How Do I Simulate a drag on a Multiscreen Menu?

kaanuki

Hi All.

Ive created a multiscreen menu system that works great. However, I'd like to create a function that automatically advances/drags over to the extended part of the menu when a player has completed all of the levels within the current view. Im not sure how I should approach this since the drag function uses an 'IF TOUCHED, COMPARE X1 to X2' rule.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.

mounted88

Check out this link
http://www.deepblueapps.com/free-coverflow-template-gs/

Also gshelper has or had one to if you check out gshelper.com

Hope they help you some

kaanuki

I will check them out - Thanks!

kaanuki

Thanks for the feedback here. However, like I stated - I already created a multiscreen menu that works perfectly. What I would like to do is have that menu automatically scroll over to the next set of menu items when a user reaches a level that is actually a part of the menu that is not yet on screen.

For example - how would you implement a function that automatically (no human interaction) scrolls from level 1 to level 5 in your menu?

Thanks

mounted88

Oh misread your post, I'll check it out tomorrow and send you some stuff.

kaanuki

Thanks @mounted88!

mounted88

@kaanuki well after spending like 6 hours trying to figure this out, im still at a stand still. Im going to keep trying to figure this out. I just wanted to keep you up dated on this. So you didnt think i forgot about you

kaanuki

Thanks. I also found the menu system in your link pretty helpful as well.

UtopianGames

Why don't you just interpolate the camera over to the new area?

Make a game integer for the area count starting at 1 then going up by 1 each time a level is complete and do a rule with the camera if area = 1 interpolate camera position x to 240 if area=2 interpolate camera x to position 480 and so on.

Darren.

kaanuki

Thanks Darren.

I wasnt clear about the manipulation of the camera controls. Let me give this a try...

SolarPepperStudios

I just used a boolean and a "move to" action to do that. What I did was if Game.Advance is true then move to X and Y. It worked for me. Also that "move to" was in the actor controlling the camera.

kaanuki

Why don't you just interpolate the camera over to the new area?

Make a game integer for the area count starting at 1 then going up by 1 each time a level is complete and do a rule with the camera if area = 1 interpolate camera position x to 240 if area=2 interpolate camera x to position 480 and so on.

Darren.

Thanks again, Darren.

Works exactly like i need it to!

BTW - You guys at DeepBlueApps have some of the most awesome tools Ive seen for GS. I think I will be getting the entire set (I need everyone of them!)