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Loop through GUI Children from engine code (C++)

by James Laker (BurNinG) · in Torque Game Engine · 05/02/2007 (6:25 am) · 6 replies

Hey again everyone.

I'm working with the CommanderMap and have Radio buttons added where the spawn points are for my game. This allows the player to select where he wants to spawn when he dies. The code for adding gui elements / controls is simple:
//CREATE NEW CONTROL
guiCommanderRadioCtrl* radio = new guiCommanderRadioCtrl();
if(radio)
{
	radio->setPosition(Point2I(DestCoord.x,DestCoord.y));

	radio->setSpawnX(spawnsphere->getPosition().x);
	radio->setSpawnY(spawnsphere->getPosition().y);
	radio->setSpawnZ(spawnsphere->getPosition().z);

                radio->setField("profile", "guiRadioProfile");

	//txt->setField("position", "2 2");
	//radio->setField("extent", "15 15");
	radio->registerObject();

	GuiCommanderHud * commandermap;
	Sim::findObject("guiBattleMap", commandermap);
	if(commandermap)
	{
		commandermap->addObject(radio);
	}

}//New GuiControl
NOTE: As you can see here, I extended the guiRadioCtrl to guiCommanderRadioCtrl which excepts coordinates.

My problem is that I need to move all these gui controls / elements when the User zooms, but can't get to their handles. I guess I also need this when I delete em.

So my question to you is, how to I loop through all the children GUI elements of a GUi Control in code (c++)?
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Torque Owner James Laker (BurNinG)
#1
05/02/2007 (7:36 am)
Aaah.... GuiControl inherits Simset.... So I can just do it normally by using Sim::findObject("guiBattleMap");. Which will will look for the object named guiBattleMap, which is the name of my guiCommanderMap in my playgui.gui.

SimSet * commandermap = dynamic_cast<SimSet*>(Sim::findObject("guiBattleMap"));

	//Loop through all Missiongroup Objects
	for(SimSetIterator itr(commandermap); *itr; ++itr)
	{

		if (dStrstr((*itr)->getClassName(),"guiCommanderRadioCtrl") != NULL)
		{
			 //Cast the Iteration Object to a ShapeBase
			 guiCommanderRadioCtrl* spawnctrl = static_cast<guiCommanderRadioCtrl*>(*itr);

			 Point3F moveCoord;
			 moveCoord.x = spawnctrl->getSpawnX();
			 moveCoord.y = spawnctrl->getSpawnY();
			 moveCoord.z = spawnctrl->getSpawnZ();

			Point3F DestCoord;

         if (!project(moveCoord, &DestCoord))
            continue;

			spawnctrl->setPosition(Point2I((S32)DestCoord.x,(S32)DestCoord.y));

		}
	}

Hope this can help someone in the future.

Associate Orion Elenzil
Real Life Plus
#2
05/02/2007 (8:03 am)
Heya. a side note, but it looks like you might be interested in the Gui3DProjectionCtrl resource i wrote a while ago.

Torque Owner James Laker (BurNinG)
#3
05/04/2007 (4:09 am)
Thanx Orion. I had a look at it, and dont think it will be suitable for my use. When a person zooms the CommanderMap, the RadioButtons move. Or maybe I'm not understanding how I should use your resource.

Associate Orion Elenzil
Real Life Plus
#4
05/04/2007 (8:33 am)
It's possible it's not a good fit. i just saw the call to project() in your code and assumed you're aligning GUI controls with points in the 3D world.

cheers!

Employee Michael Perry
GarageGames
#5
05/04/2007 (11:30 am)
You might find some useful code here as well:
Radio Code

Torque Owner James Laker (BurNinG)
#6
05/04/2007 (1:01 pm)
Michael... I got that bookmarked ;) Still have to sort some kinks with the creation of the guiRadioCtrls on the CommanderMap. But ur resource will come in soon, thanx.