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Radar/Map/Compass Control Update (GuiRadarCtrl)

by James Laker (BurNinG) · 07/03/2006 (11:33 am) · 74 comments

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Just updated and cleaned the Scrolling Map, Radar, Compass gui Control resource a little.

- Now Works with TGE 1.4 to TGE 1.5.1 out of the box.
- Can Turn the Radar, Map and Compass On/Off in the GUI Editor
- Select Bitmaps in the GUI Editor (not Hardcoded anymore)
- Can Change Blip Colors in the GUI Editor
- Can Change ViewAngleLine Colors of the Map in the GUI Editor
- Can Turn the ViewAngle On and Off in GUI Editor
- Can Set the Radar Range in GUI Editor (F10)

To install and use:
1) Backup old guiRadarCtrl.h/guiRadarCtrl.cc
2) Add the files from this resource (Note that the gui Directories in TGE1.4 changed)
3) Recompile
4) In the GUI editor (F10) add the GuiRadarCtrl

Advanced Camera: - Thanx OneST8
To use with the advanced camera just change line 312 in guiRadarCtrl.cc:
//conn->getControlCameraTransform(0,&cam); // store camera information
to this:
control->getEyeTransform(&cam);

Credits Thor Zollinger/Matt Webster for the original resources!
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Torque Owner Fabio Daniel "Sagaz"
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#21
06/08/2006 (11:16 am)
Where to put the .png files in TGE?

Torque Owner James Laker (BurNinG)
#22
06/09/2006 (1:10 am)
From the top of my head client/ui dir... but you should be able to put it anywhere in the Torque dir.
You then just browse for the files in the GUI editor.

Associate Fyodor "bank" Osokin
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#23
07/07/2006 (8:10 am)
hmm.. I put it in with no problems... but - if it's already in playGui.gui and I try to open this GUI in editor (F10) - it crashes..

Torque Owner OneST8
#24
07/08/2006 (11:09 pm)
For the Advanced Camera issue, you can always not use any camera transform and use the player's eye transform instead. While the map etc won't rotate with the camera anymore, it'll rotate with the direction the player's avatar is facing. Depending on your game, this may be a good thing.

Anyways, just thought I'd share this.

Around line 312 in guiRadarCtrl.cc:
//conn->getControlCameraTransform(0,&cam); // store camera information
[b]control->getEyeTransform(&cam);[/b]

Torque Owner James Laker (BurNinG)
#25
07/10/2006 (12:23 am)
@Bank: Make sure your files/images are still in their respective directories.
@OneST8: Awesome. Sometimes what seems complicated has such an simple anwer. Thanx!

Torque 3D Owner Jesse (Midhir) Liles
#26
07/11/2006 (12:05 pm)
If you don't have the advanced camera resource, comment out line 36 of GuiRadarCtrl.cc:

//#include "game/advancedCamera.h"

Torque Owner James Laker (BurNinG)
#27
07/12/2006 (3:37 am)
Fanx Midhir...

Torque Owner Dreamer
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#28
07/12/2006 (7:49 am)
@BurNinG, Hey man this is some excellent work! Do you mind if this resource makes it's way into the MMORPG Kit's next release? You will of course get full credit for it.
Regards,
Dreamer

Torque Owner James Laker (BurNinG)
#29
07/12/2006 (8:16 am)
It aint mine.... I just added/updated it, and made it more userfriendy.
Ask these guys: Thor Zollinger and Matt Webster

Torque 3D Owner Jay Verba
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#30
10/04/2006 (11:46 am)
I installed this resource according to the tut. Compiled fine. Added the gui control fine, displayed radar with compass and background worked fine. But if I go to mission editor, after adding the control to my gui, and then click on file menu, all of the fonts are broken (half the letter missing for each letter) and also new mission... just crashes my entire computer. Remove the radar from gui, and everything works fine again. Baffled.

using TGE 1.4 new install.

Any suggestions?

Torque Owner James Laker (BurNinG)
#31
10/05/2006 (1:30 am)
Thats strange... What fonts are broken? All the fonts?
Can you mail me the images you are using? burningza@gmail.com

Torque 3D Owner Jay Verba
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#32
10/09/2006 (11:56 am)
Any text in any menu in any built in editor is all garbled and screwy with lines missing and extra lines in goofy places for each letter. Really weird. Also it still crashes upon attempting to create a new mission file.

Torque Owner gamer
#33
10/30/2006 (9:42 pm)
great resource, works great on 1.4, now is there a way to zoom in the radar? I have lots of people in close positions so they are all gobbled up as a single dot...

Torque Owner gamer
#34
10/30/2006 (11:00 pm)
Ok I should use setRange(), fantastic!

Torque Owner James Laker (BurNinG)
#35
10/31/2006 (4:21 am)
That is correct.

Torque Owner David Byrge
#36
11/07/2006 (11:47 am)
I am using Torque 1.5 and I put the .cc and .h files in .....
C:\Torque\SDK\engine\gui\game\ *files*

and the .png files in....C:\Torque\SDK\example\starter.fps\client\ui\*files*

It compiled without any errors but i do not have the guiradarctrl in the "new control" drop down menu to be selected. I also do not see any errors in the log. The engine runs fine and does not crash. Any clue as to what I am doing wrong?

Torque Owner James Laker (BurNinG)
#37
11/08/2006 (1:03 am)
I dont have 1.5, so I really cant say for sure.

Are you you did a complete compile, Rebuild All?

Can anyone else confirm that it is not working in 1.5?

Torque Owner David Byrge
#38
11/09/2006 (10:20 am)
Yes, I did a complete rebuild. I can revert back to 1.4 though just to see it in action.

Harvey Greensall
#39
12/04/2006 (10:21 am)
Has anyone had positive results with this in 1.5 yet?

Torque Owner asmaloney (Andy)
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#40
12/24/2006 (4:37 am)
FYI - I just added it to starter.fps 1.5 on the Mac without any problems. I tried the compass and the radar [but not the map], but haven't played with all the options yet.
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