GUI

[Slimwaffle]

So I am able to successfully create widgets inside the menu. But is there a way to create them directly on to the player camera?

[aiaf]

Have a look in menu.lua.

For what you need draw widgets with last parameter gui:Getbase().

It's like the parent to draw on, when you draw on a panel you have the panel variable there.

[Slimwaffle]

So instead of gui:GetBase(). I would use context? 

[aiaf]

Use gui:GetBase()

Draw your widgets similar to the panel.

 

 

[GorzenDev]

you can create multiple GUI to hold widgets.
but only one event loop can be used.

[Slimwaffle]

So if I wanted to create a second GUI that doesn't use the menu or a background panel I would have to put the if events for the second GUI in the menu script?

[GorzenDev]

that is one option.
i recommend moving the event loop outside of the menu file though.
then call processevent(event) with a return value on any table that needs to process events.

for example in my current c++ project i actualy have a class called GUIManager which holds the event loop.
which in turn calls other gui classes to update and grab events.
when that call returns true then the event is processed and there is no need to call other classes with that event.

example code(C++) :

	//Handle GUI events
	while (EventQueue::Peek())
	{
		Event event = EventQueue::Wait();
		//
		//Update menu UI events
		if (!gamemenu->Hidden())
		{
			//exit game
			if (gamemenu->ProcessEvent(event) == false) return false;
		}
      		//update game UI events
		if (!gameui->Hidden()) gameui->ProcessEvent(event);
	}