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Removing handicap from the menu

Postby Barto » Mon Jun 03, 2013 11:11 pm

The title pretty much says everything, should we remove any reference of the handicap option and keep the /handicap command in the console?

I have read what Biondo thought about this option and I fully agree with him. We should remove this option for few reason:
  • New player don't understand this option and set it wrongly
  • It is some heritage from quake 3 which should have been removed for a while
  • If players would want to play with handicap, most of them already know how to set it up with the console command /handicap

So... If yes, let's act...

I've spent few minutes and I was able to remove this option without requiring much code change. Here are the files I changed:
ui/ingame_player.menu
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#include "ui/menudef.h"

{
\\ SETUP MENU \\

menuDef {
      name "ingame_player"
      visible 0
      fullscreen 0
   outOfBoundsClick         // this closes the window if it gets a click out of the rectangle
      rect 128 0 256 140
      focusColor 1 .75 0 1
   onOpen  { uiScript update "ui_GetName" }
   onClose { uiScript update "ui_SetName" }

itemDef {
   name window
   rect 0 0 256 80
   ownerdraw UI_INGAME_RECT
   visible 1
   decoration
   cvarTest "g_gametype"
   hideCvar { "0" ; "1" }
}

itemDef {
   name window
   rect 0 0 256 140
   ownerdraw UI_INGAME_RECT
   visible 1
   decoration
   cvarTest "g_gametype"
   showCvar { "0" ; "1" }
}

itemDef {
   name namefield
   group "playersettinggroup"
   type ITEM_TYPE_EDITFIELD
   style 0
   text "Name:"
   cvar "ui_Name"
   maxchars 26
   rect 20 40 256 20
   textalign ITEM_ALIGN_LEFT      
   textalignx 10
   textaligny 18
   textscale .27       
   outlinecolor 1 .5 .5 .5
   backcolor 0 0 0 0
   forecolor 1 1 1 1
   border 0
   bordercolor 0 0 0 0
   visible 1
}

/*
itemDef {
   name handicapfield
   group "playersettinggroup"
   style 0   
   text "Handicap:"
   ownerdraw UI_HANDICAP
   rect 20 60 256 20
   textalign ITEM_ALIGN_LEFT      
   textalignx 10
   textaligny 18
   textscale .27   
   outlinecolor 1 .5 .5 .5
   backcolor 0 0 0 0
   forecolor 1 1 1 1
   border 0
   bordercolor 0 0 0 0
   visible 1
}

itemDef {
   name effectentry
   group "playersettinggroup"
   text "Effect:"
   type 1
   style 0   
   rect 20 65 256 20
   textalign ITEM_ALIGN_LEFT   
   textalignx 10
   textaligny 18
   textscale .25       
   outlinecolor 1 .5 .5 .5
   backcolor 0 0 0 0
   forecolor 1 1 1 1
   border 0
   bordercolor 0 0 0 0
   visible 1
   decoration
   mouseEnterText { setitemcolor effectentry forecolor 1 .75 0 1 ; setfocus effectfield ; show message_effect }
   mouseExitText { setitemcolor playersettinggroup forecolor 1 1 1 1 ; hide message_effect }
}

itemDef {
   name effectfield
   group "playersettinggroup"
   style 0   
   ownerdraw UI_EFFECTS
   rect 20 65 256 20
   textalign ITEM_ALIGN_LEFT      
   textalignx 50
   textaligny 25
   outlinecolor 1 .5 .5 .5
   backcolor 0 0 0 0
   forecolor 1 1 1 1
   border 0
   bordercolor 0 0 0 0
   visible 1     
}

itemDef {
   name headlist
   rect 15 100 260 50
   type ITEM_TYPE_LISTBOX
   style WINDOW_STYLE_FILLED
   elementwidth 32
   elementheight 32
   elementtype LISTBOX_IMAGE
   feeder FEEDER_HEADS
   horizontalscroll
   backcolor 0 0 0 1
   border 1
   bordercolor .5 .5 .5 1
   forecolor 1 1 1 1
   visible 1
   cvarTest "g_gametype"
   showCvar { "3" ; "4" ; "5" ; "6" ; "7" ; "8" }
   mouseenter { setitemcolor headlist bordercolor 1 0 0 1 }
   mouseexit { setitemcolor headlist bordercolor .5 .5 .5 1 }
}
*/

itemDef {
   name headlist
   rect 17 65 221 50
   type ITEM_TYPE_LISTBOX
   style WINDOW_STYLE_FILLED
   elementwidth 32
   elementheight 32
   elementtype LISTBOX_IMAGE
   feeder FEEDER_Q3HEADS
   horizontalscroll
   backcolor .5 .5 .5 .5
   border 1
   bordercolor .5 .5 .5 1
   forecolor 1 1 1 1
   visible 1
   cvarTest "g_gametype"
   showCvar { "0" ; "1" }
   mouseenter {  }
   mouseexit {  }
}

}
}


ui/settings_player.menu
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#include "ui/menudef.h"

{
\\ SETUP MENU \\

menuDef {
    name "player_menu"
    visible 0
    fullscreen 0
   rect 0 50 640 371
    focusColor 1 .75 0 1
    style 1
    border 1
   onClose {
      uiScript saveControls
   }
   onOpen { }
   onEsc { close player_menu ; close setup_menu ; open main }


itemDef {
   name window
   group grpControlbutton
   rect 2 2 632 371   
   style WINDOW_STYLE_FILLED
   border 1
   bordercolor .5 .5 .5 .5
   forecolor 1 1 1 1
   backcolor 0 0 0 .5
   visible 1
   decoration
}

itemDef {
   name namefield
   group "playersettinggroup"
   type ITEM_TYPE_EDITFIELD
   style 0
   text "Name:"
   cvar "name"
   maxchars 26
   rect 60 130 256 20
   textalign ITEM_ALIGN_LEFT
   textalignx 10
   textaligny 18
   textscale .27       
   outlinecolor 1 .5 .5 .5
   backcolor 0 0 0 0
   forecolor 1 1 1 1
   border 0
   bordercolor 0 0 0 0
   visible 1
}

/*
itemDef {
   name handicapfield
   group "playersettinggroup"
   style 0   
   text "Handicap:"
   ownerdraw UI_HANDICAP
   rect 100 120 256 20
   textalign ITEM_ALIGN_LEFT      
   textalignx 10
   textaligny 18
   textscale .27   
   outlinecolor 1 .5 .5 .5
   backcolor 0 0 0 0
   forecolor 1 1 1 1
   border 0
   bordercolor 0 0 0 0
   visible 1
}
*/

itemDef {
   name headlist
   rect 67 160 281 50
   type ITEM_TYPE_LISTBOX
   style WINDOW_STYLE_FILLED
   elementwidth 32
   elementheight 32
   elementtype LISTBOX_IMAGE
   feeder FEEDER_Q3HEADS
   horizontalscroll
   backcolor .5 .5 .5 .5
   border 1
   bordercolor .5 .5 .5 1
   forecolor 1 1 1 1
   visible 1
   mouseenter {  }
   mouseexit {  }
}

itemDef {
   name window
   group grpControlbutton
   rect 425 30 150 330   
   style WINDOW_STYLE_FILLED
   border 1
   bordercolor 1 1 1 .5
   forecolor 1 1 1 1
   backcolor 1 1 1 .2
   visible 1
   decoration
}

itemDef {
   name modelselection
   ownerdraw UI_PLAYERMODEL
   rect 350 50 330 330
   style 1
   decoration
   visible 1
}

}
}


And here is a small pk3 that will let you test the changes if needed: z_ui.pk3 (just put it in smokinguns/ with the other pk3 files)

Now few questions:
Is there anything I should change?
Should I fork SG on github and make a pull request?
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Re: Removing handicap from the menu

Postby Biondo » Wed Jun 05, 2013 7:26 am

Great work, Barto. Thank you for the attention. I'm waiting to read the opinion of others.
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Re: Removing handicap from the menu

Postby Barto » Wed Jun 05, 2013 10:21 am

Thanks Biondo for your suggestion and your testing help too.

Oh, and one more thing:
- I am open to hear and do changes (at least try) for the user interface.
- And I've created a fork on GitHub since I don't have the rights to modify directly the source code. I haven't made a pull request on SG sources (and I probably won't). Téquila, I'm waiting for your move.
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Re: Removing handicap from the menu

Postby TheDoctor » Wed Jun 05, 2013 1:33 pm

Barto wrote:I'm open to changes to the user interface.

Well, previously, there were requests regarding direct weapon switching.
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Re: Removing handicap from the menu

Postby Biondo » Wed Jun 05, 2013 9:22 pm

TheDoctor wrote:there were requests regarding direct weapon.


That feature would be very interesting, but Barto's improvement about Handicap is still ready to be applied. Maybe one step at a time ...
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Re: Removing handicap from the menu

Postby TheDoctor » Wed Jun 05, 2013 10:39 pm

Biondo wrote:
TheDoctor wrote:there were requests regarding direct weapon.

That feature would be very interesting, but Barto's improvement about Handicap is still ready to be applied. Maybe one step at a time ...

Of course. no need for creating an artificial dependency.

The next official update is probably in form a small additional .pk3 file. Even so, I would not expect an official update within the next months, unless somebody steps up as a person in charge of packing.
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Re: Removing handicap from the menu

Postby Biondo » Wed Jun 05, 2013 10:43 pm

OK, now your thoughts are more clear.
BTW, TheDoctor, I see your signature as a "Broken image" icon.
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Re: Removing handicap from the menu

Postby Barto » Fri Jun 07, 2013 4:30 pm

I had an eye on the direct weapon switching but I haven't succeeded at the task (damn!).
Anyway, it *seems* that the file to look at is in code/cgame/cg_draw.c in the CheckWeaponChange(void) function (around line 4347).
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