hud+inventory drop problem

[daimaku]

hello i'm working in a rpg game and i'm facing a little problem with my scaleform inventory, i will try to explain a little bit the escenario.

i have a hud that will display life, armor, mana, etc, it has three slot for placing inventory items that can be used in game.

my problem is that when i have the item in my inventory, i don't know how to pass the item from the inventory to the hud, i can't drag it into the hud, the item exist only in the inventory scaleform movie.

i tried to merge the inventory into the hud and using a variable to show/hide the inventory part, but there i'm facing another problem, don't know how to get the input from the player, because the hud shows the inventory, but the input from the player still moves the pawn, i can't pick a item a drag from the inventory to the hud.

any ideas on how to solve this ?

thanks in advance for all the help.

[slowJusko]

If you create a separate movie/screen/what ever to handle the item being dragged, both your HUD and Inventory can reference that and swap items between each other. All depends on how you select the slots in either screen.

[daimaku]

i just want to drag the item from the inventory screen to the hud, like in diablo games, how can i reference the item slowJusko ?

[Neongho]

Create windows in the hud movie instead of a separate movies
i have like 15 windows in GOTA already lol...
Though my GFxHudMovie Class has 7000 lines already

You wanna hide that , window , wich is a symbol

Simple inventorywindow.visible = false.. or _visible i guess you know it : ) .

Then if you wanna like move it aroudn with the mouse drag the window you can use a drag button , in the inventory sample there is that thing already.

[daimaku]

hello Neongho, i tried your approach, using two or three movies as a part of the hud, i hide the main inventory screen and unhide it when i press the inventory key, but when i press "i" to show the inventory screen the inventory shows, but i don't know how to pass the input from the player to the inventory+hud screen, i mean, the inventory shows, but the mouse is not moving because the control is on the player's pawn.

how cani pass the control over the inventory ? i don't know how to do it.

thanks for your help Neongho

[Neongho]

Mmmh , i think that you must stabilish a priority or something like that ... mmh

if i understand well ,that what you mean is that you instanced 3 movies , from your hud ? or you have 3 MovileClips/symbol instances on your main GFx Movie ?

i send you my Hud class maybe that helps

//-----------------------------------------------------------
//
//-----------------------------------------------------------

class ArenaHud extends HUD;


//Movies
var GFxArenaHudMovie HudMovie;
var GFxArenaScoreBox ScoreBoardMovie;
var GFxArenaMainMenu MainMenuMovie;

//BattleStatusVars
var int PlayerVigour;
Var int PlayerHealth;
var int PlayerAdrenaline;
var int PlayerMorale;
var int PlayerAmmo;

//CanvasButtonsMovie
Var string Dialogue;

var bool bShouldRenderUseMessage;
var string UseMessage;

var array<Name> PPENames;



function PostProcessChain obtainPPEs()

{
   local PostProcessChain PPC;
   local int v;

   PPC = PostProcessChain(DynamicLoadObject("GOTACinematics.LoadingScreenPPC",
                   class'PostProcessChain'));


   for (v = 0; v < PPC.Effects.length; v++ )
   {
	PPENames.addItem(PPC.Effects[v].EffectName);
    `log("ppe"$v@PPC.Effects[v].EffectName);
   }

   return PPC;

}








///BUTTONSSSTEM////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////


function SetChoicesButtonsInvisible()
{
HUDmovie.SetChoicesButtonsInvisible();

}



function SetChoicesButtonInvisible(int I)
{
 HudMovie.DiaChoicesButtons[I].SetBool("_visible",false);
}


function SetChoicesButtonVisible(int I)
{
 HudMovie.DiaChoicesButtons[I].SetBool("_visible",true);
}


///BUTTONSSSTEM////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////




//
//function DrawMorale()
//{
//Canvas.SetPos(80,260);
//Canvas.SetDrawColor(255,255,0,255);
//Canvas.Font = class'Engine'.static.GetMediumFont();
//Canvas.DrawText(PlayerMorale);
//}


//function DrawAdrenaline()
//{
//Canvas.SetPos(80,230);
//Canvas.SetDrawColor(255,255,255,255);
//anvas.Font = class'Engine'.static.GetMediumFont();
//Canvas.DrawText(PlayerAdrenaline);
//}



//function DrawHealth()
//{
//Canvas.SetPos(80,200);
//Canvas.SetDrawColor(0,255,0,200);
//Canvas.Font = class'Engine'.static.GetMediumFont();
//Canvas.DrawText(PlayerHealth);
//}


//function DrawVigour()
//{
//Canvas.SetPos(80,170);
//Canvas.SetDrawColor(0,0,255,255);
//Canvas.Font = class'Engine'.static.GetMediumFont();
//Canvas.DrawText(PlayerVigour);
//}

function DrawUseMessage()
{
Canvas.SetPos(525,650);
Canvas.SetDrawColor(255,0,0,200);
Canvas.Font = class'Engine'.static.GetMediumFont();
Canvas.DrawText(UseMessage);
}




function SetUseText(string NewText)
{
UseMessage = newText;
}






 function ChangeTaskText ( String TextToChange )
 {
   HudMovie.ChangeTheTaskText(TextToChange);
 }


 function ChangeConvText( String TextToChange )
 {
  HudMovie.ChangeTheConvText(TextToChange);
 }





singular event Destroyed()
{
        // Each HUD element needs to be shut down in the Destroyed() event!
	if (HudMovie != none)
	{
		HudMovie.Close(true);
		HudMovie = none;
	}

	super.Destroyed();
}



event PostBeginPlay()
{

super.PostBeginPlay();

//HudMovie
HudMovie=new class'GFxArenaHudMovie';
HudMovie.Init(class'Engine'.static.GetEngine().GamePlayers[HudMovie.LocalPlayerOwnerIndex]);

ScoreBoardMovie=new class'GFxArenaScoreBox';
ScoreBoardMovie.Init(class'Engine'.static.GetEngine().GamePlayers[ScoreBoardMovie.LocalPlayerOwnerIndex]);

MainMenuMovie=new class'GFxArenaMainMenu';
MainMenuMovie.Init(class'Engine'.static.GetEngine().GamePlayers[MainMenuMovie.LocalPlayerOwnerIndex]);

//start the menu
//StartTheMainMenu();


//ConvenrastionSystem
SetChoicesButtonsInvisible();

SetTimer(3,false,NameOf(startTheHud));
//setTimer(2,false,NameOf(StartTheScoreBoard));




}

function StartTheScoreBoard()
{
ScoreBoardMovie.start();


}


function StartTheHud()
{
HudMovie.start();
HudMovie.SetEveryHUDElementHidden();

}

function StartTheMainMenu()
{
 if(WorldInfo.GetMapName(false) == "arenamainmenu")
 {
  MainMenuMovie.start();
 }
}


////////////////////////////////////////Hide And show windows//////////////////////////

 //inventory
function ShowBattleStatuspannel()
{
HudMovie.ShowBattlestatusPannel();
}


//inventory
function ShowCrosshair()
{
HUDmovie.ShowCrossHair();
}



//inventory
function ShowInventory()
{
HudMovie.ShowInventory();
}

//Skills
function ShowSkills()
{
HudMovie.ShowSkills();
}

//Merchant
function ShowMerchantPannel()
{
HudMovie.ShowMerchantPannel();
}

//Matches window
function ShowHouseMerchant()
{
HudMovie.ShowHouseMerchWindow();
}



//Matches window
function ShowMatches()
{
HudMovie.ShowMatches();
}

//Matches window
function ShowMouse()
{
HudMovie.ShowMouse();
}





//Hide(())//


   //inventory
function HideBattleStatuspannel()
{
HudMovie.HideBattlestatusPannel();
}


//inventory
function HideCrosshair()
{
HUDmovie.HideCrossHair();
}


//inventory
function HideInventory()
{
HudMovie.HideInventory();
}

//Skills
function HideSkills()
{
HudMovie.HideSkills();
}

//Merchant
function HideMerchantPannel()
{
HudMovie.HideMerchantPannel();
}

//Matches
function HideMatches()
{
HudMovie.HideMatches();
}

//Matches window
function HideMouse()
{
HudMovie.HideMouse();
}


function HideDiaButtons()
{
HUDMovie.HideDiaButtons();
}
//////////////////////////////////Hide and show windows//////////////////////////////////////////


///UpdateArenaList////

function UpdateTheArenaList()
{
HudMovie.UpdateTheMatchesList();



}


///UpdateArenaList////



///////UpdateSkillsScaleForm/////////////////////////////


 function UpdateSKills()
 {
 local ArenaPlayerController APC;
 local Pawn P;
 local ArenaPawn AP;


  APC = ArenaPlayerController(PlayerOwner);
  P = APC.Pawn;
  AP = ArenaPAwn(P);

//SetSkillsonHudMovie--------------------------------------------------//

  //Weapon Skills-----------------
  HUDMovie.SkillWindow.SetFloat("SpearSkillXP",AP.Skills.SpearSkillXp);
  HUDMovie.SkillWindow.SetFloat("SpearSkillLevel",AP.Skills.SpearSkillLevel);

  HUDMovie.SkillWindow.SetFloat("OneHandedSkillXP",AP.Skills.OneHandedWeaponSkillXp);
  HUDMovie.SkillWindow.SetFloat("OneHandedSkillLevel",AP.Skills.OneHandedWeaponSkillLevel);

//SetSkillsonHudMovie--------------------------------------------------//


  HUDMovie.SkillWindow.ActionScriptVoid("UpdateTheSkills");
 }


 function UpdateInventory()
 {

 HUDMovie.UpdateInventory();

 }


 function AddMerchantInvitem(String itemType, Int ItemID, int ItemSlotToAdd, int ItemCost)
 {

HudMovie.AddMerchantInvitem(itemType,ItemID,ItemSlotToAdd,ItemCost);

 }

  function AddPlayerInvitem(String itemType, Int ItemID, int ItemSlotToAdd, int ItemCost)
 {

  HudMovie.AddPlayerInvitem(itemType,ItemID,ItemSlotToAdd,ItemCost);

 }


function DeleteMerchantInvitem(int ItemSlotToDelete)
{
HUdMovie.DeleteMerchantInvitem(ItemSlottodelete);

}




function UpdatePlayerStatusWindow()
{
local GFxObject EnergyBar;
local GFxObject AlimentationBar;
Local GFxObject HidratationBar;
local GFxObject HealthBar;

local ArenaGameInfo AGI;

AGI = ArenaGameInfo(WorldInfo.game);

EnergyBar = HudMovie.PlayerStatusWindow.GetObject("EnergyBar");
AlimentationBar = HudMovie.PlayerStatusWindow.GetObject("HungerBar");
HealthBar = HudMovie.PlayerStatusWindow.GetObject("HealthBar");
HidratationBar =  HudMovie.PlayerStatusWindow.GetObject("HidratationBar");

 if(AGI != none)
 {

   if(EnergyBar != none )
   {
   EnergyBar.SetFloat("_xscale",(100/3000) * AGI.PlayerStatusInstance.Energy);
   }

   if(AlimentationBar != none )
   {
   AlimentationBar.SetFloat("_xscale",(100/1000) * AGI.PlayerStatusInstance.Alimentation);
   }

   if(HealthBar != none )
   {
   //HealthBar.SetFloat("_xscale",(175/100) * );
   }

   if(HidratationBar != none )
   {
   HidratationBar.SetFloat("_xscale",(100/1000) * AGI.PlayerStatusInstance.Hidratation);
   }


 }


}



 ////Set Basic Hud elements up///

function SetBHudElementsUp()
{

ShowBattleStatuspannel();

}

///////UpdateSkillsScaleForm/////////////////////////////





event PostRender()
{
local GameInfo GI;
GI = WorldInfo.game;


	super.PostRender();

    if(bShouldRenderUseMessage){
    DrawUseMessage();}




   	if (HudMovie != none)
	{
    HudMovie.TickHUD(0);
    if(HudMovie.HoursText != none){
    HudMovie.HoursText.SetText(ArenaGameInfo(GI).Hours); }

    if(hudMovie.MinutesText != none){
    HudMovie.MinutesText.SetText(ArenaGameInfo(GI).Minutes);}



	}

}







DefaultProperties
{
UseMessage = "";

}

[daimaku]

i think i got your idea, you mean when i press "i" to create the Inventory movie into the hud, in this way the hud movie will be handle the input because in my inventory movie class i have set the default properties to do that, i'm right on this ?

if i'm right on this i can drag a item from the inventory movie, just create into the hud, to a slot into the hud ?

[Neongho]

To be exact like this in same movie , as not movies but as , symbols , " GFxObjects" Symbo/window

then you can add a drag thing it's cool

[daimaku]

i need to use something special on the flash side ? i mean any click component ? or i can just declare the GFxObject in my hud and work with it ?

[Neongho]

 
//Start the movie
function bool start (optional bool StartPaused = True)
{
  super.start();
  Advance(0);


   //Root
   root = GetVariableObject("_root");

   //**texts outputs
  TaskText = GetVariableObject("_root.TaskText");
  ConvText = GetVariableObject("_root.ConversationText");



   //Hud
   BattleStatusPannel =  GetVariableObject("_root.BattleStatusPannel_MC");

   HealthBar =  GetVariableObject("_root.BattleStatusPannel_MC.HealthTheBar");
   VigourBar =  GetVariableObject("_root.BattleStatusPannel_MC.VigourTheBar");
   AdrenalineBar =  GetVariableObject("_root.BattleStatusPannel_MC.AdranelineTheBar");

   BaseOfAdrenalineBar =  GetVariableObject("_root.BattleStatusPannel_MC.BaseOfAdrenalineBar");
   BaseOfVigourBar =  GetVariableObject("_root.BattleStatusPannel_MC.BaseOfVigourBar");
   BaseOfHealthBar =  GetVariableObject("_root.BattleStatusPannel_MC.BaseOfHealthBar");

   //The ArenaMouse
   ArenaMouse = GetVariableObject("_root.arenaMouse");
   InvPopUpWindow = GetVariableObject("_root.InventoryPopUpWindow");


   //Windows

   //RPG gameplay

   //PlayerInventoryWindow
   PlayerInvWindow =  GetVariableObject("_root.PlayerInventoryWindow");
   //merchantToPlayerWindow
   merchWindow = GetVariableObject("_root.MerchantWindow");
   //SkillToPlayerWindow                                                                              /////////////////////////////////////////////////////
   SkillWindow = GetVariableObject("_root.SkillsWindow");                             //    here!                                                    //
   //arenasListPanel
   ArenasWindow = GetVariableObject("_root.PlayerArenasPannel");               /////////////////////////////////////////////////////
   //Chest window
   ChestWindow = GetVariableObject("_root.ChestWindow");
   //HouseM window
   HouseMerchWindow = GetVariableObject("_root.HouseStuffWindow");
   //mAP Window
   MapWindow = GetVariableObject("_root.MapWindow");
   //BeforeBattle Window
   BeforeBattleWindow = GetVariableObject("_root.BeforeBattleWindow");
   //ItemOptions window
   ItemOptionsWindow = GetVariableObject("_root.ItemOptionsWindow");

as for example

Also , to start in actionscript

" MAKE NOT ALL YOUR WINDOWS EXTEND FROM THE SAME FORM "

Click on the pic wich is suposed to be the window , then convert into symbol
After that you define the symbol form

MySymbol form , " this with every window you do " o if you change something in one , you gona change something in all of em ...

Then give it an instance name , like daimakuInventoryWindow hehe whatever : ) .

I made a fast tut on how to set up inventory slots in order to make your ivnentory , also chosker made one aswell wich is more complex

[daimaku]

thanks Neongho, i think i got the main idea on how to handle and do this, by the way, where is your tut for the inventory ?

i will try to do this on my rpg inventory, if i have any question i will ask here.

thanks again Neongho.

[Neongho]

http://forums.epicgames.com/threads/...light=ItemSlot
serve urself! , also if you have any critic or you get stuck on it tell me so i can even correct it By the way : ) .

This took me 3 days to figure out , but lucky you are you will only have to stay 2 hours or moar if you follow this,

Well the basis is that , data , that data provider with your self made struct contains the information for transactions and that stuff ,
such as demage item type item id ...