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Novice Joined: 10 Jul 2006 Posts: 30

So, I can't figure this out for the life of me. I've got a button.

When I click the button, it sips a potion. That part works fine.

For the caption, I have:

Wizard Joined: 22 Mar 2007 Posts: 2320

Yes, %btncol() will return a number representing the color of the button--0 in this case, for black. One solution, I think, is to enclose the %btncol() function inside some other function which won't do anything, and returns a null. Actually, %null() itself might work, since we know %btncol() always returns a value. So:

Novice Joined: 10 Jul 2006 Posts: 30

%null didn't work. I tried that before posting. :(

Wizard Joined: 22 Mar 2007 Posts: 2320

I'm not coming up with an obvious function which would work.

Of course, the correct solution is to put the variable name in the Variable Expression of the button, and have the two labels and colors be the on and off states of the button.

Novice Joined: 10 Jul 2006 Posts: 30

Any suggestions on how to do that? I want the button's function just to be to sip the potion, with the visual appearance changing based on a value set from my prompt. I couldn't figure out how to go about changing the on/off state

Wizard Joined: 22 Mar 2007 Posts: 2320

That's very strange--a button to send the sip command, but the label has nothing to do with sipping? No, you can't do a sip function and have the on/off controlled by a variable, so I see why you were trying to do the button changing in the caption. But that is a very strange thing to do. You would probably be much better off using two different buttons--one to display the cloak state, and the other to do the sip command. They really aren't intended to do both kinds of things at the same time, unless the state of the variable is controlled by the state of the button.

If you really insist on having both things in the same button, you could do it moving the %btncol() function to an expression trigger controlled by the variable. Or you could use this in your button caption, but this is really brute-force:

Novice Joined: 10 Jul 2006 Posts: 30

I don't see how it's that strange. I'm writing this as a package for new players to use to help get them used to the game. The button's display shows if they have the defense up or not, while clicking the button will do the action to create the defense. Ie, it shows if they have the cloak defense, and clicking on the button will sip the potion which creates that defense. So, the two things are quite related on a human level, even if they aren't linked by code.

I'm trying to create a CMUD-version of the visual UI they have with the java client. If you have any suggestions on how to create a similar set-up, I'd love to hear it - I kinda stumbled into this method after trying a lot of stuff. >_<

Wizard Joined: 22 Mar 2007 Posts: 2320

I see--it wasn't clear from your description how they were related. The two methods I just gave you should work, though it is very awkward.

Novice Joined: 10 Jul 2006 Posts: 30

I'll give that a try.

I'm not tied to this execution, however. This is just the roundabout way I found to do what I want: display a defence's current state, and do an action which will active that defence when clicking the display. This mimics the newbie UI and is something new users miss when they switch to CMUD. If you have any suggestions for another method to achieve the same thing (or similar) I'd love to try them out!

Thanks again for all the help! :)

Wizard Joined: 17 Jun 2006 Posts: 1201

Novice Joined: 10 Jul 2006 Posts: 30

AWESOME!!! That was exactly what I was looking for. Thanks! :)