ListMenus and closure

[Kinsie]

Hi! In my current little side-project I'm using a combination of ZScript, ACS and MENUDEF to create plot-spewing terminals in the style of some other old game whose name I forget right now.


They're pretty cool as it stands, but I'd like to add options to them, to advance between multiple pages or close themselves instead of relying on the player to hit ESC. However, it looks like the "Command" option is limited to OptionMenus and can't be used in ListMenus. Is there an equivalent method I can use to make a ListMenu close itself? Thanks.

[ZippeyKeys12]

Ooh, information terminals like Marathon . Wouldn't you already be able to advance through pages with openmenu? Exiting seems like a problem, I can see it being annoying as I'd personally rather have a button.

EDIT: I can't wait to see this project, the text in the image you put is intriguing...

[Kinsie]

Wouldn't you already be able to advance through pages with openmenu?

ListMenus use different, equivalent options (PatchItem or TextItem) so that's not an issue. The issue is getting the menu to quit back into the game without having to ESC back through all the previous pages. If I have to do that, I'll just make all the terminals a single page and call it a limitation.

EDIT: I can't wait to see this project, the text in the image you put is intriguing...

The text is from a level in Marathon Infinity, just to illustrate what I've done without showing off any of my quality literature. That'll be for later.

[ramon.dexter]

And whatabout using ZSDF conversation for the menus?

To behonest, I'm also making a kinf of information terminals. All is done with ZSDF conversation.

[Graf Zahl]

You can call Menu.Close to close your menu, but of course you'll have to write some item to actually perform the action.

[Kinsie]

And whatabout using ZSDF conversation for the menus?

To behonest, I'm also making a kinf of information terminals. All is done with ZSDF conversation.

I think I considered Strife dialogues at some point, but something about them put me off. I'll probably use them for, well, actual dialogue options if it ever comes to that.

You can call Menu.Close to close your menu, but of course you'll have to write some item to actually perform the action.

Excellent, this gives me a starting point. Thanks!

[Kinsie]

So, uhh, dumb question time. How do I actually use custom menu items in MENUDEF?

[Graf Zahl]

Their class name needs to start with ListMenuItem/OptionMenuItem, and they need to implement a public Init function returning the object itself. The arguments for these functions will then be parsed by the MENUDEF parser, using the function's signature to interpret the values being passed.