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Input IDs in Menu rows

Nknz1
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24.01.24 02:44:49 pm

Hey guys.
I'm working on a script and in this script I would have many menus with different items in each one.

I've already searched and looked at the documentation but I didn't find anything about how to put an IDS or some identifier on each line of the menu.

Example.

My first menu is

1.Pistol
2.Rifles

How do I know that when the player clicked on line 1 or 2 it refers to Pistol or Rifles?

For me, only the button is enough, but only the number.

I would like to do something in a dynamic way

Looking at the below and thinking about a dynamic menu, how will I know that the person clicked on the Deagle or Glock skin? You can't base it on the button IDs because this can change.

---------------------------
Menu

1. Deagle Gold
2. Glock Water Elements
------------------

I can do what I want, but not in a dynamic way. and that ends up not being so good

Re: Input IDs in Menu rows

Bowlinghead
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24.01.24 03:44:06 pm

Vanilla menus are a bit tricky. It is certainly possible, I have done something similiar in file

Digital Buy and Drop Request (A Valorant Feature) (1)
I recommend you to use a menu framework/library (there are many in the file archive).

I dont really see the point in *dynamic* menus (Do you only want certain player groups to access certain skins?).

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Looking at the below and thinking about a dynamic menu, how will I know that the person clicked on the Deagle or Glock skin? You can't base it on the button IDs because this can change.

When you create the menu then you generate a list of some sort (because you need to show the menu) like:

specialMenu = "Skinz@b, Gold Deagle, Watermelon Glock"

You need to save this specific order, in best case with some ids.

specialMenuData = { 1, 2 } -- While you know 1: golden deagle and 2: watermelon glock

Then in the hit hook you can interpret the buttons easily:

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function menuHook(pid, t, b) 
	if (t=="Skinz") then
		if (b~=9) then
			local skinId = specialMenuData[b]
			msg2(pid,"You have selected Weapon ID: "..skinId)
			msg2(pid,"Your skin is: "..database[skinId].name)
			applySkinToPlayer(pid, skinId)
		end
	end
end

Example skin database:

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database = {
	[1] = { -- <-- Skin ID
		name = "Golden Deagle", <-- Skin Name
		file = "gdgl.png",
	},
	[2] = {
		name = "Watermelon Glock",
		file = "wmelglock.png",
	},
	-- ...
}

Bonus

Ideally you dont want to create the menus yourself to prevent typos.
Here is an example of what I mean

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-- The only menu definition we need!
menus = {
	normal = {3, 4, 5},
	alt = {1,2,3},
	vip = {1,2,3,4,5,6},
	all = {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8},
}


--[[
	Create the strings that you need for the cs2d:menu only once
	Gets filled by generateMenus()
	Example Content:
	menusTxt = {
		normal = { "My normal Menu@b, Redline AK|rak.png, ProtoM4|prot.png, Elegant|ele.png" }
		alternative = {"My alternative Menu@b,..."},
		vip = {...},
		...
	}
]]
menusTxt = {

},

function getHeadline(groupName) 
	return "My "..groupName.." Menu@b";
end

--[[
	Generate the menu txt from the menus tbl

]]
function generateMenus()
	local result
	local skin

	for groupName, groupList in pairs(menus) do
		menusTxt[groupName] = {}
		
		-- Generate menu txt per group
		result = { getHeadline(groupName) } -- headline of menu
		for skinCounter, skinId in ipairs(groupList) do
			if (skinCounter >= 9) then break; end -- todo: allow more than 9 skins per list
			skin = database[skinId] -- for each current skin id
			result[#result+1] = ","..skin.name.."|"..skin.file; -- add each skin name entry to menu
		end
		
		menusTxt[groupName] = table.concat(result)
	end
	
end

--[[
	Open Menu. Example: 
		openMenu(1, "normal"); 
		openMenu(2, "all");
]]
function openMenu(pid, groupName)
	menu(pid, menusTxt[groupName])
end

addhook("menu","menuHook")
function menuHook(pid, t, b)
	local skinList
	local skinId
	local skin
     for groupName,_ in pairs(menus) do
		
		if (getHeadline(groupName) == t) then
			msg(pid,"You selected a skin in "..getHeadline(groupName))
			if (b==9) then
				return;
			end
			
			skinList = menus[groupName]
			skinId = skinList[b]
			skin = database[skinId]
			
			applySkin(pid, skin)
			return;
		end
	 end
	 
end

function applySkin(pid, skin)
	msg2(pid,"TODO Applying "..skin.name)
	msg2(pid,"TODO File: "..skin.file)
end

-- Example skin database:
database = {
     [1] = { -- <-- Skin ID
          name = "Golden Deagle", --<-- Skin Name
          file = "gdgl.png",
     },
     [2] = {
          name = "Watermelon Glock",
          file = "wmelglock.png",
     },
	 [3] = {
		name = "Redline AK",
		file = "rak.png",
	 },
	[4] = {
		name = "ProtoM4",
		file = "proto.png",
	},
	[5] = {
		name = "Elegant",
		file = "ele.png",
	},
     -- ...
	 [6] = {...},
	 [7] = {...},
	 [8] = {...},
	 
}
-- give player with id=1 the all menu
openMenu(1, "all")

edited 2×, last 24.01.24 09:29:44 pm

Re: Input IDs in Menu rows

Nknz1
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29.01.24 06:21:34 pm

Bowlinghead: I understand what you mean, but I think in the sense that I can have several skin pages... so it becomes a little complicated to know which skin was clicked on, is there a way to look for the position of the skin in a list if I know which one? I'm on this page, I already do that.

But I tried to find out if there was a better way.

Re: Input IDs in Menu rows

Mami Tomoe
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29.01.24 07:09:58 pm

The only way to do what you want is by covering the default menu system with a better one, primary by implementing tables.

Don't re-invent the wheel, it'll just slow your progress on whatever it is that you're working on.
Embrace a framework or just summon a dynamic-menu independent module.

I suggest either this framework: file

HC Admin Script 1.9.4 (0) or this module: file

[EngiN33R] UniMenu (31)

Again, you don't need to re-invent the wheel.
Creativity and uniqueness is what makes a server, not whether you made the menu script or someone from 10 years ago.

Re: Input IDs in Menu rows

Bowlinghead
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30.01.24 10:33:28 am

Read& understand my script and menu framworks and combine that knowledge.
Here is an example for the UniMenu Menu Script.

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-- dofile unimenu script
dofile("superscripts/unimenu.lua")

-- Example skin database:
database = {
     [1] = { -- <-- Skin ID
          name = "Golden Deagle", --<-- Skin Name
          file = "gdgl.png",
     },
     [2] = {
          name = "Watermelon Glock",
          file = "wmelglock.png",
     },
	 [3] = {
		name = "Redline AK",
		file = "rak.png",
	 },
	[4] = {
		name = "ProtoM4",
		file = "proto.png",
	},
	[5] = {
		name = "Elegant",
		file = "ele.png",
	},
}


function applySkin(pid, skinId)
	local skin = database[skinId]
	msg2(pid,"TODO Applying "..skin.name)
	msg2(pid,"TODO File: "..skin.file)
end

-- UniMenu Menu declaration
menus["Skinz"] = {
	title = "Sk1nZ Ch4ng3r",
	items = {
		-- filled by function
		--[[
			Expected something like:
			{"GayRainbow Deagle","", func(pid) applySkin(pid, 1)},
			{"Brown MOAB Grenade","",func(pid) applySkin(pid, 17)},
			{"Skin Name", "", func(pid) applySkin(pid, skinId)},
			...
		]]
	},
}

function init()
	local menuEntry
	for skinId, skin in pairs(database) do
		menuEntry = {}
		menuEntry[1] = skin.name
		menuEntry[2] = ""
		menuEntry[3] = function(pid) applySkin(pid, skinId) end

		-- Write unimenu-menu data here
		menus["Skinz"].items[#menus["Skinz"].items+1] = menuEntry
	end
end
init()


-- Open Skinz Menu for pid=1 
unimenu(1, true,"Skinz",1)

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so it becomes a little complicated to know which skin was clicked on, is there a way to look for the position of the skin in a list if I know which one? I'm on this page, I already do that.

No, there is no easy way. Thats why we use menu frameworks

edited 5×, last 22.02.24 02:19:54 pm

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