NGUI and Server List

[bratchan]

I have been banging my head against a wall for a while. I hope someone might be able to help out with my issue. I’m still new to NGUI and I also have been working in javascript.

I am creating a Muliplayer game and need to get menus to work with NGUI. I have it all working find with the GUI system in unity, I just wanted it to easier to style and such.

I have hosting menu to work fine, you can connect to the server and its all good, its for the joining players where I have the issue at. I have NGUI populating a grid with a label and a button so you can click to join that server.

I can’t figure out how to get the host information for that certain server so you can connect to it.

This is the code i have for populating the list.

1. for (var element in data)
2.                 {
3.                
4.                         Debug.Log("loadElement");
5.                         var name = element.gameName + " " + element.connectedPlayers + " / " + element.playerLimit;
6.  
7.                        
8.                         Debug.Log(element);
9.                
10.                        
11.                         NGUITools.AddChild(serverTable, serverItem);
12.                         serverItem.GetComponent(UILabel).text = name;
13.                         serverItem.name = rr.ToString();
14.                         //Debug.Log(serverItem.name);
15.                         Debug.Log(serverItem.GetComponent(UILabel).text);
16.                        
17.                         NGUITools.AddChild(serverTable, serverButton);
18.                        
19.                          //(serverButton as serverButtonRunner).myInfo = element;
20.                          
21.                          serverButton.GetComponent(serverButtonRunner).myInfo = "hbhhhh";
22.                        
23.                        
24.                         //yield WaitForSeconds (.5);
25.                         serverTable.GetComponent(UIGrid).Reposition();
26.                  
27.                                 Debug.Log("Connecting...");    
28.                                
29.                                 serverButton.SendMessage("receiveMessage", element, SendMessageOptions.DontRequireReceiver);   
30.                        
31.                         //create BTN here and the onclick
32.                         //NGUITools.addChild();
33.                         rr ++;
34.                        
35.                         //Network.Connect(element);

This is all the fail code i have on my button that hasn’t worked.

1. var targetScript;
2.  
3. private var server:String;
4.  
5. public var myInfo;
6.  
7. function Awake () {
8. //finds the script that runs the menu
9.         var gameScript = GameObject.Find("menuRunner");
10.        
11.         targetScript = gameScript.GetComponent(menuRunner).serverInformation;
12.         //Debug.Log(gameScript.GetComponent(menuRunner).serverInformation);
13.         //targetScript = targetScript.ToString();
14.  
15. }//end of awake
16.  
17. //doesn't work
18. function receiveMessage(passInfo){
19.  
20.         //testInfo = passInfo;
21.        
22.         //Network.Connect(testInfo);
23.         //no output
24.         Debug.Log("workihghfdfhjkhfhfghjkhfdfghjng");
25.  
26. }//end of test
27.  
28. function OnClick(){
29. Debug.Log(targetScript);
30.         Debug.Log("clck");
31.         //this doesn't work
32.         //Network.Connect(targetScript);
33.         //Debug.Log("Connecting...");  
34.  
35. }//end of onclick

Anything or suggestions would be grateful.

[ArenMook]

NGUITools.AddChild(serverTable, serverItem);
serverItem.GetComponent(UILabel).text = name;

Should be:

GameObject go = NGUITools.AddChild(serverTable, serverItem);
go.GetComponent(UILabel).text = name;

[bratchan]

Ok, that isn't the issue i have the labels displaying but thanks for the better way of doing that.

I need help figure out when button is clicked grab that host data and connect with it. I'm having issues passing that data along with the buttons.

[ArenMook]

You can retrieve the caller using UIButton.current. It points to the button that triggered the function. From there you can GetComponent<> with your data if you like.