Minimize grid menu lua, might require 2 separate lua's | Beyond All Reason | BAR | Page 1

deep lagoon May 7, 2024, 7:23 AM

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So i am in my planning phase of creating my own compact and refined grid layout with 14 selections each page, but i might need to create one or two widgets to make it possible. the left sides consists of the geothermic powerplants(land and sea), while the top right consists of the Cerberus,.

The first step or lua will combine the icons of a land and sea varient, so much less space is taken on the grid menu. this will apply to all land/sea structures that switches automatically when you hover over land or sea. this should be easy.

The second step and/or lua would consist of two structures that have similar uses and prices, but have different situations where they are useful, for example, a wind generator, a a tier 1 solar generator, in this example, it is between geothermic powerplant and Cerberus(one provides more power from an air vent, and the other provides an extra turret), they will be the same icon, but you would have to press, the grid key corresponding the button twice to select the second option, or doubleclick.

And the third step would to combine both steps 1 and 2. This is the final example. only the tier 1 , power sources(wind , t1 solar, and tidal generator) and this tier 2 geo(geo power land/sea, and prude/Cerberus) are covered in this example, without the extra units option. For now i just want to figure out is this possible, because. one portion would need to be highlighted to convey to the player that it the one that it's selected, and the price labels would need to be reorganized to show for all options

after this is implemented, 28 icons would be the maximum number of structures that can be displayed, and with my redesigned grid, it will show 14 icons per page, which me their would be a maximum of only two pages per builder, the will reduce the number of key presses for anyone that uses the grid menu.

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i could redesign the icons

night badge May 7, 2024, 10:27 AM

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The Icons will have to be combined in the widget or be part of the widget with the permission of IceXuick Floris and PtaQ because they are licensed under CC BY NC ND(https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) The key clause is No Derivatives. You can see the license for each asset on github(https://github.com/beyond-all-reason/Beyond-All-Reason/blob/master/license_icons.txt).

deep lagoon May 7, 2024, 4:20 PM

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are these just the icons or the 3d renders as well?

deep lagoon May 7, 2024, 4:22 PM

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night badge The Icons will have to be combined in the widget or be part of the widget with t...

because if it just the icons, i could make my own icons from the 3d renders avoid licensing issues.

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or is it the entire widget?

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and excuse me what do you mean combined in the widget, as in 1 file?

deep lagoon May 7, 2024, 5:07 PM

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or to avoid a headache, where can I best reach IceXuick Floris and PtaQ for permission?

night badge May 7, 2024, 5:29 PM

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I accidentally linked to the icon license but the unitpic license is the same except I don't think PtaQ is on it. Basically to stay compliant with the license you can't distribute the pictures or derivatives. But you can distribute code that happens to use those assets. Or you can of course make your own.

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I just wrote a widget that can create a texture out of 3 unitpics almost exactly like you're final grid menu item. I will post it in a minute.

deep lagoon May 7, 2024, 5:46 PM

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well thank you, i would have like to learn it myself

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because i am planning to make a bigger scope change for a grid menu rework

night badge May 7, 2024, 6:08 PM

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deep lagoon or is it the entire widget?

Well its just a minimal example. You can take all of that and do what you will. https://gist.github.com/jacobguenther/641be2869ff6a4485aa47de196c865bd

Gist

Combine 3 unitpics using an fbo

Combine 3 unitpics using an fbo. GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

deep lagoon May 7, 2024, 6:14 PM

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thank you for your assistance, i will start right away

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well gigantic assistance

night badge May 7, 2024, 6:16 PM

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If you have any questions especially about opengl let me know

deep lagoon May 7, 2024, 6:27 PM

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night badge If you have any questions especially about opengl let me know

while trying to enable widget, an error displayed to 'GetUniformLocation' (number expected, got nill)

deep lagoon May 7, 2024, 6:45 PM

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iam a nnob

night badge May 7, 2024, 6:45 PM

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The shader didn't compile.

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could you send infolog.txt? search for minimal_fbo.lua

deep lagoon May 7, 2024, 6:47 PM

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could it be i used an older engine from a previous save?

night badge May 7, 2024, 6:47 PM

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Do you by chance have an amd card? sometimes they require floats in shaders to end with .0 or f which I didn't do.

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It would have to be a pretty old version for that to happen

deep lagoon May 7, 2024, 6:49 PM

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the custom amd van gough in the steamdeck

night badge May 7, 2024, 6:53 PM

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I updated the gist which might help.

deep lagoon May 7, 2024, 6:59 PM

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testing

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[t=00:37:42.435038][f=0003879] Loading: LuaUI/Widgets/minimal_fbo_example.lua
[t=00:37:42.444767][f=0003879] LuaShader: [Quad Shader] shader error(s):
0:15(19): error: invalid swizzle / mask xyza' 0:15(19): error: type mismatch 0:15(14): error: cannot construct vec4' from a non-numeric data type
0:15(14): error: operands to arithmetic operators must be numeric

[t=00:37:42.444976][f=0003879] vertex:19 coord = fma(coord, vec2(2.0), vec2(-1.0));
^^ 0:15(19): error: invalid swizzle / mask xyza' vertex:19 coord = fma(coord, vec2(2.0), vec2(-1.0)); ^^ 0:15(19): error: type mismatch fragment:14 fragColor = vec4(texture(img, vs_in.uv).xyza) + vec4(0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.5); ^^ 0:15(14): error: cannot construct vec4' from a non-numeric data type
fragment:14 fragColor = vec4(texture(img, vs_in.uv).xyza) + vec4(0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.5);
^^ 0:15(14): error: operands to arithmetic operators must be numeric

[t=00:37:42.444991][f=0003879] Quad Shader: compilation failed, false
[t=00:37:42.445039][f=0003879] LuaShader: [Quad Shader] shader error(s):
Attempt to use invalid shader object in Delete. Did you call :Compile() or :Initialize()
[t=00:37:42.445326][f=0003879]

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that is my error

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this is the update

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[t=00:55:03.458698][f=0003545] Quad Shader: compilation failed, false
[t=00:55:03.458731][f=0003545] LuaShader: [Quad Shader] shader error(s):
Attempt to use invalid shader object in Delete. Did you call :Compile() or :Initialize()
[t=00:55:03.458929][f=0003545] Attempt to use invalid shader object in Delete. Did you call :Compile() or :Initialize()

[t=00:55:03.458977][f=0003545] Error in Shutdown()
[t=00:55:03.458983][f=0003545] Error in Shutdown(): [string "LuaUI/Widgets/minimal_fbo_example.lua"]:287: attempt to index upvalue 'quad' (a nil value)
[t=00:55:03.458988][f=0003545] Removed widget: A minimal FBO example
[t=00:55:03.459641][f=0003545] LuaShader: [Quad Shader] shader error(s):
Attempt to use invalid shader object in Delete. Did you call :Compile() or :Initialize()
[t=00:55:03.459814][f=0003545] Attempt to use invalid shader object in Delete. Did you call :Compile() or :Initialize()

[t=00:55:03.459839][f=0003545] Error in Shutdown()
[t=00:55:03.459848][f=0003545] Error in Shutdown(): [string "LuaUI/Widgets/minimal_fbo_example.lua"]:287: attempt to index upvalue 'quad' (a nil value)
[t=00:55:03.459903][f=0003545] Removed widget: A minimal FBO example
[t=00:55:03.460261][f=0003545] Error in Initialize(): [string "LuaUI/Widgets/minimal_fbo_example.lua"]:262: bad argument #1 to 'GetUniformLocation' (number expected, got nil)

night badge May 7, 2024, 7:42 PM

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maaaan
it works for me
I updated it again but idk. Nvidia lets you play fast and loose while amd actually follows the standard.

deep lagoon May 7, 2024, 8:23 PM

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yeah, yeah

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intel must be worse though

deep lagoon May 7, 2024, 11:14 PM

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thanks it works now

deep lagoon May 11, 2024, 7:29 AM

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night badge maaaan it works for me I updated it again but idk. Nvidia lets you play fast and...

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trail hare May 18, 2024, 1:12 AM

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Threw this mock together for an ultra-compact UI

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Higher res

gaunt grotto May 19, 2024, 12:54 PM

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trail hare Threw this mock together for an ultra-compact UI

really cool, but is this the thread you meant to post this in?

deep lagoon Jul 14, 2024, 1:29 PM

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should i continue on this thread?

#Minimize grid menu lua, might require 2 separate lua's