As Yet Unnamed Entry - RTS against 'the empire'

[code_glitch]

Wow, integrating some old code for window and control management to produce an interactive, 'dynamically generated' interface went better than expected... It still has some art and text from the old program but hey, the fundamentals are there right?

Screenshot.jpg

for those whom are curious, that window is made from a script file (this exact one as it where ):

#START#
NX_ComplianceFlag=NX10x,NX166-S,NX166-X,NX166-W
Visible=True
Position.X=200
Position.Y=300
Id=StarInfoWindow
Width=425
Height=150
BackgroundImage=data/NX166OUI/windowbackground.png
Controls=12
Control[1].Id=WindowName
Control[1].X=2
Control[1].Y=2
Control[1].Type=103
Control[1].Value=Star Information:
Control[1].ControlColour.R=255
Control[1].ControlColour.G=255
Control[1].ControlColour.B=0
Control[1].ControlColour.A=255
Control[2].Id=Star_Name
Control[2].X=200
Control[2].Y=20
Control[2].Type=103
Control[2].Value=XYZ
Control[2].ControlColour.R=255
Control[2].ControlColour.G=255
Control[2].ControlColour.B=0
Control[2].ControlColour.A=255
Control[3].Id=Star_Info_Name
Control[3].X=2
Control[3].Y=20
Control[3].Type=103
Control[3].Value=Star Name:
Control[3].ControlColour.R=255
Control[3].ControlColour.G=255
Control[3].ControlColour.B=0
Control[3].ControlColour.A=255
Control[4].Id=Star_Info_Resources
Control[4].X=2
Control[4].Y=34
Control[4].Type=103
Control[4].Value=Resources:
Control[4].ControlColour.R=255
Control[4].ControlColour.G=255
Control[4].ControlColour.B=0
Control[4].ControlColour.A=255
Control[5].Id=Star_Resources
Control[5].X=200
Control[5].Y=34
Control[5].Type=103
Control[5].Value=XYZ
Control[5].ControlColour.R=255
Control[5].ControlColour.G=255
Control[5].ControlColour.B=0
Control[5].ControlColour.A=255
Control[6].Id=Star_Info_Industry
Control[6].X=2
Control[6].Y=46
Control[6].Type=103
Control[6].Value=Industry :
Control[6].ControlColour.R=255
Control[6].ControlColour.G=255
Control[6].ControlColour.B=0
Control[6].ControlColour.A=255
Control[7].Id=Star_Industry
Control[7].X=200
Control[7].Y=46
Control[7].Type=103
Control[7].Value=XYZ
Control[7].ControlColour.R=255
Control[7].ControlColour.G=255
Control[7].ControlColour.B=0
Control[7].ControlColour.A=255
Control[8].Id=Star_Info_Economy
Control[8].X=2
Control[8].Y=58
Control[8].Type=103
Control[8].Value=Economy  :
Control[8].ControlColour.R=255
Control[8].ControlColour.G=255
Control[8].ControlColour.B=0
Control[8].ControlColour.A=255
Control[9].Id=Star_Economy
Control[9].X=200
Control[9].Y=58
Control[9].Type=103
Control[9].Value=XYZ
Control[9].ControlColour.R=255
Control[9].ControlColour.G=255
Control[9].ControlColour.B=0
Control[9].ControlColour.A=255
Control[10].Id=Star_Info_Science
Control[10].X=2
Control[10].Y=70
Control[10].Type=103
Control[10].Value=Science  :
Control[10].ControlColour.R=255
Control[10].ControlColour.G=255
Control[10].ControlColour.B=0
Control[10].ControlColour.A=255
Control[11].Id=Star_Science
Control[11].X=200
Control[11].Y=70
Control[11].Type=103
Control[11].Value=XYZ
Control[11].ControlColour.R=255
Control[11].ControlColour.G=255
Control[11].ControlColour.B=0
Control[11].ControlColour.A=255
Control[12].Id=Star_Upgrade
Control[12].X=2
Control[12].Y=100
Control[12].Width=360
Control[12].Height=18
Control[12].Type=101
Control[12].Value=Star Upgrade Options
Control[12].Action=NewWindow$data/StarUpgradeWindow.pcff1
Control[12].ControlColour.R=255
Control[12].ControlColour.G=255
Control[12].ControlColour.B=255
Control[12].ControlColour.A=255
#END#

Edit: Forgot to mention, dragging windows is ugly, and its clitchy but for such a short job, I'll call it progress

[paul_nicholls]

Nice! Any chance of a larger screenshot? The attached one is rather small to see all the details...

[Eric]

Nice! Any chance of a larger screenshot? The attached one is rather small to see all the details...

I agree, and I've had the same outcome for my attached screen-shots too (they got downsized and blurred).

@WILL: any chance of loosening up the restrictions for attached screen-shots?
Hosting the image elsewhere is possible but will have other issues (dead links, no thumbnails...)

[code_glitch]

Well another screenshot with some fixed bugs, a more appropriate interface and the working dialog system for making stuff... In HD since I linked to my public file on dropbox

[paul_nicholls]

Very nice!

[code_glitch]

Well, after a saturday off, and taking a break from some holiday homework, I got the ball rolling for an hour and got the script execution system for the window dialogs to do stuff with the game data... Its all in the console for now, but at least its all hooked up and working from a simple right click action anywhere on the map. Enjoy



Its kind of hard to believe I'm now going to spend most of my time making content and scripts for this to run... Oh how I hate the annoying 'language' i developed for this -_-

[WILL]

Nice GUI. Don't forget to draw yourself some simple units and building art.

Edit: Just a thought, but whats the view on recycling code from your own codebase for use in the PGD entry?

Go for it. Just don't take from others without permission and you're golden.

[code_glitch]

Well, it would look I have to say two things -
1. This wont be entered into PGD challenge number 2.
2. This will continue to be developed as an open source project... Things are working nicely and its giving some interesting results on how different approaches to code are working together...

The simple fact is that I'm now around 2 weeks and a little bit of my final exams, and that consequently my time for code has decreased exponentially :/