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[Saffith]

A new style is probably the easiest option. If the only difference is the items, you could use a single style, but change the backdrop data to use blank tiles for non-shop messages.

You could also just have the shop script draw the combos itself, as long as Tango isn't drawing on the highest possible layer. Another option would be a custom or extended font that has those tiles as characters, but that would be harder to set up.

[xenomicx]

A new style is probably the easiest option. If the only difference is the items, you could use a single style, but change the backdrop data to use blank tiles for non-shop messages.

You could also just have the shop script draw the combos itself, as long as Tango isn't drawing on the highest possible layer. Another option would be a custom or extended font that has those tiles as characters, but that would be harder to set up.

I think you're right...a new style would be easiest, but then again there are different types of shops. I might just learn to create a new font...well, because I planned on it anyway. LOL Thanks!

[xenomicx]

So I got the hang of creating an extended font by looking at the relationship between the Oracle Proportional font and  Oracle Extended font, both of which are used in tangoDemo.qst.

Now I've created a  GUI Extended font with one additional (so far) character at the end; a bomb. Now my question is, how do I type that in my string?

// "GUI EXTENDED" extended with bomb icon

int TANGO_FONT_GUI_EXTENDED[] = {
    TANGO_FONT_BUILTIN_EXTENDED,
    TANGO_FONT_PROPORTIONAL,
    FONT_L2,
    1165, // Start of extensions (bomb icon located at tile #1165)
    13,    // Character height
    0,    // Space between lines

   // sp !  "  #  $  %  &  '  (  )  *  +  ,  -  .  /
       6, 2, 5, 7, 6, 8, 6, 2, 3, 3, 4, 6, 3, 3, 2, 5,
    
    // 0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9
       6, 4, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6,
    
    // :  ;  <  =  >  ?  @
       2, 3, 5, 6, 5, 6, 11,
    
    // A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  J  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  U  V  W   X  Y  Z
       8, 6, 7, 7, 6, 6, 7, 7, 2, 5, 7, 6, 8, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 6, 6, 7, 8, 12, 8, 8, 8,
    
    // [  \  ]  ^  _  `
       3, 5, 3, 6, 6, 3,
    
    // a  b  c  d  e  f  g  h  i  j  k  l  m  n  o  p  q  r  s  t  u  v  w  x  y  z
       6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 3, 6, 6, 2, 2, 6, 2, 8, 6, 6, 6, 6, 3, 5, 3, 6, 6, 8, 5, 5, 5,
    
    // {  |  }  ~
       4, 2, 4, 7,
    
    // Additional characters
       3, 14, 14, 8, 8, 8, 8, 14, 14, 10, 10, 6, 6, 4, 13, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3,
       3, 3, 3, 10, 10, 12, 12, 3, 3, 3, 3, 1, 2, 6, 6, 6, 6, 2, 6, 4, 9, 4, 6,
       6, 3, 8, 7, 4, 6, 4, 4, 3, 6, 6, 3, 3, 3, 4, 6, 8, 8, 8, 6, 8, 8, 8, 8,
       8, 8, 10, 7, 6, 6, 6, 6, 2, 3, 4, 4, 8, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 6, 7, 7, 7, 7,
       7, 8, 7, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 10, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 3, 4, 4, 4, 6, 6, 6, 6,
       6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6,

    // Extended font characters
    
    // A bomb icon
    14



};

 

EDIT: I'm guessing it would be displayed by using @256...right? And if I add anymore @257, @258 etc...?

 

EDIT 2:  Yes, I'm correct! the extended font begins at @256. So now I can display shop items using tango!

Edited by xenomicx, 10 October 2015 - 10:10 AM.

[Deedee]

Okay, just asking, but how do I exit a menu with start? I'm kinda scripting my own subscreen here, and exiting with the B button feels awkward.

 

Also, a little unrelated, but do draw combo's animate when there is a screen freeze combo on the screen?

Edited by Dimentio, 10 October 2015 - 10:24 AM.

[Saffith]

There are functions in the main file you can edit to change the controls. You want these two:

// Return Link->Press* for menu cancel button
bool __Tango_PressMenuCancel()
{
    return Link->PressB || Link->PressStart;
}

// Return Link->Input* for both menu select and cancel buttons
bool __Tango_InputMenu()
{
    return Link->InputA || Link->InputB || Link->PressStart;
}

Yes, drawn combos will still animate.

[xenomicx]

Is it possible to run tango messages in an item pickup script? If so, can you help with this one...I'm running circles trying to figure out how to convert it. This is the Heart Piece Message script in the database by MoscowModder

//Old version: supports only 4-piece heart containers
//Messages can be set automatically or manually
//D0 = First message
//D1-3 = Second-fourth messages; default to strings after D0


item script Heart_Piece_Message{
    void run (int m1, int m2, int m3, int m4){
        //Set m2-4 to follow m1 if not set explicitly
        if ( m2 == 0 ) m2 = m1+1;
        if ( m3 == 0 ) m3 = m1+2;
        if ( m4 == 0 ) m4 = m1+3;
        
        //Play the appropriate message
        if ( Game->Generic[GEN_HEARTPIECES] == 0 )
            Screen->Message(m1);
        if ( Game->Generic[GEN_HEARTPIECES] == 1 )
            Screen->Message(m2);
        if ( Game->Generic[GEN_HEARTPIECES] == 2 )
            Screen->Message(m3);
        if ( Game->Generic[GEN_HEARTPIECES] == 3 )
            Screen->Message(m4);
    }
}

//New version: supports any number of heart containers
//D0 = String # of first message
//All other messages *MUST* follow the first

item script Heart_Piece_Message{
    void run ( int message ){
        Screen->Message ( message + Game->Generic[GEN_HEARTPIECES] );
    }
}

[Saffith]

You've already got a ShowMessage() function, so all you should need to do is replace the Screen->Message() calls. So you might replace
Screen->Message(m1);
with
ShowMessage(m1, TANGO_SLOT_NORMAL, STYLE_PLAIN, 32, 32);
and so forth.

[xenomicx]

You've already got a ShowMessage() function, so all you should need to do is replace the Screen->Message() calls. So you might replace
Screen->Message(m1);
with
ShowMessage(m1, TANGO_SLOT_NORMAL, STYLE_PLAIN, 32, 32);
and so forth.

Gees...I knew that! That was the first thing I tried and when it didn't work, I've been rattling my brain trying different way. Then I realized I was misspelling the script wrong when I imported it. LOL

[Gégé]

Hi. What are the coordinates to do the opposite? The pop-up window comes down from the top and then back up.
 

int movement[]="@while(@greater(@y 130) @inc(@y -3))@delay(120)@while(@less(@y 32) @inc(@y 3))";

 
Destination :

Tango_SetSlotPosition(slot, 64, 32);

Edited by Gégé, 22 November 2015 - 02:37 PM.

[Saffith]

It depends partly on how tall the text box is. The Y position is the top of the box, so the start and end point has to be high enough that the whole thing is offscreen. Assuming it's 24 pixels, like the original version, the Y position needs to be -24 or less.
Using -24 and 32, it would be:

int movement[]="@while(@less(@y 32) @inc(@y 3))@delay(120)@while(@greater(@y -24) @inc(@y -3))";

If you want it to stop exactly at 32, the total distance needs to be a multiple of the step, so you'd use -25 instead.

[Gégé]

Thank you, I understood the functioning. I succeeded .

[Gégé]

Is it possible to combine two pop-up window that are not in the same place but can appear at the same time ? by 2 different ItemObtained scripts.

Edited by Gégé, 24 November 2015 - 04:07 PM.

[Saffith]

Sure. The function that displays the messages will need some way of knowing where they should go. The easiest way would be to set the position based on the slot number.
If the pop-up slots are 1 and 2, that might look like:

int slot=Tango_GetFreeSlot(TANGO_SLOT_POPUP);
// Set up message here
if(slot==1)
    Tango_SetSlotPosition(slot, 16, -24);
else if(slot==2)
    Tango_SetSlotPosition(slot, 80, -24);

[Gégé]

Thank you very much

Edited by Gégé, 24 November 2015 - 06:06 PM.

[C-Dawg]

Hey, Saffith.

 

Do you know of a reason why a call to the ShowString function (the one that displays a zQuest string int[]) you wrote for the Demo Quest might result in the player's movement input being locked but no string appearing?  I haven't delved deeply into your code to see specifically.  I took your demo and made a few Styles based on the Navi style you did, the only differences being one Style makes a tiny little speech bubble and the other makes a full size one.  The tiny one works fine, but the larger one just locks the player permanently without displaying anything.

 

Anywhere I should start looking on this?

 

EDIT: Also, for a Style like Navis, where a character talks but does not interrupt the action, how do I tell Tango how long to leave the message displayed once it triggers?

Edited by C-Dawg, 21 December 2015 - 02:46 PM.