Journal/diary/note mod

[W00Z]

Thank you gribble, invaluable information as always.

 

I can see now that the problem with static notes/terminals/etc still stands, so I'll probably make a new menu for the journal if I'm able to.

 

Well it looks like I'm off to study the xml files.

MCM, PN, JIP's mods... do any other mods that I could learn from spring to mind?

 

EDIT: Here is a piece of code from MCM.xml

<rect name="MCM">
	<systemcolor> &mainmenu; </systemcolor>
	<height> 675 </height>
	<visible> &false; </visible>
	<width> <copy> 850 </copy> <add src="MCM_ModList" trait="width"/> </width>
	<x> <copy src="screen()" trait="width"/> <sub src="me()" trait="width"/> <div> 2 </div> </x>
	<y> <copy src="screen()" trait="height"/> <sub src="me()" trait="height"/> <div> 2 </div> </y>

	<_ActiveMenu> 0 </_ActiveMenu>
	<_ActiveMod> 0 </_ActiveMod>
	<_ActiveOption> 0 </_ActiveOption>
	<_ActiveSubMenu> 0 </_ActiveSubMenu>
	<_AltInput> &xbox; </_AltInput>
	<_Default> 0 </_Default>

...

	<include src="MCM\Options.xml"/>

	<include src="MCM\Scale.xml"/>

	<include src="MCM\List.xml"/>

	<hotrect name="MCM_Trigger">
		<include src="box.xml"/>
		<clicksound> UIMenuOK </clicksound>
		<height> 0 </height>
		<mouseoversound> UIMenuFocus </mouseoversound>
		<target> <not src="MCM_Return" trait="_clicked"/> <and src="me()" trait="_target"/> <and src="parent()" trait="_TargetMain"/> </target>
		<visible> &true; </visible>
		<width> 0 </width>
		<x> 0 </x>
		<xdown> <ref src="MCM_Return" trait="clicked"/> </xdown>
		<y> 0 </y>

		<_alpha> 0 </_alpha>
		<_box_visible>
			<copy src="me()" trait="mouseover"/>
			<onlyif>
				<not src="parent()" trait="_Menu"/>
				<and>
					<copy src="me()" trait="_enabled"/>
				</and>
			</onlyif>
		</_box_visible>

Now, I would presume that the tags which Pelinor has prefixed with an underscore are his own new tags and the rest is sort of FNV-predefined, yes? (Where is this defined? Is it hardcoded? Any documentation on this?)

 

This is gonna be hard. But hey, I've got 10 days to kill.

Edited August 22, 2014 by W00Z

[Gribbleshnibit8]

Your presumptions are correct, and no, there is no documentation on it.

 

You're better off studying a mod menu, because the game menus use a lot of ID values that inject large chunks of code in at game time.

 

10 days will be more than enough, I made this in less than a week.