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GE2 GUI Prototype 1.5 TrackBars

Hi.

I would like to give another update regarding the new GUI I am working on.

The latest changes that were made:

1. Control position bounds:
Every control position now can be limited to certain bounds:


2. DragBox grid snap:
It is possible to define how the drag control item position would be rounded when it is dragged.



3. DragBox axis filter:
For DragBox the programmer can define in which direction the drag control would move. Either X , Y or both


Using all these features it is possible to define TrackBar.

The trackBar is a simple control that has a small control usually called "Thumb" or "Slider".
Every windows user is familar with display control window with resolution trackbar:


In Galactic engine there are 2 trackbar controls: vertical and horizontal. Each control has a "thumb" which itself is a DragBox control. The DragBox was defined with position bounds so it wouldn't pass through the trackbar parent size rectangle. Also it has a specific axis defined so it would drag controls only in one direction. When dragging is occured the control finds new thumb position and recalculates current trackbar value based on relative percentage between minimum and maximum values.

Trackbars can have also the maximum and minimum values set, so the thumb would only move within these limits.


Here is a video that demonstrates new trackbar in action:




For more information visit Galactic Engine 2 forum

Stack walker added

Another little update.

I have added stack walker for the engine created by Jochen Kalambach. It is helpful tool that shows how the functions were called. With a little utility dbghelp.dll it is possible.

Here is a screenshot that shows error report:


By default any error in debug mode produces stack trace automatically. In release mode however it needs to be manually specified through config file.

GUI progress - drag box fun

Another update.

Finally I added scissor functionality. It should cut any controls that move out of parent container bounds. You can clearly see this in action.

Another thing I wanted to show is drag box. It is possible to make drag box move almost any control including window close button.

GE2 GUI Prototype 1.3

Hi.

Another little update regaring new GUI system.

A few things that I managed to add:

1. Custom cursors for any type of control (You can see that in a video, how cursor style changes on hover event)
2. Focus - Control that was used recently recieves input from keyboard.
3. Switching between controls with TAB key. Kinda basic function that everyone uses in windows but a little harder to implement than it may look.

Here is another video that shows the recently added features:

SunAge new RTS

Here is an interesting project that guys were making for 11 years!

SunAge

The best part is that it is finally finished and it looks really awesome. Although I haven't tried it yet, I am looking forward to it in the future.

Definetelly check the video teaser: