UWindow2 Development Blog

[Lopar-XL]

He made a thread about this awhile ago, but the Big Crash of 2008 erased it.

 

[iCQ]

I didn't catch the original thread, Snake. What's this you're making now?

HEEEY SLEEPLESS (=go'ol vctf king) u here also now?

He made a thread about this awhile ago, but the Big Crash of 2008 erased it.

tell me about it :-(

I don't play UT3 online as my ping is pretty horrible.

That was i was afraid of... so many aussies 'suffer' from that problem, tho in the weekends there are some cool (active/filled) asian servers, cant recall the names anymore tho...

Anyhow... thanks a BUNCH for your work on the Uwindow project, me and many others are water-mouthing waiting for you to release a useable version.

Take care sir!

 

[Sleepless]

HEEEY SLEEPLESS (=go'ol vctf king) u here also now?

Sorry, you must be thinking of some other guy.

 

[[SAS]Solid Snake]

Update, pushing on with getting the progress release done.

The game type list now works, and theres also interaction between the two independent tabs. Changing a game type will also change the map list. Basic feature, but it's done without too much hard coding.

[SCREENSHOT]http://forums.beyondunreal.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=95680&stc=1&d=1211883155[/SCREENSHOT]

Looks a bit prettier as I did some new graphics for the tab components. Suppose all I have to do now is link up the 'Start' button, and then add another two tabs for 'mutators' and 'bots'.

[canvas UW_StyleSheet]
Ln=background-image:UWindowResource.MaterialInstance.Background
Ln=background-coordinates:0.f,0.f,1.f,0.768f
Ln=dimensions:0.f,0.f,1.f,1.f

[tabpanel UW_StyleSheet]
Ln=dimensions:0.f,0.f,1.f,0.9.f

[buttonbar UW_StyleSheet]
Ln=dimensions:0.f,0.f,1.f,0.1.f
Ln=background-image:UWindowResource.RaisedBacking
Ln=background-style:stretched

[button UW_StyleSheet]
Ln=dimensions:1.f,1.f,45,16
Ln=margin:-49,-20,0,0
Ln=background-image:UWindowResource.Texture.Button_Active
Ln=background-style:stretched

[panel UW_StyleSheet]
Ln=dimensions:0.f,0.f,1.f,1.f
Ln=padding:2,2,-4,-4
Ln=background-image:UWindowResource.Texture.TabFrame
Ln=background-style:stretched

[maplist UW_StyleSheet]
Ln=dimensions:0.f,0.f,1.f,1.f
Ln=padding:2,2,-4,-4

[mapimage UW_StyleSheet]
Ln=dimensions:0.f,0.25f,1.f,0.5f
Ln=margin:2,2,-4,-4

[window UW_StyleSheet]
Ln=background-image:UWindowResource.Texture.WindowFrame
Ln=background-style:stretched
Ln=dimensions:0.25f,0.25f,0.5f,0.5f
Ln=padding:4,14,-8,-18

[tabtext UW_StyleSheet]
Ln=dimensions:0.f,0.f,1.f,16
Ln=background-image:UWindowResource.Texture.Tab
Ln=background-style:stretched

[text UW_StyleSheet]
Ln=dimensions:0.f,0.f,1.f,16

[text UW_Component_Label]
Text="Test text"
TextPadding=3,3,3,3
StyleSheetNames=text

[tabtext UW_Component_Label]
TextPadding=3,3,3,3
StyleSheetNames=tabtext

[window_botmatch UW_Component]
StyleSheetNames=window
AlignmentClassName="UWindow.UW_Alignment_Vertical"
BoundsDefinitions=(Dimensions="0.f,0.f,1.f,1.f",Actions=((ActionClassName="UWindow.UW_Action_BringToTop",Parameters="")))
BoundsDefinitions=(Dimensions="0.f,0.f,1.f,10",Margin="4,4,-8,0",Actions=((ActionClassName="UWindow.UW_Action_Drag",Parameters="")))
BoundsDefinitions=(Dimensions="0.f,0.f,4,1.f",Actions=((ActionClassName="UWindow.UW_Action_ResizeL",Parameters="")))
BoundsDefinitions=(Dimensions="0.f,0.f,1.f,4",Actions=((ActionClassName="UWindow.UW_Action_ResizeT",Parameters="")))
BoundsDefinitions=(Dimensions="1.f,0.f,4,1.f",Margin="-4,0,0,0",Actions=((ActionClassName="UWindow.UW_Action_ResizeR",Parameters="")))
BoundsDefinitions=(Dimensions="0.f,1.f,1.f,4",Margin="0,-4,0,0",Actions=((ActionClassName="UWindow.UW_Action_ResizeB",Parameters="")))
ChildComponents=tabpanel
ChildComponents=buttonbar

[startbutton UW_Component_Label]
StyleSheetNames=button
Text="Start"
TextPadding=12,2,3,3
TextColor=0,0,0,255

[buttonbar UW_Component]
StyleSheetNames=buttonbar
ChildComponents=startbutton

[tabpanel UW_Component_Tabs]
StyleSheetNames=tabpanel
TabHeight=16
TabClassName="tabtext"
TabNames="Gametype"
TabNames="Map"
ChildComponents=gametypepanel
ChildComponents=mappanel

[mappanel UW_Component]
StyleSheetNames=panel
AlignmentClassName="UWindow.UW_Alignment_Horizontal"
ChildComponents=mapimage
ChildComponents=maplist

[maplist UW_Component]
StyleSheetNames=maplist
AlignmentClassName="UWindow.UW_Alignment_Vertical"
DataProviderClassName="UWindow.UW_DataProvider_MapList"
DataProviderParameters="label-class:text"
DataProviderParameters="game-type:DM"
DataProviderParameters="image-component:../mapimage"

[mapimage UW_Component_Image]
StyleSheetNames=mapimage
AspectRatio=0.5f

[gametypepanel UW_Component]
StyleSheetNames=panel
AlignmentClassName="UWindow.UW_Alignment_Horizontal"
ChildComponents=gametypeimage
ChildComponents=gametypelist

[gametypelist UW_Component]
StyleSheetNames=maplist
AlignmentClassName="UWindow.UW_Alignment_Vertical"
DataProviderClassName="UWindow.UW_DataProvider_GameTypeList"
DataProviderParameters="label-class:text"
DataProviderParameters="game-type:CTF"
DataProviderParameters="image-component:../gametypeimage"
DataProviderParameters="maplist-component:../../mappanel/maplist"

[gametypeimage UW_Component_Image]
StyleSheetNames=mapimage
AspectRatio=0.5f

[canvas UW_Component]
StyleSheetNames=canvas

 

[MonsOlympus]

So like, custom gametypes and maps will be a go in those lists I take it? Just checkin

Comin along nicely by the looks, keep it up dude, sooo looking forward to this

That stylesheet thingo you got going is getting pretty complex now as well, I imagine its straight forward enough once you get the gist

 

[iCQ]

Sorry, you must be thinking of some other guy.

Your ingame nick aint Sleepless? Thats a coincedent!

 

[[SAS]Solid Snake]

So like, custom gametypes and maps will be a go in those lists I take it?

Support for them is unknown. The first major goal of uWindows2 is to first replicate the same functionality that currently exists. Once that is done, I can then start focusing on how to make it more flexible and better than the current UI.

 

[MonsOlympus]

Ahh yups, I was just wondering because of the datastores n stuff. Like if you got it hooked up right it should show custom stuff pretty easy. I agree though concentrate on getting it going how you like then make it more flexible

 

[RennyManJr]

Suppose all I have to do now is link up the 'Start' button, and then add another two tabs for 'mutators' and 'bots'.

Don't forget the game rules tab

I'm really glad you will be making tabs for those functions, i think the current position for the mutators list on the retail ui is very bad. Heck, It's invisible! I always forget to check it (and the game doesn't keep utcomp active after restart, so it's even worst).

 

[[SAS]Solid Snake]

[SCREENSHOT]http://forums.beyondunreal.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=95698&stc=1&d=1211983430[/SCREENSHOT]

Almost there You can now select the gametype, the map you want to play and finally the list of mutators you want. It's pretty barebones, but it's a good start.

 

[os][ris]

Whats ur address. I am sending you my first born.

 

[toxjq]

plz make love to my arse

 

[Raynor.Z]

Pure awesomeness

 

[Crotale]

The release must be getting close, as I am for sure sporting an oak sapling.

 

[ihaulchems]

my comments

hey snake the work is awsome and I hope that it doesnt stop.The name of the game is fuctionallity.I just hope someone more intelligent than I will fix all the meyham that epic has left in their wake.I never thought that epic and the whole gang would forget their roots in pc gaming. I know the big bucks are in console but the base is in PC.Ill be playing mopre when the interface is more like UT99 and the features are comparable......thanks sake for keeping hope alive!!!!!!!!

 

[Kantham]

Thanks for keeping it up Snake. :tup:
Can you tell us if the menu loading time is over with this?

 

[[SAS]Solid Snake]

Can you tell us if the menu loading time is over with this?

I suppose you guys will be the judge of loading times. It's pretty short here in my opinion, but then again I have not tested it on other machines so I really do not know.

 

[DDRRE]

Can you tell us if the menu loading time is over with this?

Yeah, that's pretty interesting.

Good job so far. Though I wonder how eventually will this be embedded to work seamlessly with the game.

 

[[SAS]Solid Snake]

Download Here
UTEngine.ini

Admittingly, I have no idea how to release stuff for UT3. There doesn't seem to be a UT3Mod package system like there was for UT2004 and UT. Anyways here it is. Hopefully I got it right and all you have to do is unzip everything into your UT3 folder. Please backup your configs.

Whats to be expected
This is not a full UI yet. It's barely even there. I wanted to do a release so that people could give me some early feed back on what is working thus far. I'm also interested to know performance and load times for the UI. At this point you can use the bot match window drag it around and resize it. You can also select the gametype, map and mutators and then start a match.

I'm interested to know about resolution. So far, I've been testing on 1280 X 1024. If it looks funny on your resolution please let me know. You can still use the console to alter things, thus setres 1024X768 will change the res to 1024X768 for example.

Known issues
There's no scrolling yet, so if you resize too small stuff will overlap other stuff. This will be 'fixed' when I figure out how to handle scrolling.

There's not many feedback actions yet, aka, things do not highlight when you put your mouse over them, or buttons get clicked when you click them, etc.

There's no mouse cursor changes just yet. I wanted to add this before today, but ran out of time.

So, let me remind you guys, if you are looking for a full UI, this is not it just yet. If you have 5 minutes to spare, and can help me test the UI out then that will be great.

Hope it works. I'm away for the weekend, so any questions I will answer then! If it doesn't work at all, hopefully a smart cookie here will help get it to work.

Do'h
I forgot to include my changes to UTEngine.ini

Change-
Map=UTFrontEnd.ut3
LocalMap=UTFrontEnd.ut3

to

Map=EnvyEntry.ut3
LocalMap=EnvyEntry.ut3

Or just download the UTEngine.ini file above.

 

[DDRRE]

Sweet. Downloading now. (resolution: 1680x1050)

Sure is downloading slowly. I suggest uploading it to somewhere else. I'm using Flashget to boost it up a bit (x10 in fact)