Client Launch App Test.

[Vidiot_X]

Hi,

 

I have a version of the client launch application up here:

 

Phoenix USC Board

http://www.phoenixusc.com/board/showthread.php?tid=29#

 

Direct Link

http://www.phoenixusc.com/phoenixusc_apps/Client_Launch_App_3.zip

 

This version is testing news feed, zone ads, zone server listbox and general GUI components.

For now you can access the 'News', 'Zone Servers' and 'Exit' buttons as well as ship select. Testing this will let me know if there are any issues with TCP networking and interface.

I should also add I am only using one texture for the skin so the look will be better a few versions down the road.

Thanks for testing.
- Rich -

[Cheese]

for some reason, all the gfx are blurred

also, yellow text on chain link fence is very difficult to read

[Vidiot_X]

Hi,

 

I'm sure it's because I'm using one texture for buttons, list box and more. I will add a text file you can edit for all that. Basically you will be able to set the texture, color and alpha (transparency)  for the list box, buttons and sidebars. I'm thinking a format something like this.

 

 

<buton_texture>mytexture.png
<button_color_red>255
<button_color_green>255
<button_color_blue>255
<button_alpha>1.0

 

 

The idea here being easy to parse and use. For now the layout will not be configurable. I'll try to work on this today.

 

- Rich -

[Cheese]

u could just hd the texture and pick a new font color

[Vidiot_X]

I could and I may as that texture seems to work pretty well aside from the low resolution. All the buttons and GUI components automatically re-size a given texture to fit.

 

What color for text did you have in mind? There are three colors used for buttons, display, highlight and select(ed).

 

- Rich -

[Cheese]

no idea, it really depends on the bg/fg combo

so maybe a blue or green would work with that

[Vidiot_X]

http://www.phoenixusc.com/Personal_Post_Data/cla_0129.png
This forum displays images a little low quality (stretched) . The App is much cleaner. A better image here.

 

Hi,

This is an image of the changes to the client launch application. I have added a script file that you can change to use different textures to skin the application. The app will automatically resize textures, but it's best to use the size of the default textures.

I will be adding text fields (GUI element) today and should have a new version of the app up tomorrow. It will also be loading a mock server list and I should have the graphics driver/resolution GUI elements in place as well. If that all goes well the next step is to start testing the client server.

Zone Ads
Zone ads are a way for zone server operators to advertize their zones and link to their zone web sites. Zone ads are a way to generate revenue for the game and enhance the zone server program (more on that later).

Back to coding.
- Rich -

[Lone Outlaw]

This doesn't work on my computer, unless it outdated.

[Vidiot_X]

Tiz outdated but what happen when you ran it?

[Lone Outlaw]

It just opens up a window with a blue saturn, and then it either goes to Not Responding, or it closes on its own eventually.