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[BenJeremy]

Doh... it's "Condition", not "Conditional"!!

Give it a whirl that way.

[geniusalz]

. (and my mind was numb from calculus anyway.  Final tomorrow, gotta go back to study )

[BenJeremy]

QUOTE (geniusalz @ Dec 4 2003, 10:09 PM)

Yup, it works. I didn't even bother checking since it was coming from u   . (and my mind was numb from calculus anyway.  Final tomorrow, gotta go back to study )

Yeah, silly me... I actually double checked the "ItemSelected" but didn't think twice about the condition tag.

[geniusalz]

[BenJeremy]

QUOTE (geniusalz @ Dec 5 2003, 10:16 PM)

When are the newer menus coming?

Ah well... in a few days. I'm working on the input system at the moment. So far, so good. I've built up the "layers" and I haven't broken anything (yet). When I'm done, all of the keys will be programmable, and I'll easily be able to do stuff like virtual mice (using the keyboard, IR or gamepad) and a good "true" virtual keyboard.

As for the hotspot thing, I'm thinking on that - for text "CG" strings, instead of a simple numeric offset, my idea has you putting a '@' in front of the number, to represent the relative display position, which will be referenced to the "Virtual" menu to get the actual menu item. For images, you'll use VirtualDispPos or something like that in the resource type. Finally, a new conditional called "ishighlighted" with an argument representing the "virtual" display position.

As you can see, it's a bit sticky.

Meanwhile, I'm swamped with work for my day job... to much nelgect during the week, and my boss is back on Monday (a real taskmaster, and it's a Japanese company), so I'll be busting ass this weekend on what I was supposed to be doing this week  

[BenJeremy]

Just to let people know about my latest progress... spent the night working on the input routines.

Things will be much smoother (finally, "real" selectable keyrepeat rates), fully configurable (Keyboard, IR, gamepad, and possibly even mouse), and the entire system is "command oriented" - that is, you determine the physical button presses and the system transmits a specific, generic message to the system. I also plan on adding the ability for users to add to these "commands" to trigger ActionScripts (I might add the ability to run ActionScripts before, after or in place of the original commands, as well).

It's no small task. The original framework input routines have been replaced so far, but when finished, I will be adding a virtual keyboard and also plan on a virtual mouse (switch your gamepad into "mouse mode" for onscreen dialogs, for example). All of this is in preperation for a COMPLETE UI with real dialogs.

Patience is the key thing here. My day job is soaking up large amounts of my time at the moment ("Crunch Time") as I'm stuck having to write 200+ pages of software requirements for a project that's already half done (not my fault - I just started working there!!) - so I'm spending time working on it at home, as well.

[geniusalz]

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And BTW, is this a good time to recruit more devs for MXM?

[DBZRacer]

Keep up the great work as usual BJ!  

The virtual mouse sounds really interesting...

[BenJeremy]

QUOTE (geniusalz @ Dec 10 2003, 12:01 AM)

Cool, as long as progress is being made, I'll be patient . And BTW, is this a good time to recruit more devs for MXM?

Well, anytime is a good time to recruit more devs to the project....

[BenJeremy]

QUOTE (DBZRacer @ Dec 10 2003, 12:25 AM)

Keep up the great work as usual BJ!   The virtual mouse sounds really interesting...

Yes, I still have some details to work out, but once it's done, implementing the mouse should be a snap.

[yourwishismine]

QUOTE (BenJeremy @ Dec 9 2003, 10:53 PM)

Just to let people know about my latest progress... spent the night working on the input routines.

Well ok.. but I spent the night locked in my closet with nothing but a toothbrush and shaving cream...  :lol:  

[BenJeremy]

QUOTE (yourwishismine @ Dec 10 2003, 07:44 AM)

QUOTE (BenJeremy @ Dec 9 2003, 10:53 PM) Just to let people know about my latest progress... spent the night working on the input routines. Well ok.. but I spent the night locked in my closet with nothing but a toothbrush and shaving cream...

Somehow, I think even that is just way too much information...  

[jlm5151]

. These are minor things, but I thought I would due my job as a tester  

[BenJeremy]

QUOTE (jlm5151 @ Dec 13 2003, 01:17 PM)

Just thought I would add a few things I noticed. After switching a few songs in a row, MXM no longer plays music, the songs change but do not play. This does not always happen, but happens enough to report. Another thing is the new memory card support in the FTP is a bit weird. They show whether or not the memory card is in and the files never change whether I delete the files off the card for not   . These are minor things, but I thought I would due my job as a tester

Interesting on the memory card support. I haven't really played with it yet, so I'll have to take a look.

As for the music stuff, it will be getting the "treeatment" soon. Today, I'll finish up the input translation stuff. I think people will be pleasantly surprised; scripters should appreciate better input and having access to the keyboard and IR remote, too...

[BenJeremy]

CODE

D-PAD A or Start Y Black Cursor Select Title Info Cursor Enter F12 F1 GP_RTRIGGER GP_LTRIGGER 600 70 IR_REVERSE IR_FORWARD 3 6 1 GP_A GP_X GP_B GP_Y GP_RTHUMB GP_BACK GP_DT_LTHUMB GP_DT_RTHUMB VK_ENTER VK_F9 VK_F10 VK_F11 VK_F12 VK_PAGEUP VK_PAGEDN VK_UP VK_DOWN VK_LEFT VK_RIGHT VK_ESCAPE IR_SELECT IR_TITLE IR_INFO IR_MENU IR_BACK IR_FORWARD IR_REVERSE IR_UP IR_DOWN IR_LEFT IR_RIGHT IR_STOP GP_DT_LTHUMB GP_DT_DPAD GP_A GP_BACK GP_B GP_X GP_WHITE GP_BLACK GP_Y GP_X GP_START GP_START IR_UP IR_DOWN IR_LEFT IR_RIGHT IR_SELECT IR_BACK IR_FORWARD IR_TITLE IR_INFO IR_MENU IR_PLAY KB_UP KB_DOWN KB_LEFT KB_RIGHT KB_ENTER KB_SPACE KB_ESCAPE KB_PGUP KB_F1 KB_F2 KB_TAB KB_CONTEXT KB_PRTSCN KB_DEL KB_F4 KB_DOWN KB_UP

This will change before public release.... I haven't finished everything yet, including the modifiable system help and ActionScripting integration.

Let me know how this works for you.

Also, it has one small change in the NTSC/PAL code, so those NOT USING IT (i.e. MultiStandard off) would be doing me a big favor by trying Max Payne 2 and see if it works OK now. Thanks!

Oh, and no, no mouse or virtual keyboard yet, but the infrastructure is starting to form up nicely. perhaps by next weekend. Definitely by Christmas, we should see a nice update and possibly a public release.