Creating Main Title screen

[Gribbler]

Hello!

I want to make a title screen for my game. I have all game rooms already created. I added additional room - number 1. It is a simple png file with a title and three signs below it: PLAY, LOAD and QUIT. I made hotspots out of them. I hid the character in this room and my game has a inventory panel at the bottom. Here's code for the room:

Code: AGS

function hQUIT_AnyClick()
{
QuitGame(1);
}

function hLOAD_AnyClick()
{
//show_restore_game_dialog();
}

function room_Load()
{
gInventory.Visible = false;
gIconbar.Visible = false;
}

function hPLAY_AnyClick()
{
player.ChangeRoom(3, 121, 120);
player.FaceLocation(283,  92);
gInventory.Visible = true;
gIconbar.Visible = true;
}

I have two problems here. First, LOAD hotspot. I entered the code from the button found in the default iconbar but I keep getting message: undefined token show_restore_game_dialog. I don't know why. If I keep iconbar visible, LOAD button in it works fine, and it has the same code.
Second problem is - while on this main title screen I still have the option to cycle through cursor modes: see, talk, interact etc. but I want it to be just cursor arrow, exactly as you have when you move cursor over iconbar when visible.

What do I do? Beside RTFM, which I already did:)

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[OG]

First problem:

Throw this in the load hotspot AnyClick -

Code: AGS

lstRestoreGamesList.FillSaveGameList();
gRestoreGame.Visible = true;

Second problem:

Throw this in the room's room_load -

Code: AGS

mouse.Mode = eModePointer;

[geork]

Hello Gribbler!

For the first problem:
show_restore_game_dialog() is not a universal function and only really works in GlobalScript.asc first you'll need to export it. in GlobalScript.ash write

Code: AGS

import function show_restore_game_dialog();

and the LOAD hotspot should work fine!

There are two ways of combating the second problem:

The first is to simply deactivate all the Mouse modes apart from the pointer mode, and set it to that. so maybe in the room script something along the lines of:

Code: AGS

function room_Load()
{
gInventory.Visible = false;
gIconbar.Visible = false;
Mouse.Mode = eModePointer;
Mouse.DisableMode(eModeInteract);
Mouse.DisableMode(eModeLookat);
//etc etc
}

The second way I preffer more as it's a little more elegant: You could merely check in the function that handles the way you change modes (I assume it's right click, so the function would be on_mouse_click() in GlobalScript.asc) to see whether the player is in Room 1, and block the appropriate expression accordingly. It'll look something like:

Code: AGS

function on_mouse_click(MouseButton button) {
//some stuff including an if statement if I remember right...
  else if (button == eMouseRight && player.Room != 1){ //checks whether the player is in room 1, and if so will stop the expression from executing
    mouse.SelectNextMode();
  }
}

which should stop your mouse mode from changing until you leave the menu

Hope that helps

EDIT: Onker got there before me
  Although merely setting the mouse mode to pointer doesn't solve the issue (for the second bit), as the modes can still rotate.

[OG]

True. haha. Geork is right with:

Code: AGS

Mouse.Mode = eModePointer;
Mouse.DisableMode(eModeInteract);
Mouse.DisableMode(eModeLookat);
//etc etc

Not sure how that one slipped the ol' mind.

[Gribbler]

Thank you so much guys! You're unbelievable here:)

[Khris]

As a general note, functions don't need to be exported, just imported (geork's code is fine though). Only global variables/pointers need to be exported.

Regarding the mouse mode issue: Just add this to your room script to disable everything but left-clicks:

Code: ags

void on_mouse_click(MouseButton button) {
  if (button != eMouseLeft) ClaimEvent();
}

This will prevent the global on_mouse_click from being executed.

Set the mode to pointer like Onker suggested and don't forget to set it back to eModeWalk in the first room's room_Load().