GuiSystem (Dialogs,MainMenu)

[aiaf]

I added a gui system, work in progress but i commited it so you can see i make good progress.

 

I tried to keep it simple and flexible ,this is how its used:

local guimanager = GuiManager:new(nil, gui, gstate)

guimanager:loadDialogData(TestDialogs)

Under the hood the GuiManager takes care of main menu, dialogs and in future also inventory.

 

The dialog text is loaded from a file:

TestDialogs = {
                {id=1, speaker = "Minsc", text = "Welcome to Forth!", navButtonType = "Continue", choices={}},
                {id=2, speaker = "Minsc", text = "Welcome to Forth! Second", navButtonType = "Continue", choices={}},
                {id=2, speaker = "Minsc", text = "Welcome to Forth! Third", navButtonType = "Continue", choices={}},
                {id=3, speaker = "Minsc", text = "Welcome to Forth! Fourth", navButtonType = "End Dialog", choices={}
			}

 

You can see it in action on game main menu, can click continue when last dialog panel will be closed.

Also a game state class , may be too simple but for now is ok.

 

Next i will implement the dialog choices.

[aiaf]

More progress with this , now i have a tree like structure for the dialogs.

If you pull the changes can see the dialog in game made from this description file:

TestOneChoice = {
    ["1_1"] = { speaker = "Minsc", text = "Who are you ?", navButtonType = "None", choices = {"Minsc", "Rom (Lie)", "I dont know", "What What"}},
        ["1_1_11"] = { speaker = "Guardian", text = "Ok Minsc, now show me the money", navButtonType = "None", choices = {"I dont have any money", "Say what ? die", "Banzaaii"}},
            ["1_2_11"] = { speaker = "Minsc", text = "Then give me some bread. Now!", navButtonType = "End Dialog", choices = {}},
            ["2_2_11"] = { speaker = "Minsc", text = "You will regret this. Defend yourself!", navButtonType = "End Dialog", choices = {}},
            ["3_2_11"] = { speaker = "Minsc", text = "Die!", navButtonType = "End Dialog", choices = {}},
        ["2_1_11"] = { speaker = "Guardian", text = "Ok Rom nice to meet you", navButtonType = "None", choices = {"I need food", "Lets rob a bank", "Whatever"}},
            ["1_2_21"] = { speaker = "Guardian", text = "1", navButtonType = "End Dialog", choices = {}},
            ["2_2_21"] = { speaker = "Guardian", text = "2", navButtonType = "End Dialog", choices = {}},
            ["3_2_21"] = { speaker = "Guardian", text = "Test3", navButtonType = "None", choices = {"Test3"}},
                ["1_3_32"] = { speaker = "Guardian", text = "Ok", navButtonType = "None", choices = {"Test1", "Test2"}},
                    ["1_4_13"] = { speaker = "Guardian", text = "Ok1", navButtonType = "End Dialog", choices = {}},
                    ["2_4_13"] = { speaker = "Guardian", text = "Ok2", navButtonType = "End Dialog", choices = {}},
        ["3_1_11"] = { speaker = "Guardian", text = "What", navButtonType = "None", choices = {"Test"}},
            ["1_2_31"] = { speaker = "Guardian", text = "Test", navButtonType = "End Dialog", choices = {}},
        ["4_1_11"] = { speaker = "Guardian", text = "What What", navButtonType = "None", choices = {"What1"}},
            ["1_2_41"] = { speaker = "Guardian", text = "What1", navButtonType = "End Dialog", choices = {}}
}

I need to do more testing, and think of a way to store player choices.

 

What that key index means:

(index)_(depth)_(parent index depth joined as number)

They are actually easy to do once you figure it out.

 

I think i have a problem with duplicate entires, ill come back with an update.

 

[aiaf]

I had to change the indexing.Now is done and working perfectly bonus the code is simpler.

TestOneChoice = {
    ["11"] = { speaker = "Minsc", text = "Who are you ?", navButtonType = "None", choices = {"Minsc", "Rom (Lie)", "I dont know", "What What"}},
        ["1111"] = { speaker = "Guardian", text = "Ok Minsc, now show me the money", navButtonType = "None", choices = {"I dont have any money", "Say what ? die", "Banzaaii"}},
            ["121111"] = { speaker = "Minsc", text = "Then give me some bread. Now!", navButtonType = "End Dialog", choices = {}},
            ["221111"] = { speaker = "Minsc", text = "You will regret this. Defend yourself!", navButtonType = "End Dialog", choices = {}},
            ["321111"] = { speaker = "Minsc", text = "Die!", navButtonType = "End Dialog", choices = {}},
        ["2111"] = { speaker = "Guardian", text = "Ok Rom nice to meet you", navButtonType = "None", choices = {"I need food", "Lets rob a bank", "Whatever"}},
            ["122111"] = { speaker = "Guardian", text = "1", navButtonType = "End Dialog", choices = {}},
            ["222111"] = { speaker = "Guardian", text = "2", navButtonType = "End Dialog", choices = {}},
            ["322111"] = { speaker = "Guardian", text = "Test3", navButtonType = "None", choices = {"Test3"}},
                ["13322111"] = { speaker = "Guardian", text = "Ok", navButtonType = "None", choices = {"Test1", "Test2"}},
                    ["1413322111"] = { speaker = "Guardian", text = "Ok1", navButtonType = "End Dialog", choices = {}},
                    ["2413322111"] = { speaker = "Guardian", text = "Ok2", navButtonType = "End Dialog", choices = {}},
        ["3111"] = { speaker = "Guardian", text = "What", navButtonType = "None", choices = {"Test"}},
            ["123111"] = { speaker = "Guardian", text = "Test", navButtonType = "End Dialog", choices = {}},
        ["4111"] = { speaker = "Guardian", text = "What What", navButtonType = "None", choices = {"What1"}},
            ["124111"] = { speaker = "Guardian", text = "What1", navButtonType = "End Dialog", choices = {}}
}

 

13322111 - means:

1 - the menu selection index

3 - depth

22111 - the parent id

You can figure it out by looking at the example.