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Adding a tab menu by TalonHawk

TalonHawk's Adding a menu tutorial!

//W E L C O M E TO T A B M E N U B A S I C S
//This is like a little model of a a menu option thing, not for copy/paste. It is a 2 option
//thing that has my weapon option feature in it and team change menu. In this only admins can
//change teams, and all players can set thier gun options:

//This is what is called when you press TAB.
function Game::menuRequest(%clientId)
{
%curItem = 0;
Client::buildMenu(%clientId, "Options", "options", true);
if(%clientId.isAdmin)
{
if(!$matchStarted || !$Server::TourneyMode)
{
Client::addMenuItem(%clientId, %curItem++ @ "Change Teams/Observe", "changeteams");
}
}
Client::addMenuItem(%clientId, %curItem++ @ "Talon: Weapon options", "weapons");
}

//This is what is called when you press one of those buttons, the high-level options on the
//TAB menu.
function processMenuOptions(%clientId, %option)
if(%opt == "fteamchange")
{
%clientId.ptc = %cl;
//Build menu creates the top part of the menu that you see, it is basically the title
//and is required.
Client::buildMenu(%clientId, "Pick a team:", "FPickTeam", true);
//addMenuItem creates a option on the menu. The first letter in the name is
//the key you press to do it.
Client::addMenuItem(%clientId, "0Observer", -2);
Client::addMenuItem(%clientId, "1Automatic", -1);
for(%i = 0; %i < getNumTeams(); %i = %i + 1)
Client::addMenuItem(%clientId, (%i+2) @ getTeamName(%i), %i);
return;
}
if(%opt == "weapons")
{
%theClient = Client::getOwnedObject(%clientId);
%MG = Player::getMountedItem(%theClient,$WeaponSlot);
//Build menu creates the top part of the menu that you see, it is basically the title
//and is required.
Client::buildMenu(%clientId, "CPU: "@ %MG @" Weapon options:","weapons", true);
if(%MG == "RPG")
{
Client::addMenuItem(%clientId, "1Set missile to EMP.", "RPG EMP");
Client::addMenuItem(%clientId, "2Set missile to Explosive.", "RPG Explosive");
Client::addMenuItem(%clientId, "3Set missile to Seeking.", "RPG Seeking");
}
else if(%MG == "Mortar")
{
Client::addMenuItem(%clientId, "1Set to Incendiary.", "Mortar Incendiary");
Client::addMenuItem(%clientId, "2Set to High Explosive.", "Mortar Explosive");
Client::addMenuItem(%clientId, "3Set to EMP Charge.", "Mortar EMP");
}
return;
}
}

//If you look carfully, you will notice that way up in Menu Request, after the weapon options
//thing I had somehting that said "weapons". Look at this thing's title: process menu weapons.
//The game automatically does it, it checks the menu's little name and looks for a
//processMenu____ for your added menu.
function processMenuweapons(%clientId, %option)
{
%main = getWord(%option, 0);
%setting = getWord(%option, 1);
if(%main == "RPG")
{
//Do wahtever is needed here - I'm not showing how I did it
}
if(%main == "Mortar")
{
//Same deal
}
}

//Same deal for the Team change, but there is no point in actually bothering to show that.
//You can do more stuff than I showed, like multi levels and neat features like kill player
//options for admins and such.

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