Registered: Mar 2001
Location: Ji & PoG's RPG
Posts: 615

The RPG HUD that I'm making (you all got an email) currently just displays something like

[ Mana: 34 / 56 ]

My plans are to have the HUD integrated with .wav files and .bmp files, so that there are symbols for mana, and my HUD is icon-based. The .wav's i can make, I was going to use that for when your hp gets low, it plays a .wav file.. but anyway, to the point..

I need BMP files for the following:

MANA
HIT POINTS
COINS
WEIGHT

Those are informations that my alpha hud contains.. don't worry, it'll grow ;]

Please make the .bmp files CORRESPONDING. I don't need a coin chest bitmap for my MANA thing, for example.

I would appreciate if the .bmp's were 16 x 33 in pixel size, or 16 pixels in height and 33 pixels in width, or if they were IN PORPORTION to that. (i.e. a 32 x 66 bitmap would work, as well as a 8 x 16.6, as they are multiples or dividends of 16 and 33.)

Thanks!

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Registered: Mar 2001
Location: Ottawa, ON, Canada
Posts: 615

Can you possibly make this HUD an actual HUD as opposed to a centerPrint ?

And I suggest raising the schedule delay to about 1.0 or 2.0, and the rpgfetchdata("Weight") should only be checked perhaps every 5 to 10 seconds (lag issues)

code:

function getVars()
{
	rpgfetchdata("MANA");
	rpgfetchdata("MaxMANA");
	rpgfetchdata("HP");
	rpgfetchdata("MaxHP");
	rpgfetchdata("COINS");
	rpgfetchdata("MaxWeight");
	$mana = $rpgdata["MANA"];
	$maxmana = $rpgdata["MaxMANA"];
	$hp =  $rpgdata["HP"];
	$maxhp = $rpgdata["MaxHP"];
	$coins = $rpgdata["COINS"];
	$maxweight = $rpgdata["MaxWeight"];

	if($rfdcnt++ >= (6/1.5))
	{
		//6 / 1.5 = approx. 6 seconds considering the schedule at 1.5
		rpgfetchdata("Weight");
		$weight = $rpgdata["Weight"];
		$rfdcnt = 0;
	}

	schedule("getVars();", 1.5);
}

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Registered: Mar 2001
Location: Ottawa, ON, Canada
Posts: 615

Ok I wrote a HUD that uses PrestoPack

It'll be in the next update as rpghud.cs

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Registered: Mar 2001
Location: Ji & PoG's RPG
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Who said I was going to write a centerPrint hud?

If you were reffering to the quickie I wrote in 5 minutes, that used center print because thats easier to code than making a real gui..

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Registered: Mar 2001
Location: Ottawa, ON, Canada
Posts: 615

I was refering to the one you posted...

Oh well... I suggest basing yourself off of the one I whipped up. Rename it to SadHud or something =)

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Registered: Mar 2001
Location: Ji & PoG's RPG
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Mat, what files from Presto does your hud use?

My comp decided to not be nice today..

In console I get the error

HUD::New Unknown Command
HUD:isplay Unknown Command

Yes, I have Presto.. my presto prefs are all set to false..

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Registered: Mar 2001
Location: Ji & PoG's RPG
Posts: 615

Found out the problem..

If you set all of your presto options to false, presto doesn't exec the HUD.cs file that rpghud requires for functionality.

SO, if your rpghud isn't working, simply add a

exec("presto\\hud.cs");

To your autoexec.cs file.

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Registered: Mar 2001
Location: Houston TX
Posts: 399

Jeremy, if the weight var causes lag issues.. couldn't it be abused by a trouble maker to crash the server?

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Registered: Mar 2001
Location: Ji & PoG's RPG
Posts: 615

Holy......

Oh boy... rpgfetchdata shure is going to be fun playing around with... I have found 76 things you can call with it...

I'm going to be occupied for a while, 'till someone wants me to do somethin

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Registered: Mar 2001
Location: Houston TX
Posts: 399

How do you run this clientside.. seperately rpgfetchdata(); wont be recognized.. which .cs file is it located in?

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client.cs

Thats why if its not working right, The HUD I mean, you need to make sure you start tribes like so: "tribes.exe -mod rpg"

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Registered: Mar 2001
Location: Berlin, WI
Posts: 2447

make this availiable to the masses ji, put exec(client) into the normal startup routine, dont make the people out there run -mod rpg...........i say bupdate3 should auto run client.cs

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Registered: Mar 2001
Location: Ottawa, ON, Canada
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zelgadis, do you know what -mod rpg does?

FYI client.cs already gets executed, just not the one in tribes\rpg

that's why a -mod rpg is required. when you exec(client) it execs the one in the rpg folder as opposed to the default one in base

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Registered: Mar 2001
Location: Berlin, WI
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DOH i didnt realize there was one in base.

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Registered: Mar 2001
Location: Ji & PoG's RPG
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Yes, if you compare the two client.cs's you'll notice that the rpg/scripts.vol/client.cs is identical to the base/scripts.vol/client.cs, except that at the end theres some added rpg functions.

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