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NGUI 3 Support / Re: Best practices for Managers

« on: March 12, 2014, 04:03:43 AM »

My approach is:

1. Create a class that extends from Monobehaviour and make it a Singleton.

2. Create public references for all my interface "windows", etc... So I can drag them.

3. Create wrappers from them so it's easier to use them.

I like this approach because it's really easy to use and because for the main logic I like to mix it with PlayMaker SendMessage actions (it's easier to mantain when you take a project that it's not yours or you haven't look at it for several months). Example:

Intro --> MainMenu --> OptionMenu --> Return to MainMenu --> Play... (An so on...)

With a PlayMaker FSM it's really visual and easy to add later for example, an intermediate window.

Quick example (I'm writing here so it can have compilation errors):

1. public class InterfaceManager : MonoBehaviour {
2.    private static InterfaceManager instance;
3.  
4.    public static InterfaceManager Instance
5.    {
6.       get
7.       {
8.          if (instance == null)
9.          {
10.             Debug.LogError("You must attach this script to a Monobehaviour. Also, don't call it from Awake");
11.          }
12.          return instance;
13.       }
14.    }
15.  
16.    public MyWindow window;
17.  
18.    void Awake() {
19.       instance = this;
20.    }
21.  
22.    public void ShowMyWindow() {
23.       window.Show();
24.    }
25.  
26.    public void HideMyWindow() {
27.       window.Hide();
28.    }
29. }
30.  

Hey, can you be more specific on how to use this approach? I'm having trouble understanding it. For example should I create a public variable for every window(game object) and attach a script to each window?

1. public FirstWindow window1;
2. public SecondWindow window2;
3. ....
4.  

And where should the Hide() and Show() functions be? Thank you!

32

Other Packages / Re: Hud Text and Playmaker

« on: March 07, 2014, 06:55:35 AM »

I asked for help on the playmaker forums and someone wrote me an action and it works

Can you post a link here from the playmaker forum? Thanks.

33

Other Packages / Re: UI Starter Kit: Starlink (NGUI + TNet)

« on: March 05, 2014, 10:39:04 AM »

Any idea on what happened with the fonts? I updated to NGUI 3.5.2 and this showed up:

34

NGUI 3 Support / Using UIScrollView to create a scrollable isometric map

« on: March 04, 2014, 05:15:49 PM »

I was wondering if UIScrollView is the right way to go or a special script must be created for achieving a scrolling tileable isometric map in Unity 2D. Something similar to http://hexul.com/isometric/ (this is old and buggy, but you'll get the idea).

Any performance issues will arise on large maps? Did anyone did this before?

Thanks a lot!

35

NGUI 3 Support / Re: (!!!) Improving NGUI: Voice your opinion

« on: March 04, 2014, 05:44:40 AM »

Any chance of adding rulers and guides support?