[[Micah]] Posted June 29, 2003 Report Share Posted June 29, 2003 Oops! I never had them installed.I though actually, that alpha will install them, but apparently it did not. So, I will keep the vertical layout. I will fix the width of the buttons and add a label to the top of the dialog.The new nsis installer we have working for the alpha now (though it's not available for dl yet) will autoinstall the fonts. Sorry the previous cheap winrar selfextractor did not do the job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revenant4 Posted June 29, 2003 Report Share Posted June 29, 2003 Excellent job Mamutas...like the vertical option screen better... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamutas Posted June 29, 2003 Report Share Posted June 29, 2003 Excellent job Mamutas...like the vertical option screen better...Thanks! But wait till you see the image with installed fonts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breunor Posted June 30, 2003 Report Share Posted June 30, 2003 Do the options look better or worse when the text is right aligned, similar to the right-hand options? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red knight Posted June 30, 2003 Report Share Posted June 30, 2003 You cannot right aligned it because the click part for the button is in there... about left aligned, it looks cool... GreetingsRed Knight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaaish Posted June 30, 2003 Report Share Posted June 30, 2003 (edited) Deimos sent me the PSD for the geoscape and whated me to do something with the options. I mocked it up and I'm posting a JPG of the options screen. This is with the option buttons facing the same way as the the normal geoscape ones and the text right aligned. Take it for what you will. Edited June 30, 2003 by Vaaish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordT Posted June 30, 2003 Report Share Posted June 30, 2003 Looks good, but it has one flaw... the right scrollbar. What is it doing there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[[Micah]] Posted June 30, 2003 Report Share Posted June 30, 2003 RK, if we left-align the options panel, wouldn't we have to do the same for the geoscape menu? I think they both look alright right-aligned, if it is possible even with the click part of the button in the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaaish Posted June 30, 2003 Report Share Posted June 30, 2003 Looks good, but it has one flaw... the right scrollbar. What is it doing there?Not sure either, but it was in the template Deimos had so I left it there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breunor Posted June 30, 2003 Report Share Posted June 30, 2003 Vaaish's layout is what I meant about the right alignment. Is it that there's a fixed location on the dialog for the click, or is it the entire button as an object? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red knight Posted June 30, 2003 Report Share Posted June 30, 2003 I didnt though about flipping the texture, I had amazed myself on my stupidity. By the way Deimos, I suggest you to remake the panel texture in 256x256 cause the current texture is 192x256 or something on the line... GreetingsRed Knight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamutas Posted July 1, 2003 Report Share Posted July 1, 2003 I didnt though about flipping the texture, I had amazed myself on my stupidity. By the way Deimos, I suggest you to remake the panel texture in 256x256 cause the current texture is 192x256 or something on the line... GreetingsRed KnightRK, this is a first time of brain meltdown! Take more care of yourself. I have an image which is 360x197. It is stretched to fit in 200x230. This are original coordinates, which are too narrow with given font. Anyway, I think it is not good to stretch this simple texture. I will calculate coordinates for button size to fit the longest caption and post them here. From that we can get the texture in right size. BTW, I will go with right alignement for the consistence purpose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamutas Posted July 1, 2003 Report Share Posted July 1, 2003 I was not expecting to produce this image soon, otherwise I would not double post. Here it is. Panel is 240x250. Buttons are 200x24. The background does not look nice, but buttons are fine.Could our artists to redo the background and send it to me? Please, keep the title area (I will put a label there. I cannot think about anything except 'Menu') as well as a cross in top right corner. This will be a 'close' or 'cancel' button on dialogs (I suggest on all of the dialogs to be consistent) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deimos Posted July 2, 2003 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2003 (edited) RK one 256x256 panel. Ready to roll with transparency. Edited July 2, 2003 by Deimos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red knight Posted July 2, 2003 Report Share Posted July 2, 2003 Deimos can you post only the background without the buttons?? GreetingsRed Knight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deimos Posted July 2, 2003 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2003 Like this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamutas Posted July 2, 2003 Report Share Posted July 2, 2003 Yeah, like this, but without this arrow in top right corner. This is a part of scrollbar, what it is doing here? Also, I will readjust my config file to use 256x256 background and make buttons longer appropriately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deimos Posted July 2, 2003 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2003 How did that get there? I thought I'd fixed that Oh well try again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red knight Posted July 3, 2003 Report Share Posted July 3, 2003 Perfect... GreetingsRed Knight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest drewid Posted July 3, 2003 Report Share Posted July 3, 2003 sweet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamutas Posted July 5, 2003 Report Share Posted July 5, 2003 (edited) Here is the latest and greates version. I consider this panel is completed and move on to one of FX panel. Note, that there is white line around, but this is perhaps should be a transparent area - some functionality which is not yet implemented, but it goes beyond the scope of work for this panel. RK, if I remember right you were going to work on that. PM to discuss it, please. Also note, that I changed button label on the right from 'Options' to 'Menu' as it makes more sense to me. (umm, actually I stole it from Warcraft III ) Edited July 5, 2003 by mamutas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[[Micah]] Posted July 6, 2003 Report Share Posted July 6, 2003 Also note, that I changed button label on the right from 'Options' to 'Menu' as it makes more sense to me. (umm, actually I stole it from Warcraft III )I like "Options" better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cubik Posted July 6, 2003 Report Share Posted July 6, 2003 I agree. "Game Options" sounds better. Either that or change all instances of "options" to "menu" i.e "sound menu". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deimos Posted July 6, 2003 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2003 Sorry Mamutas, I gotta agree with everyone here. Options is better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamutas Posted July 8, 2003 Report Share Posted July 8, 2003 Ok. Any suggestions for a window title? Note, that it should be somehow linked to the button it was invoked from: 'menu'->'game menu', 'options'->'game options'???But what has load/save game has with options? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revenant4 Posted July 8, 2003 Report Share Posted July 8, 2003 Ok I'm going to have to be the black sheep here and say I like "Gameplay Options" better... ...it just sounds more professional Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikker Posted July 8, 2003 Report Share Posted July 8, 2003 options all the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamutas Posted July 8, 2003 Report Share Posted July 8, 2003 Ok I'm going to have to be the black sheep here and say I like "Gameplay Options" better... ...it just sounds more professional"Gameplay Options" is the label for the button which will display game specific options: speed of bullets, tracing, etc. It cannot be used to call all the options. Ok... whatever.I will change the button back to 'Options' and dialog title will be 'Game Options'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breunor Posted July 8, 2003 Report Share Posted July 8, 2003 Not every button needs to end with options or menu. Load Game and Save Game are for just that, while Sound Options, etc makes sense. For the button that gets you to this main option screen, Options Menu makes sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikker Posted July 8, 2003 Report Share Posted July 8, 2003 yes......options menu is cool! http://pages.prodigy.net/rogerlori1/emoticons/shades2.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest drewid Posted July 8, 2003 Report Share Posted July 8, 2003 yep, keep it simple. That works Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaaish Posted July 8, 2003 Report Share Posted July 8, 2003 one thing that is bothering me is the mismatched space between the carious buttons. I think it would look more professional to either have a physical devider there or have them alligned same as the geoscape side bar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenshiro Posted July 8, 2003 Report Share Posted July 8, 2003 I think the spacing works because it keeps the various button categories logically together. Putting seperators between them might fill the space too much. I think it looks pretty good as is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deimos Posted July 8, 2003 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2003 Mamutas, one equally spaced menu panel without the horribly obvious repeating texture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revenant4 Posted July 9, 2003 Report Share Posted July 9, 2003 I think the spacing works because it keeps the various button categories logically together. Putting seperators between them might fill the space too much. I think it looks pretty good as is.I agree... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest drewid Posted July 9, 2003 Report Share Posted July 9, 2003 I think the spacing works because it keeps the various button categories logically together. Putting seperators between them might fill the space too much. I think it looks pretty good as is.I agree... I agree as well. it's obvious what the spacing means and it groups the categories nicely without clutter. As to random button textures. i like the way the parretn spreads across all the buttons. and if we can afford the space then why not, If space gets tight we could always havea handful of different buttons that get randomised around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikker Posted July 9, 2003 Report Share Posted July 9, 2003 we could even make a big texture, and make the button-texture scroll independent of each other, in random dirrections? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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