Yep. I'll be working on the week extension, maybe mess around a bit with the cleaner GUI, and maybe look into removing the randomness into meeting Amy at the nature trail or at least maybe give hints about meeting someone. After that, not sure what else to do. Ermollo, if you could, mind sending me the image files for the icons/gui if you have them?Does this mean ye be officially back?
screen bars2():
frame:
xpadding 10
ypadding 10
pos(0.01, 0.01)
$ energy_val = stats.val('energy')
$ rwc_val = stats.val('rwc')
$ hunger_val = stats.val('hunger')
$ daylabel = "{0} - {1}".format(day.num, day.name)
vbox:
hbox:
add "gui/icons/energy.png"
text "%d/%d" % (energy_val, 250)
hbox:
add "gui/icons/heart.png"
text "%d" % (rwc_val) ypos 0.1
hbox:
add "gui/icons/hunger white.png"
text "%d" % (hunger_val)
hbox:
add "gui/icons/day.png"
text "Day %d - %s" % (day.num, day.name)
hbox:
add "gui/icons/time white.png"
text "[day.hour]:[day.minute:02d]"
hbox:
add "gui/icons/cash white.png"
text "[inv.rings]"Correct. I'm personally inclined to keep the cheats for players who wants to use them. But I'm open to changing it to NG+ style or the unlockable cheat style. Though, I'm keep those on the back burner for now.
I'm personally open to replacing the current backgrounds if there is consensus.
Perhaps I didn't make myself clear enough (was on phone and in a bit of a rush) so I'll try to explain a bit better this time - lol
What I meant that the light orange/yellow background in the new UI seems a bit too light for me, don't know about anyone else but I find it a bit difficult reading the text
I will DM you, probably later today (my time zone), tomorrow at the latest. I'll have more stuff to send your way very soon.
I like the repositioning character name and that could offset my worry about the other changes and the text string length, which I mentioned before. Still would be good to know what length we should look a as the maximum once a new interface is designed...for the sake of anyone writing...*nudge...wink* Though agreed with Foxy...While Sprite out front is nice...that would then UNDO any gains from the name change, which means font/size similarity to the current is more critical or we have to go through a lot of text potentially...A LOT...and split it into additional strings that will fit. Not saying we shouldn't do it...just keep in mind the ramifications and what it means in terms of elongating the needed time to complete things.Another thing I like is the fact that instead of having the Name in-line with the text, which takes up room in the old UI,
In the new UI, the name is located above giving the opportunity of having more room for text,
However the problem with new UI is that the characters are drawn 'above' the box and while it looks nice they're now taking up available room for the text. In the original ui the characters are drawn behind the box
Xaverion I know you're working on the cleaner GUI... I hope you're not planning for the stat gui (top left) having a black background
How does it look with a transparent background ??
No no, I was just testing. Wanted to make sure I can put in a image and text side by side in the ordered manner. The background is just the default frame currently. I'll try to get it to be translucent, however you do that anyway, with lighter colours. Probably white.@Xaverion I know you're working on the cleaner GUI... I hope you're not planning for the stat gui (top left) having a black background
How does it look with a transparent background ??
If I do go with the cleaner textbox look, the sprites will probably still be behind the textbox. Mostly cause I don't event know how to make them appear in front of the textbox
*Le Ghasp* Something the codemaster DOESN'T know?!? Alert the presses!
In the 'say' screen you would move the place where SideImage is added so that its below where the 'what' text is added. Rendering order in a screen is top-down so you just change the order to change it visually.
Personally, while I appreciate others making suggestions/providing possible new options, I'd prefer to keep the backgrounds and UI as they currently are, both for the sake of nostalgia and because it's more work that doesn't really seem necessary. And for that new background/UI suggestion specifically, it's way too much cream tone and not enough contrast (as others already pointed out.) If changes were going to be made to the UI/backgrounds at all I'd prefer they at least be minimal ones that stay closer to the original in realism/tone.
Showoff.
I kid! I kid! Stay and bless us with your digital knowledge! Ok.
I'll get the files ready and send them to you as an archive
Feel free to hit me up if you need help resizing images, changing the color of the interface, designing new buttons, or anything else like that.
By the way, it would be cool if you could make the stat window extend out from behind the screen borders.
upd2.
Maybe it'd make sense to add two more design themes?
1) A neutral, plain, dark translucent one.
2) A kawaii and more colorful one.
I'll do a more detailed layout when I have some free time.
I will only mention that if you remake the backgrounds, keep in mind: Either certain things have to be visually different but in exactly the same spot with the same general size/shape (Because they have overlays/interactive content) or more work has to be done throughout every scene that has those to match the new backgrounds.
Pretty sure the code to do it already exists as we have been talking about the cheats kinda consistently for a while...so it wouldn't take much work at all to do (If my understanding is correct) I won't re-hash everything else, no need to beat that poor horse...
I'm here if you need to tap out Cream...
I'm trying to create the missing images, like these ones of her with Knuckles.I'm here if you need to tap out Cream...
Adding to the collection you got me before...Haven't edited any of the new ones yet, finishing the rest of the content stuff I have been working on.
Well, I just sent the next partial update of what I was working on to Xaverion, after he gives it a once over, Ill have a core file to pull event/story content to feed you for image creation. There is quite a bit because I was not contemplating the work for image creation when I was writing some of it...Like I tired to make each event somewhat unique in its own way, meaning there is less possibility for re-usable images. Luckily AI lets us do it way faster than hand creating them all...but it still takes time...and then we have to code the references to all of them to go with the text so they show up at the right time. We are gluttons for punishment!
Showoff.
Something you could experiment with and see if you like it would be to use the "what_prefix" attribute in the Character() definition to insert the name. Then the speakers name would appear inline with the dialog and not off to the side. I dont have the bsc code handy right now but the character definitions would change to look something like
define s = Character( None, what_prefix="{color='#0044FF'}Sonic{/color}: " )The mad lad! He's going for it
Well...(if I read that right)...that doesn't solve the problem of having an area committed to the name instead of the rest of the dialogue, it just would move the name out of said area and have it at the front of the dialogue box area. That would not gain us any more space...where What they are looking to do (If I understand IT right) would have the dialogue area gain the area currently attributed to the namebox, as the new "namebox" would be above/outside the whole current text and dialogue box area. Having it inline instead of separated would still have it so closely linked to the text itself, which is not the reasoning behind wanting the change...if I am explaining myself and understanding the components....(I don't have the code handy right now either to even test...XD)
