Castle Paradox

[alphawolf]

Can entire Menus (Edited in custom.exe) be placed onto the screen with slices? If so, will they function properly?
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[TMC]

Yes, but menus aren't currently aren't slice-based. To open a menu created in Custom, use the 'open menu' command. You can even create menus entirely by script, creating an empty menu with 'create menu' and then adding menu items to it one at a time. There are lots of commands to manipulate every aspect of a menu.
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[alphawolf]

Thanks, I guess now I should delve into the plotscripting dictionary
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[alphawolf]

Now, if I want both a slice and a menu up at the same time, which wait command should I try? I've tried "waitforkey", "waitformenu", "waitforslice", and "waitforall", but no matter what wait command I use, the menu and the slice I want up both display at separate times and close at separate times.

Here's my code:

if (keyispressed (key:esc), or, keyispressed (key:alt)) then(
variable(pOne), pOne := createrect(200, 100, 0)
putslice(pOne, 0, 0)
wait(1)
openmenu(0)

#I've tested with each of these wait commands.
#waitforkey(menuKey)
#waitforall
#waitforslice(pOne)
#waitformenu(0)

free slice(pOne)
)
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[Bob the Hamster]

It does not look like you want any kind of wait at all. Just leave it out.

You should split this task into several scripts.

The first script just puts the slices on the screen, and opens the menu, and then leaves them there.

After that script is run, the user will have control of the menu. You can write another script for when the menu is closed which also removes the slices.

[alphawolf]

Thanks! Now one more question (mostly on your example, James), your example binded the variable menuslices before declaring it; You don't have to declare a variable first in hspeak?
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[TMC]

"menu slices" has been declared. It was declared as a global variable. That makes it accessible from all scripts.

Also, in HamsterSpeak order of declarations doesn't matter. "global variable" can be placed after a script that uses that variable, and likewise "variable" can appear after that variable's use. Ditto for scripts which call each other, and for constants.
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[alphawolf]

Oh jeez I'm blind I didn't see the Global declare, sorry about that.
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