Dialogs

[Ryuu]

Just a minute before I created this thread I was insulting myself and thinking how 'noobish' I was.

Well thing is I just couldn't find out how to display a dialog to all players that is MUI and such..

Cause You see, you could make a dialog display to one player just like that:

• New or Load Dialog
  • Events
    • Time - Elapsed game time is 0.00 seconds
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Dialog - Change the title of NewLoadDialog to New or Load Game?
    • Dialog - Create a dialog button for NewLoadDialog labelled New
    • Set NewLoadDialogButtons[1] = (Last created dialog Button)
    • Dialog - Create a dialog button for NewLoadDialog labelled Load
    • Set NewLoadDialogButtons[2] = (Last created dialog Button)
    • Dialog - Show NewLoadDialog for Player 1 (Red)

and

• New Load Dialog But
  • Events
    • Dialog - A dialog button is clicked for NewLoadDialog
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • (Clicked dialog button) Equal to NewLoadDialogButtons[1]
      • Then - Actions
        • -------- actions.. --------
      • Else - Actions
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • (Clicked dialog button) Equal to NewLoadDialogButtons[2]
      • Then - Actions
        • -------- actions.. --------
      • Else - Actions

But how do I exactly make it for every player?

Off-topic question:
How do I refer to the player who clicked on the dialog button?

 

[perkeyone]

1) make a loop

for every integer A from 1 to 12
show new dialog for player (integer A)

2) refer to the clicking player as "triggering player"

 

[Ryuu]

Yes that seems easy, but not as easy as you thought.
The thing is, I have to clear the dialog because I have a lot of dialogs in my map, and I have to recycle some.

Different dialogs may come in at different times but using the same variable.
Therefore when I clear a dialog, the player that is still viewing the dialog will be able to see no buttons.

And that is the problem.

 

[perkeyone]

can you clear a dialog for only one player at a time? or do you have to clear it for all players?

 

[Ryuu]

• Dialog - Clear Dialog

This is a general action, you can't specify a player.

 

[perkeyone]

well when do the dialogs come up?
do they come up for all players each time?
why dont you just wait for all players to make a selection before clearing the dialog?

 

[Ryuu]

> well when do the dialogs come up?

They come up separately to each player, at different timings throughout the entire game.​

> do they come up for all players each time?

Nope. Different players would have different dialogs at different timings.​

> why dont you just wait for all players to make a selection before clearing the dialog?

That would slow the game down.​

 

[CaptDeath]

if its nessissairy to clear the dialogs
then just make different "dialogs" per player
is
Player1_NewLoad....
.....
.............
...................

 

[Ryuu]

This is inefficient.
Obviously there got to be some other easier, and more efficient method.

 

[CaptDeath]

if vJass is an option why not use a 2d array?

i still fail to see the reason behind wipeing dialogs is that to make them dynamic?(i only ever used static dialogs)