Credits Menu Item Mod (Currently v1.22)

[Mikali]

CHANGES IN 1.22
* Converted "relic.tga" to "relic.rot" to conserve space.

CHANGES IN 1.21
* Now uses literal strings in "ModCheckList.lua".

CHANGES IN 1.2
* Fixed bugs where the credits list and main menu automatically scrolled to the bottom.
* Added an Relic image an removed the other images.

CHANGES IN 1.1
* Added a scroll bar to the main menu, in case anyone wants to add more menu items.

INSTALLATION
Extract this archive into your "...\Homeworld2\Data" directory.

INTRODUCTION
This mod adds a "Credits" menu item to your Homeworld 2 main menu.
Besides adding or replacing any images, you will only have to modify "ModCheckList.lua" in order to configure the menu for your mod.

DOWNLOAD
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Quad.../homeworld.htm

[SvK]

That's an excellent idea!

[Supernova]

Excellent, keep us well informed!

[Mikali]

I've been working on it for a while.
I managed to get the button to display, but nothing happens when I click it.
I created entries in "NewMainMenu.lua" and "UISettings.lua". I also created a new file called "CreditsScreen.lua", and referenced it in the above two files. Changing the "type" in "UISettings.lua" causes the existing menu items not to work. So, I think it's crucial.
However, I couldn't find where the "UI_...()" functions were defined. So, I did a text-search for the functions and found them (and the "types" listed in "UISettings.lua") within "Homeworld2.exe".
I don't think you can add new UI menus without being able to edit "Homeworld2.exe".
I'd have to sacrifice an existing menu in order to get it to work. But, I don't want to do that.
There are three disabled menus mentioned in "UISettings.lua" that I might be able to ressurect, and then edit. They are "PasswordScreen", "NotForPublicDisplay", and "StyleSheetTestScreen". However, none of these have a "type" set in "UISettings.lua", nor a corresponding LUA file.

In conclusion, the UI is looking pretty hard-coded, ATM.

[Mikali]

Nevermind. I think I got it to work.

[Homer Jr.]

Sweet! Tell us how

[Mikali]

See first post.

[Mikali]

I updated the mod to v1.1.

I added a scroll bar to the main menu, in case anyone wants to add more menu items.

[JeffHCross]

Originally posted by Mikail

Tip: if you need to add a new line to the descriptions, use the escape sequence "\n".

:: shudders ::

:: whispers ala Sixth Sense :: I see C++ codes.

(( Yes, I know it's not just C++ ... it's just C++ that's causing me nightmares in class right now ))

[evillejedi]

link seems to be dead

[Mikali]

The link is fixed.

[Tamerlane]

Mikail, outstanding job..thank you.

[Mikali]

There's a bunch of UI related functions within Homeworld2.exe. They could probably be recreated and be functional outside the exe, but we need them as a reference so we can see how they work. It would be nice if someone could extract them.

[omiwan]

nice this is cool now if we just have a few more mods to us this with

[varis]

I put v1.1 into my mod, seems it worked but now it can crash upon loading - under proper conditions - when I run it as a .big file:

 Unknown UIScreen type ScarProfilerEditBox in screen ScarProfilerEditBox 
 Error, LoadScreen failed to screen of type ScarProfilerEditBox
when loading section ScarProfilerEditBox from file ScarProfilerEditBox

Is there a glitch with uisettings.lua?

[EDIT]

Cry wolf... Ok probably it's just a problem of my mod, which I missed on the first testing round because HW2 works in funny ways...

Is it documented that ScarProfiler is part of the Credits mod? I suppose it didn't cause the crash, but if it was fully functional it'd work in case there is a crash, but now we just get the error message.

[Mikali]

The ScarProfilerEditBox is something I added that doesn't have anything to do with the credits mod. You receive the errors because it doesn't work. However, it shouldn't crash the game.
You can get rid of the error by deleting anything having to do with ScarProfilerEditBox. It won't affect the credits mod.

[varis]

It seems that the menu is scrolled to the bottom when you open it. Would seem much more logical to be at the top by default.

[Mikali]

Fixed.

[varis]

Mikail, you put v1.2 on the site but forgot to update the download link. Also would be more convenient if changelog & download link would be in the first message.

[edit]

Also found out that the Main menu scrolls to bottom by default.

Keep up the good work! :-)

[Mikali]

Fixed.

[gehwesi]