Mission in main menu GUI 1.4

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This is just a mod from the original Resource Mission in main menu GUI by Frank Bignone, but has been ported from Torque 1.3 to 1.4 users.

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Original Resource:
www.garagegames.com/index.php?sec=mg&mod=resource&page=view&qid=4171

Here is a short code sample to display mission inside the main menu gui. This code is based on the torque example and will load the waterworld mission in the main menu gui.

I have not added any camera path in the waterworld mission, but you may add some dynamic camera path (see my previous resources) and have some nice view of your mission in your main menu gui (like in the Orbz game).

To install the code samples, just unzip the archive in your example directory (do not forget to make a backup before).

If you want to change it, look at the loadMenu function in the fps/client/init.cs file.

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DRL 2.0 Add on
www.garagegames.com/index.php?sec=mg&mod=resource&page=view&qid=10232

If you want to get this to work with DRL 2.0, you are going to need to modify the following file
client\scripts\serverConnection.cs

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// GameConnection client callbacks
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------

function callItUpLOL()
{
   Canvas.setContent(MainMenuGui);
   resetDRL();
}
function fixTheDamnDRL()
{
   resetDRL();
}
function GameConnection::initialControlSet(%this)
{
   echo ("*** Initial Control Object");   
   // The first control object has been set by the server   
   // and we are now ready to go.      
   // first check if the editor is active   

   if (!Editor::checkActiveLoadDone())
   {
      if( $mainMenu )
      {
         Canvas.setContent(PlayGui);
         PlayGui.noCursor = "0";
         schedule(100,0,callItUpLOL);
         schedule(200,0,fixTheDamnDRL);
         resetDRL();
      }
      else if (Canvas.getContent() != PlayGui.getId())
      {
         Canvas.setContent(PlayGui);
         resetDRL();
      }
   }
}

In client/scripts/playGui.cs, add the following to the PlayGui::onWake method:

if($mainMenu == true)
   {
      PlayGui.noCursor = "0";
   }
   else
   {
      PlayGui.noCursor = "1";
   }

This update thanks go to C2, for help with syntax code.