[SDK] In-game popup?

[Déja]

Is there any handy way to spawn a popup from the SDK? I would like to report any errors with my mod in-game, but I was curious if there was already a handy built-in method of spawning a popup box via SDK before I undertake to write one myself.

 

[strategyonly]

Is there any handy way to spawn a popup from the SDK? I would like to report any errors with my mod in-game, but I was curious if there was already a handy built-in method of spawning a popup box via SDK before I undertake to write one myself.

Maybe this? http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=183126

 

[Déja]

I know it can be done in python, but I'm specifically looking for a way to easily accomplish this from the SDK side.

 

[MatzeHH]

The popup itself must be defined in python (size, title etc).

After you have done that, you can use the following code:

CvPopupInfo *pInfo;
pInfo = new CvPopupInfo((BUTTONPOPUP_PYTHON_SCREEN));
pInfo->setText(L"nameOfYourPythonPopup");
// you can give some aditional information to pInfo here and read them in your python screen. Take a look at CvPopupInfo
gDLL->getInterfaceIFace()->addPopup(pInfo, GET_PLAYER(getActivePlayer()).getID(), true, true);

Matze

 

[Gerikes]

For really simple popups (one that doesn't do anything but display a message, and doesn't care about input or anything), you can do this:

CvPopupInfo* pInfo = new CvPopupInfo();
if (NULL != pInfo)
{
	pInfo->setText(YOUR_TEXT_HERE);
	gDLL->getInterfaceIFace()->addPopup(pInfo, NO_PLAYER, true);
}

Anything more complex will probably require you to create a python popup, or create a new (or use an old, perhaps) popup type. See one of the ButtonPopupTypes in CvEnums.h and see how they do it.

 

[Déja]

Gerikes, keep this up and you'll get special mention in the credits MatzeHH, great info. Thanks.

 

[Jeckel]

Hehe, I have a text file on my desktop called GerikesWisdom.txt and everytime he puts a little nugget of info up in a thread I cut/paste it to that file for later referense.