Quick question about menu files...

[Primesghost]

Ok, started picking apart the menu files (the ones with the .menu extension). I want to rename and alter the popup descriptions for several buttons. I've found where these are assigned to the buttons properties, and have discovered that I can easily change them by replacing the constants being used with strings

 

example:

 

in main.menu under jk2mp folder:

 

original:

itemDef 
	{
		name				newgamebutton
		group				toprow
		style				WINDOW_STYLE_EMPTY
		type				ITEM_TYPE_BUTTON
		rect				115 115 130 24
		text				@MENUS2_PLAY
		descText			@MENUS2_START_PLAYING_NOW
		font				3
		textscale			0.9
		textaligny			0
		textalign			ITEM_ALIGN_CENTER
		textstyle			3
		textalignx			65
		forecolor			0.65 0.65 1 1
		visible			1

		mouseEnter 
		{ 
			show			newgamebutton_glow 
		}
		mouseExit 
		{ 
			hide			newgamebutton_glow 
		}	  	  
		action 
		{ 
			play			"sound/interface/button1.wav" ; 
			close			all ; 
			open			multiplayermenu 
		}
	}

 

 

Edited:

itemDef 
	{
		name				newgamebutton
		group				toprow
		style				WINDOW_STYLE_EMPTY
		type				ITEM_TYPE_BUTTON
		rect				115 115 130 24
		text				"New Game"     //<-- Edited
		descText			@MENUS2_START_PLAYING_NOW
		font				3
		textscale			0.9
		textaligny			0
		textalign			ITEM_ALIGN_CENTER
		textstyle			3
		textalignx			65
		forecolor			0.65 0.65 1 1
		visible			1

		mouseEnter 
		{ 
			show			newgamebutton_glow 
		}
		mouseExit 
		{ 
			hide			newgamebutton_glow 
		}	  	  
		action 
		{ 
			play			"sound/interface/button1.wav" ; 
			close			all ; 
			open			multiplayermenu 
		}
	}

 

 

I was wondering if anyone knew where to find the declarations on the constants being used originally. It would make life a lot easier if I could just define some new ones in one place and use those instead of having to manually assign values to each menu file's button.

[Primesghost]

Nevermind, I found em.

[Emon]

If you're interested in MENU formats, the Unofficial SDK includes a document from Raven on it.

 

http://lucasforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=97902

[Code]

this is also a usefull link

 

http://linux.ucla.edu/~phaethon/q3tamenu/q3tamenu.html