Strat Map UI

**Orcus** · October 14, 2009, 09:24 PM

Is there any way to hide the strategy map user interface?

If you don't know what I'm talking about. I mean the UI at the bottom of this screen shot:

**MasterOfNone** · October 15, 2009, 03:38 AM

You can do it with a script - just check out a campaign that has a script that does this. "Gods & Fighting Men" (for BI) has this, for example.

disable_entire_ui
enable_entire_ui
show_ui

are elements you should be looking for.

**Orcus** · October 15, 2009, 09:12 AM

Thanks for your help.

I took a look at "Gods & Fighting Men" and found those lines, but I'm still not sure how to write a script that would do what I want (I have little experience with scripts).

If someone could post a script that would temporally hide the UI on the strat map (like minimal UI does on the battle map), I would GREATLY appreciate it.

**Orcus** · October 15, 2009, 09:37 AM

Oh, and another thing...

What file do I need to edit to change these buttons circled in blue:

I'm creating a new skin and found all the other files in data/ui/roman/interface, but for some reason I can't find the file to edit those little arrows.

**Killerbee** · October 15, 2009, 11:14 AM

Go to sharedpage_xx , or sratpage_xx (dunno exactly) in your data/ui/romans/interface folder (you may need to unpack if you haven't done so already

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**Orcus** · October 15, 2009, 11:42 AM

I've edited all those files and was able to change the entire interface, except for those arrow icons.

I even replaced all the files in data/ui/roman/interface with blank tga files and while all the other parts of the UI disappeared those arrows remained, I'm stumped.

**HouseOfHam** · October 28, 2009, 10:28 AM

The disable_entire_ui/disable_ui commands don't hide the interface. Their only use is to control whether clicking on certain parts of the interface actually does anything.

The commands you're looking for are hide_ui and show_ui. There is a side effect when using show_ui, though. It leaves faction buttons across the top, until next turn. The only way I could find to get rid of them on the same turn is to go into battle.

General advise on debugging monitors: add console_command add_money 1 as the 1st line inside it, so you know if it's getting fired when you press the button.

**Orcus** · October 28, 2009, 11:47 PM

I tried the following:

Code:

declare_counter on

monitor_event ButtonPressed ButtonPressed show_construction_advice_button
 and I_CompareCounter on = 0

hide_ui
set_counter on 1

end_monitor

monitor_event ButtonPressed ButtonPressed show_construction_advice_button
 and I_CompareCounter on = 1

show_ui
set_counter on 0

end_monitor

Still doesn't hide the UI (although the faction buttons appear across the top when I press “Construction Advice” a second time).

Don't know what I'm doing wrong. Can someone please correct this script, thanks.

**HouseOfHam** · October 29, 2009, 11:03 AM

I suspect the problem is that both monitors are getting triggered, because they're processed sequentially, so when you first click it, conditions match, it hides the ui and sets the counter to 1. This, then, matches 2nd monitor's conditions, and it runs, too, in effect reversing the 1st monitors actions. Try changing the script to use just 1 monitor:

Code:


declare_counter isUiHidden
declare_counter skip2ndIf

monitor_event ButtonPressed ButtonPressed show_construction_advice_button

    set_counter skip2ndIf 0

    if I_CompareCounter isUiHidden = 0
        hide_ui
        set_counter isUiHidden 1
        set_counter skip2ndIf 1
    end_if

    if I_CompareCounter isUiHidden = 1
    and I_CompareCounter skip2ndIf = 0
        show_ui
        set_counter isUiHidden 0
    end_if

end_monitor

**Orcus** · October 30, 2009, 01:19 AM

Thanks, the script works perfectly. Just wish hide_ui didn't letterbox the screen and show_ui didn't display the faction buttons across the top. No big deal though, just happy it works.