11/24/08 02:53 11/24/08 02:53
Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 109 J JGGamer OP Member
JGGamer OP Member J Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 109	All of these are helpful. Widi, I will check the manual, thanks. Alof, I was thinking of doing your first suggestion: Quote: Another thing you could do is creating a new script named "Panels.c" or something - Then write your panel codes in there, then include the script into your main script. But I did not know how to include the script into your main script. Could you give me an example of how to do that, or point me to where I can find the info in the manual? Thanks. Gordon, you code does a perfect compression. I'll see if I can get this done. Thanks. Alof, please still send me that info on how to include the script into my main script. Thanks very much for all your help.

Re: Too many panels [Re: JGGamer] #238017 11/24/08 04:46 11/24/08 04:46
Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 7 C Chris_Newman Newbie
Chris_Newman Newbie C Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 7	#include <panels.h> put that at the top of your main file put panels.c in the same dir.

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