Customize item button options

[flametard]

how does one change the name of the "use item" button when clicking on an item, such as when you can "mount" the horse. Oh, i see you can feed it too. thats 2 custom buttons.

also, how do you edit the "details" button for items?

thanks

[Mit]

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*itemusetext [ItemNum] [Text]

sets the text to replace 'Use Item'.

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*itemdetailstext [ItemNum] [Text]

replaces the 'details' button.

When doing the latter on an item, you then need to script the response to that button press in an "ItemDetails" event.

e.g. If your item 4 is water, you might do something like..

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*itemdetailstext 4 Sprinkle

then to your script add

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Event( "ItemDetails", "Water" )
{
    *msg %PLAYER% You sprinkled the water on the ground
    *grantitem %PLAYER% -1 Water
}

For more details see the thread here :
http://theuniversal.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9279

[flametard]

The event

Event("ItemDetails","Clay")
{
*msg %player% Take this clay to a ceramics studio so it can be fired into bricks or bottles.
}

doesn't appear to do anything when i go in the game and click on the details button.

[flametard]

also, I noticed that the buttons I renamed (like use item, and itemdetails) have all reverted into their default button name. perhaps this could be a clue? I'm pretty sure I always run things as administrator. it happened after the galaxy went offline last night... (lemme check n see if there's an update)

nope, no update. well I'm stumped.

[flametard]

Still trying to figure out whats going wrong.

Checked my namesfile and it shows all the changes I made to the itembuttons, yet they still don't register in game. funny thing was, it worked for a few days, through server restarts and everything. but mysteriously stopped working.

Here's a sample of some of the text in my names file:

(null),234= Weild
(null),235= Party
(null),236= Unveil
(null),237= Unveil
(null),238= Unveil
(null),239= Unveil
(null),241= Read Map
(null),242= Drink
(null),243= Read Map
(null),244= Weild
(null),245= Read Map
(null),246= Read Map
(null),247= Pray
(null),253= Eat
(null),58= Dress
(null),59= Dress
(null),60= Dress
(null),61= Dress
(null),62= Weild

[zaroba]

is that (null) supposed to be there?
I haven't tried messing with it yet, but it doesn't look right to me.

[flametard]

Ah hell, looking in the namesfile again, and all that null stuff is gone, and it appears to be taking new stuff so illl imput all the info in again.. sigh

[flametard]

I reset all the info, ao I'm hoping it sticks this time.

Tried to edit itemdetails again, still nothing.

[zaroba]

you wouldn't happen to have 2 different server EXEs in the folder, do you?
If so, maybe the wrong one is being opened and breaking it.

[flametard]

I have world exe and universal world exe in my universal folder

[flametard]

Ok, so after some testing, i discovered that if you dont set the command *itemdetailstext, it wont acknowledge the itemdetails event in the script.

the only thing i dont understand is why my namesfile lost the information i set. but I am continuing forward.

[flametard]

Bad news: Namesfile mysteriously got chopped again.

good news: I have a backup saved this time.



Anyone have any clues as to whats happening?

[flametard]

see below! vv

[flametard]

solving problems to myself. most current one below -V-

[flametard]

I think there's a problem with the buildings editor. When i open the buildings editor, I get an error. then i try again, it opens. then i restart my server, itemslist chopped.

[zaroba]

using the 63.2 buildings editor?

I just opened zoric's bdat and saved it and the namesfile still reflects the changes I made when testing the stuff earlier.

[flametard]

ah. 62.7 :\ MY BAD!