GUI Namespace Reference

This group contains all script classes related to Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs) in Cafu. More...

Detailed Description

This group contains all script classes related to Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs) in Cafu.

Cafu GUIs are like computer desktops: They are made of a hierarchy of windows. Each window has graphical attributes and elements, it can contain text and can be interacted with. GUIs can be used both in 2D, e.g. for the game's Main Menu, as well as in 3D, e.g. for the in-game controls of a teleporter station, to call lifts, etc.

GUI scripts are used both to describe the window setup and contents, as well as to react to window events like mouse cursor movement and clicks, keyboard input, etc. In a sense, a GUI is like a mini operating system, and the GUI scripts are the means to program it.

For example GUI scripts, see the files in

• http://trac.cafu.de/browser/cafu/trunk/Games/DeathMatch/GUIs

GUI scripts have access to our Common libraries as well as to (most of) the Lua standard libraries.