Torque.GUI.GUIButton vs. Combat's GUIButtonBase
by Zvi Effron · in Torque X 2D · 03/24/2007 (9:47 pm) · 5 replies
As I've been looking through and pulling from the sample code provided, I noticed that Torque.GUI has a button class, but that TorqueCombat defines its own button class derived from GUIControl instead of GUIButton. I was wondering why this is, and if that is really preferable, what's the purpose of the GUIButton class?
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#2
Depending on where GG goes with TX, I have about a dozen GUI Controls that I'm going to be releasing for free after DBP.
03/26/2007 (8:39 am)
TorqueCombat has some terrific GUI controls *cough* get them into TX damnit *cough* and was written before some of the GUIComponents that exist in TX were. As to which is better for your game, only you can decide.Depending on where GG goes with TX, I have about a dozen GUI Controls that I'm going to be releasing for free after DBP.
#3
03/26/2007 (11:10 am)
Thanks, I think the chronology makes sense. Also, from another conversation I've been having with the devs, GUIButton was also not designed to be inherited from.
#5
03/26/2007 (1:19 pm)
GUIButton is from TX. TorqueCombat has GUIBaseButton and GUIBitmapButton. 
Torque 3D Owner Robert Blanchet Jr.
Making your own specialized GUI controls is perfectly normal and encouraged. You do have the source after all.