Hiding popups at specific times

TK_civftcs · Jul 5, 2015

Hello everyone, I'm new to modding ciV. Nice to be here. After some weeks of exploring different problems by google and trial-error, I decided to save my time by just asking people directly when the next arises.

The problem was solved. Check 4th post in thread if interested.

Currently I'm working with a script that gives a player free technologies, and I would like to hide the TechAwardPopup that comes as a byproduct of getting a new technology. I need to hide the tech-popups only when granting the free techs. I've tried the following solutions:

First, DequeuePopup inside the function that gives the techs:

Code:

function SpawnTechs(pPlayer, year)
    *stuff that gives the technology I want, this part is working*
    UIManager:DequeuePopup(ContextPtr:LookUpControl("/InGame/TechAwardPopup"));
end

Second, changing the GameEvent which gets called when a popup needs to appear:

Code:

function HideTechPopup(popupInfo)
      UIManager:DequeuePopup(ContextPtr:LookUpControl("/InGame/TechAwardPopup"));
end

GameEvents.PlayerDoTurn.Add( function(iPlayer)
        *Stuff*
	local Year = Game.GetGameTurnYear();
	if (*Conditions to spawn tech*) then	
                *More stuff*
                Events.SerialEventGameMessagePopup.Add( HideTechPopup )
		SpawnTechs(Players[iPlayer], Year);
                Events.SerialEventGameMessagePopup.Remove( HideTechPopup )
                *Code stuff*
	end
end)

Any help is appreciated, as neither of the solutions have worked. The technologies are starting technologies to civs, I'm working on a "historical spawn date" -functionality. I have read through the existing HSD mod by Gedemon, but I want to do things slightly differently.

Thanks,
TK

LastSword · Jul 7, 2015

Code:

local bHideTech = false;

function HideTechPopup(popupInfo)
      if bHideTech then
UIManager:DequeuePopup(ContextPtr:LookUpControl("/InGame/TechAwardPopup"));
     end
end
Events.SerialEventGameMessagePopup.Add( HideTechPopup )

GameEvents.PlayerDoTurn.Add( function(iPlayer)
        *Stuff*
	local Year = Game.GetGameTurnYear();
	if (*Conditions to spawn tech*) then	
                *More stuff*
                bHideTech = true;
		SpawnTechs(Players[iPlayer], Year);
                bHideTech = false;
                *Code stuff*
	end
end)

Try this. Should be working.
There is also NoRewardPopup option that adds notifications instead techpopup. Remember to take care about them as well.

Good luck.

TK_civftcs · Jul 8, 2015

Hey, LastSword,

Thanks a many.

So as a general rule of thumb one should not attempt to add a "function A" to an event by a call inside "function B." This will save my time on more than just this occasion! -- if it works. I'll return to edit this post once I've tried it out. Anyways, thanks.

TK_civftcs · Jul 9, 2015

It appears the bug was way more elusive than I thought at first. I have a feeling that the ciV -engine runs "Events" one at a time, no matter what. If an event gets called while other is running, it goes to a queue. This resulted in your solution, LastSword, almost working but not quite.

Proof to back the hypothesis:
Code:

Code:

local HideTech = false;

Events.SerialEventGameMessagePopup.Add( function (popupInfo)
        print("DEBUG");
	if HideTech then print("TRUE"); end
	if not HideTech then print("FALSE"); end
        UIManager:DequeuePopup(ContextPtr:LookUpControl("/InGame/TechAwardPopup"));
end)

GameEvents.PlayerDoTurn.Add( function(iPlayer)
	*Blabla*
		HideTech = true
		SpawnTechs(Players[iPlayer], Year); -- During this function popups are generated, and thus MessagePopup -event is called.
		HideTech = false

		GiveCultureAndGold(Players[iPlayer]);
		print(GameInfo.StartLocs[g_SpawnCivID].Type .. " spawned!");
		g_SpawnCivID = g_SpawnCivID + 1;
	end
end)

Resulting lua-log:

Code:

[12667.296] SpawnDates: SpawnTechs called.
[12667.312] SpawnDates: GiveCultureAndGold called.
[12667.312] SpawnDates: CIVILIZATION_GREECE spawned!
[12667.905] SpawnDates: DEBUG
[12667.905] SpawnDates: FALSE

Removing the "HideTech = false" located after the SpawnTechs -line results in a lua-log where "TRUE" gets printed. UImanager was called outside ifs to see if the syntax was correct, which it was. I proceeded to move the UImanager -call into the if-condition, thus fixing the code.

Hiding popups at specific times

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