Know any UI Developers? (Bounty Inside)

[moomarc]

I can't swap the logo it's built-in to the background. I can't move it higher either, for the same reason.

If you want to restyle the settings and utility buttons since they're in a different location, that would be cool. The could be made a bit smaller. Maybe even trim left and right sides so that the two buttons fit across the top.

I thought you might have swapped out the background-with-logo-built-in for the separated ones I provided a while ago because I thought you might want the extra flexibility. If you just missed that and want to go that route, I'll post them again so you don't have to sift through all the earlier zips. And I definitely don't mind restyling those 2 buttons. Only reason I didn't suggest it originally was because I thought they might still be stacked in one of the additional resolutions (when we get there) so it would cut down on duplicated files. But it makes more sense to just restyle them and make them look good!

[moomarc]

Finally created the new Settings and Utility buttons. Sorry it took so long I never ended up finishing the first night I'd planned on doing it, then it was my anniversary, so I just didn't get 'round to finishing.

Sample layout with revised elements

Anyway, here's the sample, and the elements for Rob are attached. I removed the cards from the bottom of the image because they didn't look right anymore if I moved or resized them after enlarging the scroll area. The two new buttons only have selected, unselected and hover states. Just duplicate the selected state if you need a 'click' state.

[Rob Cashwalker]

thanks Marc..

I've been on vacation this week, so I haven't done nearly as much as I wanted to.

[Max mtg]

I've just commited GuiOldNewGame - there are some minor changes in functionality, hope they don't break your development process.

[Rob Cashwalker]

All my work has been on a class, "Gui_NewGame2".... I'm merely replicating the core functions of the launch screen, hopefully there's no critical changes necessary in the gui to support your work.

Last I updated, there were a lot of references to the OldGuiNewGame to pull option settings in various other classes, while they should've been pulled from the ForgePreferences class (hosted in Singletons.

[Rob Cashwalker]

Finally, the moment we've been waiting for... the first draft of the new HomeScreen.

Since it's still under test, it is not enabled by default. To enable it, set an environmental variable, "NG2 = true" in the eclipse run configuration.

[Chris H.]

I may have made a mistake on my end. Not sure ... I can see some of the New Game screen when launched within forge.

[Rob Cashwalker]

Ahh.. I know what happened... stand by for a new rev.

edit - fixed in rev 10677.

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    // Hack... WindowBuilder can't deal with path relative to the project folder like "res/"
    // So... use a full path when debugging or designing with WindowBuilder
    //private String HomeScreenPath = "/home/rob/ForgeSVN/ForgeSVN/res/images/ui/HomeScreen/";
    // And switch to relative path for distribution
    private String HomeScreenPath = "res/images/ui/HomeScreen/";

[moomarc]

Ahh.. I know what happened... stand by for a new rev.

edit - fixed in rev 10677.

I can't wait to try it out in the morning. Thanks Rob. You must be sick of this task by now.

[Chris H.]

Ahh.. I know what happened... stand by for a new rev.

edit - fixed in rev 10677.

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Thank you Rob, we can now see what it looks like and it is an improvement. Looks like a real game now.

[moomarc]

I'm doing something wrong (not unpredictably considering my Eclipse knowledge) so would either of you please point out where I'm going wrong.

Currently I go to run configurations, select Gui_NewGame under Java application, open the Environment tab, and add a new variable with a random name and a value of "NG2=true" (without the quotation marks). I leave 'Append environment to native environment' selected then click apply. I then run the configuration but still get the old gui.

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated!

[Sloth]

I'm doing something wrong (not unpredictably considering my Eclipse knowledge) so would either of you please point out where I'm going wrong.

Currently I go to run configurations, select Gui_NewGame under Java application, open the Environment tab, and add a new variable with a random name and a value of "NG2=true" (without the quotation marks). I leave 'Append environment to native environment' selected then click apply. I then run the configuration but still get the old gui.

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated!

The Name of the variable is "NG2" and the value is "true".

[moomarc]

The Name of the variable is "NG2" and the value is "true".

@ Sloth: Thanks! Appreciate the help (although I feel kinda thick for not interpreting that now)

@ Rob: I think the new graphical GUI turned out really well. I'll start working on some theme replacement packs when I get a chance. Just one question... is it possible to set the jBox decoration and background off so that the image behind shows through? It would make it much easier to work with the background then as you wouldn't be stuck with trying to match the current box colour with a background element. At some stage when you're ready to adjust the layout for other resolutions, let me know what sizes you want me to work with. I'm guessing one that's netbook-friendly for when that low resolution is supported fully (so perhaps 450x500) and one for high res displays like the macs (maybe 900x1200).

[Rob Cashwalker]

Marc,
Not all the components seem to act the same with respect to the setOpaque(false) parameter. Unless an image with transparency is assigned to a JButton, it's drawn solid, even ignoring the color setting. (for example, the buttons in Settings and Utilities)

I didn't implement the file-based theme concept just yet.. wanted to get the general concept implemented.

[friarsol]

Lookin pretty slick Rob. Quick question, I don't have a quest.dat file on this machine, and it seems the Quest mode is inaccessible to me (can't start a new quest). I can click quest mode, and it's highlighted and I can click on Start, but nothing seems to happen.