upbeat shell
Can anyone help me with how i could go by creating a list of units for my game? The image is for a unit overview where you can see their exp, portrait, name etc. I want to make it so that each time you get a new unit it adds another one of the boxes into a list, showing each specific units data. I could probably get everything except making each box unique to a separate unit to work. Can give more details if needed
upbeat shell
do you have a Resourece to hold your units data?
Sorry for the late reply, was trying to get it to work but cant figure it out. I kinda do but im not sure how i should do it properly, do i make one individual resource for each unit type i want to use and then just put them in the folder? Or do i have to make like a JSON file to store them in? (i have no idea how that works).
My biggest issue rn tbh is to just get the overview window to appear on the VBox when i add a new unit (which i do through a button for testing purposes). I would like it to go something like Add unit -> new overview box for that specific unit gets created -> Name and whatever get imported from the base unit resource -> you can interact with the unit however you want. But i just cant get it to work
shell crest
Sorry for the late reply, was trying to get it to work but cant figure it out. I...
yes, you create one Resource script and then one resource file for each unit. Or you could create new units in script as well.
for the UI updates I use an auto-load with signals. So you can connect your UI to a signal like unit_spawned and pass the data to feed the window
upbeat shell
Alright, just got off work so im gonna try to get something like that to work. Since im planning on having around 20 units i would be reasonable to just from them all into a dictionary right? Im not planning on having any differences in base stats for each unit and the only difference is gonna be icon, name and skills i think
upbeat shell
yes, you create one Resource script and then one resource file for each unit. Or...
Alright, just got off work so im gonna try to get something like that to work. Since im planning on having around 20 units i would be reasonable to just from them all into a dictionary right? Im not planning on having any differences in base stats for each unit and the only difference is gonna be icon, name and skills i think. So it wouldn't be that much to put into a dictionary (i assume, although i simply dont know how 90% of this shit works still)
shell crest
not sure if you need a dictionary. A simple array might be enough
unless you want to assign each unit to another specific value
upbeat shell
hmm, i see. As for making the display work, how would i go about making the actual overview window itself get added to the list whenever i create a new unit? From what i have understood i should instantiate it but im not sure how i do that
shell crest
if you have a scene saved you can just instantiate a new one
upbeat shell
Ok so i would have my main scene, a vboxcontainer in a seperate scene and the unit display in another scene?
or would i have the vbox in the main scene
shell crest
something like:
const MY_SCENE:PackedScene = preload("path_to_scene")
func spawn_new_scene():
var new_scene = MY_SCENE.instantiate()
add_chidl(new_scene)
the only thing that needs to be saved as a scene is what you are instantiating
upbeat shell
ok, i see so the VBox, Buttons etc can all just sit in the main scene
Would the add_child lead to the vbox itself?
upbeat shell
What is the "var new_scene? do i need to preload the scene with the unit display the same way i do with the main scene?
or wait no im lost lol
is "MY_SCENE" main scene or the scene with the display?
shell crest
so, MY_SCENE is like the scene in a ZIP file. When you instantiate it you "unzip" it
MY_SCENE should point to the .tscn file in your files folder
the scene you want to instantiate
upbeat shell
ok so this should be correct then right. Thats the scene with just the display and the buttons on the display etc
const MY_SCENE:PackedScene = preload("res://Scenes/Unit_Display.tscn")
shell crest
now you need to pass the data to it and populate with the unit information
I have to go now. Leave any question and I can reply later
upbeat shell
Ok, so it is not supposed to be working yet right? as in creating a display for each click
shell crest
I don't know the rest of code. There is more involved for sure
upbeat shell
one sec, i will send you what i've got so far
This is what i've got. i have no idea why the button for opening/closing the inventory isn't working tho
nvm fixed it, dumb wording :p
upbeat shell
'extends Node
@onready var unit_list_panel : Panel = $Camera2D/UnitListPanel
@onready var spawn_button : Button = $Camera2D/SpawnButton
@onready var unit_list_button : Button = $Camera2D/UnitListButton
@onready var unit_list : VBoxContainer = $Camera2D/UnitListPanel/UnitList
const Display_Scene:PackedScene = preload("res://Scenes/Unit_Display.tscn")
var is_unit_list_panel_visible : bool = false
func _ready():
spawn_button.pressed.connect(_on_spawn_button_pressed)
unit_list_button.pressed.connect(_on_unit_list_button_pressed)
unit_list_panel.connect("visibility_changed", Callable(self, "_on_unit_list_panel_visibility_changed"))
func _on_unit_list_button_pressed():
unit_list_panel.visible = !unit_list_panel.visible
func _on_unit_list_panel_visibility_changed():
is_unit_list_panel_visible = unit_list_panel.visible
func _on_spawn_button_pressed():
if is_unit_list_panel_visible:
var new_scene = Display_Scene.instantiate()
unit_list.add_child(new_scene)'
This is working, but it makes them on top of eachother like this
Fixed it but got new problem :p
upbeat shell
not sure if you need a dictionary. A simple array might be enough
Sry if your busy, got it working nicely now! Ty for the help, im gonna try to get the data to make a portraits and stuff to fill up
shell crest
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shell crest
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upbeat shell
Alright ty
upbeat shell
@shell crest Hey, sry for ping. Are you available for help? Its fine if not ofc
I have made some stuff with the display but I'm having a problem with getting an "InspectButton" to work. The purpose of the button is to open a window which contains more details on that specific unit. I tried making it work by doing the same thing as i did with the Unit Display by creating a scene with just the InspectButton and then inside the display script i try to instantiate that Button scene to create a unique button for that specific display. I then add_child it to a container to get it to the correct location inside the display.
But this isn't working and I'm not sure if it is because of the way I call the function ( _ready), if i simply cannot instantiate something as a child to an already instantiated node.
As I'm writing this I realized that if I just add the button to the unit_display scene and scripted it to use the data within the unit_display script it would be instantiated alongside the display and therefore any functions within that button would only affect the data used in that display (such as changing where you access data from etc) right?
Im unclear as always, if you need clarification on anything just ask, i will try to explain asap
shell crest
sorry, where does this button go?
in the same window you instantiated?
if so, why not just make it a part of the window scene?
yeah
your last sentence makes sense
upbeat shell
Yeah so just make it part of the display scene which im already instantiating and it should work?
ok fantastic
upbeat shell
Great
upbeat shell
@shell crest Hey i need some help again, and is it fine if i ping you btw? I feel like i might be annoying :p
When i instantiate the scene with the unit display and also the inspect UI they are both added as childs to a ScrollContainer through this code:
func _on_spawn_button_pressed(): if is_unit_list_panel_visible: var UnitDisplay: = Display_Scene.instantiate() var class_data = ClassData.new() var basic_class_data = class_data.get_class_data("Basic") UnitDisplay.call("set_class_data", basic_class_data) unit_list.add_child(UnitDisplay)
This makes it so that the inspect menu will only show if it is inside that container. Is there a way for me to remove_child it from that container or do i have to do something else to make it show up. Example images below (the ui is ofc just for testing :p)
ok i fixed it but now i have the problem of them being spaced out
shell crest
you can ping me, no problem
you can change this UnitDisplay.call("set_class_data", basic_class_data) to
UnitDisplay.set_class_data(basic_class_data)
the spacing can be set in the VBox theme
upbeat shell
the spacing can be set in the VBox theme
I put the inspect menu inside a canvas layer and turned off "clip_contents" on the ScrollContainer so now it works. But now i need to make it so there can only be 1 of these interfaces showing at once so you cant stack them and make it confusing. I can think of 3 alternatives on how to do it,
either you make it so you cannot press any of the unit display buttons when a ui such as the inspect menu is showing,
you could also just add an "if" thingy with a variable that tracks how many are open and if >0 are open you cannt open more,
lastly you could make it so whenever you press one of the inspect buttons you turn of visibilty on all the other inspect menus but i have no idea how to do that
Any suggestion on which one would be best/easiest to implement?
shell crest
I guess I would close the rest one a new one is open
upbeat shell
Mhm, so i would have to do something along the lines of whenever i press the inspect button i first send a signal which tells all inspect menus to set visible to off and then i would open just the one i clicked right?
shell crest
you can have a manager script that keeps track of the current visible menu
and the manager takes care of showing/hiding them
btw, since your original issue is solved, you could mark this thread as solved and used the help channels or even DM me if you need
upbeat shell
No clue how manager scripts work lol but i can try to figure it out
oh yeah, true lol
shell crest
is just a script that is the parent of your menus
and have a reference to them
so when you open/close a menu you do through the manager
upbeat shell
ok, how would i make it parent to the menus?