Need help with horizontal menu layout [solved]

[corleonis]

Right, in a nutshell I have a custom menu set up with 3 different pictures instead of a command window. the pictures are aligned horizontally, however, if I try to scroll left and right between them I can't, if I press up or down I can scroll through em.

I have tried a lot of things on my own but I think I'm gonna have to admit defeat and ask for a bit of help.

I cant stress enough however that I only want the horizontal scrolling for this particular scene and adjusting the number of columns in Window_Selectable also makes the title screen command window move horizontally (I want a vertical title screen)

here is the code

#==============================================================================#

#                          Basic CMS V 1.0                                     #

#       This script is a modification of Mog's Sence Menu Itigo V1.5           #

#==============================================================================#

 

module Layout

  

    # Main Menu Graphics Used

      Background       = ""       # Main Menu Graphics

  # MENU BUTTONS

      MENU_TYPE_1       = "Menu_button1"   # Button layout

      MENU_TYPE_2       = "Menu_button2"

      MENU_TYPE_3       = "Menu_button3"

    end

 

#==============================================================================

# ** Scene_Journal

#------------------------------------------------------------------------------

#  This class performs journal screen processing.

#==============================================================================

 

class Scene_Menu

  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------

  # * Object Initialization

  #     menu_index : command cursor's initial position

  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------

    def initialize(menu_index = 0)

    @menu_index = menu_index

  end 

 

  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------

  # * Main Processing

  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------

  def main

    # Make command window

    s1 = ""

    s2 = ""

    s3 = ""

    @command_window = Window_Command.new(160, [s1, s2, s3])

    @command_window.index = @menu_index

    @command_window.opacity = 0

    @command_window.windowskin = RPG::Cache.windowskin("")

    # Draws the pictures for the menu

    @mnlay = Sprite.new

    @mnlay.bitmap = RPG::Cache.picture(Layout::Background)

    @mnlay.opacity = 255

    @mncom = Sprite.new

    @mncom.bitmap = RPG::Cache.picture(Layout::MENU_TYPE_1)

    @mncom.z = 100

    # Execute transition

    Graphics.transition

    # Main loop

    loop do

      # Update game screen

      Graphics.update

      # Update input information

      Input.update

      # Frame update

      update

      # Abort loop if screen is changed

      if $scene != self

        break

      end

    end

    # Prepare for transition

    Graphics.freeze

    @mnlay.dispose

    @mncom.dispose

    # Dispose of windows

    @command_window.dispose

  end

  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------

  # * Frame Update

  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------

  def update

    # Update windows

    @command_window.update

    # If command window is active: call update_command

    if @command_window.active

      update_command

      return

    end

  end

  def update_command

    case @command_window.index 

    when 0  

    @mncom.bitmap = RPG::Cache.picture(Layout::MENU_TYPE_1)

    when 1

    @mncom.bitmap = RPG::Cache.picture(Layout::MENU_TYPE_2)

    when 2

    @mncom.bitmap = RPG::Cache.picture(Layout::MENU_TYPE_3)

  end

    if Input.trigger?(Input::B)

  # If the player presses cancel, what do you want it to do

      $game_system.se_play($data_system.cancel_se)

      $scene = Scene_Map.new

  # Replace $scene = Scene_Menu.new with whichever scene you want

  # to return to after they cancel this menu.

  # to return to the map replace it with, $scene = Scene_Map.new

      return

    end

    if Input.trigger?(Input::C)

  # If the player presses the confirm button...

      case @command_window.index

      when 0 

  # and the first option is selected

        $game_system.se_play($data_system.decision_se)

        $scene = Scene_Item.new

      when 1 

  # and the second option is selected

        $game_system.se_play($data_system.decision_se)

        $scene = Scene_Save.new

      when 2 

  # and the third option is selected

        $game_system.se_play($data_system.decision_se)

        $scene = Scene_End.new

      end

# Keep in mind, Whatever scene you transfer to will still exit into whatever

# Menu it is defined to exit into, NOT this one (unless you change it to this 1)

    end

  end

end

the 3 pictures are just 3 boxes with text that each have a different one highlighted btw.

please someone help me as I dont want to continue with my project until I have the menu sorted.

thanks.

 

[coyotecraft]

Sounds like you have have just 1 column on it's side. The window_command has a default column_max of 1. Which is why left and right don't do anything.

I think adding @column_max = 3 anywhere around line 40 should do the trick. I think.

 

[corleonis]

doesn't work if your referring to line 23 of Window_Selectable
if you talking about Window_Command, there isn't a column_max =

thanks for the effort though

 

[corleonis]

Window_selectable btw also effects the title screen and any other windows such as the end game screen

btw this is on XP just thought I'd mention it lol

 

[coyotecraft]

I was talking about the code that you posted.
I just checked XP's window_selectable class and it does have a column_max set to 1 under initialize. But changing that would change every window. You just want your CMS to have a 3 columns; so in your code right after @command_window = Window_Command.new(160, [s1, s2, s3]) at line 40 you would set the column max.
You can see how Window_Item uses a @column_max=2

 

[coyotecraft]

Or maybe you want to add it under def initialize, with the menu index there at line 28 under @menu_index = menu_index

I'm not really sure. It's been a while since I messed with rpg maker menus.

 

[corleonis]

still playing up, could you possibly send me the line of code (and maybe the one above and bellow it so I can tell if I'm doing it right?

thanks for sharing your time btw

 

[coyotecraft]

Hang on, I almost had it. I was looking at my menus I did in VX and thought I figure it out. But XP doesn't have the column max in it's window_command method.
If it was VX It would look like this:
@command_window = Window_Command.new(160, [s1, s2, s3],Column_max, row_max, spacing)

But XP stops at the width and commands. I see what you meant earlier. I suppose you could edited Xp's command window to include it. But I feel like it should a place to just plug in the column setting.

 

[corleonis]

damn, I'm not a big fan of vx so I didn't think of that... what a nightmare.

I guess Im just gonna have to set my menu up vertical... oh well.

thanks for the help dude.

 

[Jason]

Not that I know since it's been forever since I've used XP, let alone scripted with it... but couldn't you take a look at how columns are done in the item command windows? Surely that could point you in the right direction... right?

 

[coyotecraft]

You could just make a copy of the Window_Command class but rename it Window_Horz. Add the columns and any other adjustments.

Then instead of
@command_window = Window_Command.new(160, [s1, s2, s3])
use
@command_window = Window_Horz.new(160, [s1, s2, s3])

It's a not efficient since it's repetitive code. But who cares?

 

[corleonis]

okay I'll give it a go, when my computer isn't dead ( it died due to an ironic antivirus software)

thanks for the assist as always.

 

[corleonis]

finally got my computer working again.

coyote you absolute beast, I just copied the window_selectable and window_command scripts, added a 2 to the end of each of em, set window_selectable2 to run 3 columns, set window_command2 to run off of window_selectable2 and set my menu to run off of window_command2.

blindingly simple, but somehow I missed it.

thank you so much for your help.