FBA The Creator

Hi,

adding a menu to my game. On the main menu page I have amongst others an "options" & "quit" button. When they click "quit" the game closes. When they click "options" the options pages is displayed.

On the options page in the same position as the quit button there a "done" button to return them to the main page.

It all works lovely but if I don't 'stab' the "done" button then the "quit" button event is triggered. So is there a way to clear the mousedown buffer so that I can be sure they actually pressed the "quit" button deliberately?

function DoMenu()

        drawimage(splash1, 0,0)

        -- MAIN PAGE
        
        if MENU_PAGE == 1 then
        
        
                drawimage(btn_start, SCREEN_CENTRE_X - (BUTTON_WIDTH/2),120)
                drawimage(btn_options, SCREEN_CENTRE_X - (BUTTON_WIDTH/2),160)
                drawimage(btn_quit,  SCREEN_CENTRE_X - (BUTTON_WIDTH/2),240)
         
                if blend > 0 then
                        fadescreen()
                        blend = blend - FADE_SPEED_IN
                end
        
                -- START        
                if mousein(SCREEN_CENTRE_X - (BUTTON_WIDTH/2), 120, SCREEN_CENTRE_X - (BUTTON_WIDTH/2)+BUTTON_WIDTH, 120+32) then      
                
                        if (mousedown() > 0) then
                                BLOCK_SIZE = 16
                                BLOCK_OFFSET = BLOCK_SIZE / 2
                                CURRENT_STATE = STATE_MENU_FADEOUT
                                LoadGame()
                        end
                end
        
                -- OPTIONS
                if mousein(SCREEN_CENTRE_X - (BUTTON_WIDTH/2), 160, SCREEN_CENTRE_X - (BUTTON_WIDTH/2)+BUTTON_WIDTH, 160+32) then      
                
                        if (mousedown() > 0) then
                                MENU_PAGE = 2
                        end
                end
        
                -- QUIT
                if mousein(SCREEN_CENTRE_X - (BUTTON_WIDTH/2), 240, SCREEN_CENTRE_X - (BUTTON_WIDTH/2)+BUTTON_WIDTH, 240+32) then      
                
                        if (mousedown() > 0) then
                                CURRENT_STATE = STATE_QUIT_FADEOUT
                        end
                end


        -- OPTIONS PAGE
        
        elseif MENU_PAGE == 2 then

                drawimage(btn_done,  SCREEN_CENTRE_X - (BUTTON_WIDTH/2),240)

                -- DONE 
                
                if mousein(SCREEN_CENTRE_X - (BUTTON_WIDTH/2), 240, SCREEN_CENTRE_X - (BUTTON_WIDTH/2)+BUTTON_WIDTH, 240+32) then      
                
                        if (mousedown() > 0) then
                                MENU_PAGE = 1
                        end
                end

        end

end 

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Actually there isn't a way to do that, you could workaround this using the stylus events, instead of checking the mouse position inside your logic.

Was just following the examples given with FBA....

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I know, but for your case, with alternate pages and several buttons on same position, it won't work well
I thought a reset function for mousedown counter wouldn't be useful, but i'll add it if it will be necessary

Hi,

well more functionality would be nice

But I have recoded...

function onstylusdown(x,y)

        if CURRENT_STATE == STATE_MENU then

                if MENU_PAGE == 1 then
                        if mousein(SCREEN_CENTRE_X - (BUTTON_WIDTH/2), 240, SCREEN_CENTRE_X - (BUTTON_WIDTH/2)+BUTTON_WIDTH, 240+32) then      
                                CURRENT_STATE = STATE_QUIT_FADEOUT
                        end
                
                elseif MENU_PAGE == 2 then
                
                        if mousein(SCREEN_CENTRE_X - (BUTTON_WIDTH/2), 240, SCREEN_CENTRE_X - (BUTTON_WIDTH/2)+BUTTON_WIDTH, 240+32) then      
                
                                MENU_PAGE = 1
                        end
                
                end
                
        end

      
end

and works perfectly - THANKS!

Yeah I could use the x, y passed to in see if it's inside the button are but easier to call mousein I think...

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I use context-sensitive menus in the program I'm writing, and to make sure that my clicks are going to the write menu, I use some state variables. I got the idea from the Enlight code, where there are different states for the game, the help, and the about screen.

Here's a snippet:

  elseif mousein(49,96,166,111) then
    -- show info
    if HELP_MENU_CLICKED == 1 then
      HELP_INFO_CLICKED = 1
      HELP_MENU_CLICKED = 0
      MAINSCREEN_SHOWN = false
    end
  elseif mousein(49,112,166,130) then
    -- show about
    if HELP_MENU_CLICKED == 1 then
      HELP_ABOUT_CLICKED = 1
      HELP_MENU_CLICKED = 0
      MAINSCREEN_SHOWN = false
    end

You can see that I check the state of the screen before I allow the click to change anything else.

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Don't take this the wrong way but I think that method is a little more 'clunky' - THANKS anyhow...

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Oh, I see. You took the same concept but switched around the order of the ifs. I like it.

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Also notice the const I'm using (the variables in uppercase). Makes it LOADS easier to rearrange the layout as it's all calculated based upon the certain set values - more flexible than hard coding...

Yet to set the button size, i.e. the 32 etc but I'm working flat out

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