[VCE] How to create menus?

[Freek]

I used to know how to do this years ago, but I'm really stumped on it now. What string of events do I need to set up branching dialogue in VCE? Thanks

[Ad Bot]

[phflack]

what kind of menus?
varlinks in the chat, or clicking bricks and printing out?

[Freek]

what kind of menus?
varlinks in the chat, or clicking bricks and printing out?

varlinks in the chat

[phflack]

onVariableUpdate is the input event for when somebody clicks the varlink

I don't quite remember how varlinks syntax is, but I think it's something like <varlink:a:b> to set variable a to be b, and prints a(?)

[Freek]

onVariableUpdate is the input event for when somebody clicks the varlink

I don't quite remember how varlinks syntax is, but I think it's something like <varlink:a:b> to set variable a to be b, and prints a(?)

i guess I don't really want varlinks, I'm not sure how to describe it.

I basically want it so that when a person types "/help" after the bot prompts them to type it, it'll launch another client>ChatMessage

[Drydess]

I basically want it so that when a person types "/help" after the bot prompts them to type it, it'll launch another client>ChatMessage

if this is exactly what you want done then it's ten times easier to script it
unless you're just using that as an example

[Freek]

if this is exactly what you want done then it's ten times easier to script it
unless you're just using that as an example

that's pretty much all i want. not sure how to do it

[phflack]

if you want to use server commands, it'll require a script

[Freek]

I don't want it to use commands, I just want it so that when they say "/help" or "help" or any phrase, it opens a new chat message

[phflack]

"/help" is a command
"help" is a chat message

you're going to have to pick one, or both, just let me know what interfacing you want it to have

[Freek]

"/help" is a command
"help" is a chat message

you're going to have to pick one, or both, just let me know what interfacing you want it to have

Chat message

[phflack]

so if using chat messages, what will trigger the event?
varlinks and onVariableUpdate
a button with onActivate
a room with a floor with onPlayerTouch/onChatMsg
a loop that runs until the end of the menu

would not really recommend onPlayerTouch/loop, but onChatMsg is probably the cleanest from the users perspective

[Freek]

I'm using onBotActivate

[phflack]

what would you like it to do?

should it have different keywords to display messages, or should it remember where you are in the menu?

different keywords:
onActivate>self>VCE_ifValue[<var:cl:lastMsg>][==][shop][1 5] //line 0
onVariableTrue>client>chatMsg[Here is the shop:]
onVariableTrue>client>chatMsg[Gun: 5 points]
onVariableTrue>client>chatMsg[Shotgun: 15 points]
onVariableTrue>client>chatMsg[Minigun: 25 points]
onVariableFalse>self>VCE_ifValue[<var:cl:lastMsg>][==][gun][9 10] //line 5
onVariableTrue>player>addItem[gun] //put before the the score check to not interfere with the lastMsg check, could put at the very end instead
onVariableTrue>client>incScore[-5]
onVariableFalse>client>chatMsg[Not enough points]
onVariableTrue>self>VCE_ifValue<var:cl:score>][>=][5][6 8] //line 9
onVariableFalse>self>VCE_ifValue[<var:cl:lastMsg>][==][shotgun][14 15] //line 10
onVariableTrue>player>addItem[shotgun] //put before the the score check to not interfere with the lastMsg check, could put at the very end instead
onVariableTrue>client>incScore[-15]
onVariableFalse>client>chatMsg[Not enough points]
onVariableTrue>self>VCE_ifValue<var:cl:score>][>=][5][11 13] //line 14
onVariableFalse>self>VCE_ifValue[<var:cl:lastMsg>][==][minigun][19 20] //line 15
onVariableTrue>player>addItem[gun] //put before the the score check to not interfere with the lastMsg check, could put at the very end instead
onVariableTrue>client>incScore[-5]
onVariableFalse>client>chatMsg[Not enough points]
onVariableTrue>self>VCE_ifValue<var:cl:score>][>=][5][16 18] //line 19
onVariableFalse>self>VCE_ifValue[<var:cl:lastMsg>][==][teleports][21 25] //line 20
onVariableTrue>client>chatMsg[Here are the teleport locations:]
onVariableTrue>client>chatMsg[House]
onVariableTrue>client>chatMsg[Factory]
onVariableTrue>client>chatMsg[Pond]
onVariableFalse>self>VCE_ifValue[<var:cl:lastMsg>][==][House][26 27] //line 25
onVariableTrue>namedBrick[House]>setPlayerTransform
onVariableFalse>self>VCE_ifValue[<var:cl:lastMsg>][==][House][28 29] //line 27
onVariableTrue>namedBrick[House]>setPlayerTransform
onVariableFalse>self>VCE_ifValue[<var:cl:lastMsg>][==][House][30 33] //line 29
onVariableTrue>namedBrick[House]>setPlayerTransform
onVariableFalse>client>chatMsg[Available menus:]
onVariableFalse>client>chatMsg[Shop]
onVariableFalse>client>chatMsg[Teleports]

default menu is at the end, in case all other options are false
if you want to have a state based menu, like 20 questions and yes/no options each time, then you'd want to save that in a variable and read text based on it

(it may be better for me to just show all of this ingame)

[Freek]

is there any way I can make it so you wouldn't have to activate it again after sending the message? in a way so that when you type it, the next text just comes below it