Hi
I’ve seen in the source code that there were a few UI functions to search for players, so I finally decided to try them out. They work 99.9999%, it is only missing a menu file, so I made one.
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Here is my final version. I’ve added a new serverinfo window. Also the playonline.menu file is updated to make room for a ‘Find player’ button.
http://junk.chruker.dk/files/temp/f014_menu_files.zip
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playonline_findplayer.menu
#include "ui/menudef.h"
// Defines //
#define WINDOW_X 16
#define WINDOW_Y 16
#define WINDOW_WIDTH 608
#define WINDOW_HEIGHT 448
#define GROUP_NAME "grpPlayOnlineFindPlayer"
// Macros //
#include "ui/menumacros.h"
// Find Player Menu //
menuDef {
name "playonline_findplayer"
visible 0
fullscreen 0
rect WINDOW_X WINDOW_Y WINDOW_WIDTH WINDOW_HEIGHT
style WINDOW_STYLE_FILLED
popup
fadeClamp 0.5
fadeAmount 0.075
onOpen {
setitemcolor background backcolor 0 0 0 0 ;
fadein background ;
setEditFocus "efleftName:"
}
onESC {
close playonline_findplayer ;
open playonline
}
// Background //
itemDef {
name "background"
rect 0 0 640 480
style WINDOW_STYLE_FILLED
background "ui/assets/fadebox.tga"
backcolor 0 0 0 0
visible 1
decoration
}
// Subwindows //
#define SUBWINDOW_WIDTH 512
#define SUBWINDOW_HEIGHT 320
#define SUBWINDOW_X .5*(WINDOW_WIDTH-SUBWINDOW_WIDTH)
#define SUBWINDOW_Y .5*(WINDOW_HEIGHT-SUBWINDOW_HEIGHT)
SUBWINDOWBLACK( SUBWINDOW_X, SUBWINDOW_Y, SUBWINDOW_WIDTH, SUBWINDOW_HEIGHT, "FIND PLAYER" )
SUBWINDOWBLACK( SUBWINDOW_X+6, SUBWINDOW_Y+14+6, SUBWINDOW_WIDTH-12, 48, "SEARCH CRITERIA" )
SUBWINDOWBLACK( SUBWINDOW_X+6, SUBWINDOW_Y+14+6+48+6, SUBWINDOW_WIDTH-12, SUBWINDOW_HEIGHT-14-6-48-6-6-18-6, "RESULTS" )
itemDef {
name "efleftbackFind Player:"
group GROUP_NAME
rect $evalfloat(SUBWINDOW_X+6+6+32) $evalfloat(SUBWINDOW_Y+14+6+14+2) $evalfloat(SUBWINDOW_WIDTH-24-32) $evalfloat(10)
style WINDOW_STYLE_FILLED
backcolor .5 .5 .5 .2
visible 1
decoration
}
EDITFIELDLEFT( SUBWINDOW_X+6+6, SUBWINDOW_Y+14+6+14+2, SUBWINDOW_WIDTH-24-32-6, 10, "Name:", .2, 8, "ui_findPlayer", 32, 25, "" )
BUTTON( SUBWINDOW_X+6+6+.80*(SUBWINDOW_WIDTH-24), SUBWINDOW_Y+14+6+14+2+10+2, .20*(SUBWINDOW_WIDTH-24), 14, "SEARCH", .3, 11, uiScript FindPlayer )
BUTTON( SUBWINDOW_X+6, SUBWINDOW_Y+SUBWINDOW_HEIGHT-24, .33*(SUBWINDOW_WIDTH-18), 18, "BACK", .3, 14, close playonline_findplayer ; open playonline )
BUTTON( SUBWINDOW_X+6+.33*(SUBWINDOW_WIDTH-18)+6, SUBWINDOW_Y+SUBWINDOW_HEIGHT-24, .33*(SUBWINDOW_WIDTH-18), 18, "JOIN SERVER", .3, 14, uiScript FoundPlayerJoinServer )
BUTTON( SUBWINDOW_X+6+.33*(SUBWINDOW_WIDTH-18)+6+.33*(SUBWINDOW_WIDTH-18)+6, SUBWINDOW_Y+SUBWINDOW_HEIGHT-24, .33*(SUBWINDOW_WIDTH-18), 18, "SERVER INFO", .3, 14, uiScript FoundPlayerServerStatus ; clearFocus ; open playonline_serverinfo )
// Server List
itemDef {
name "playerList"
group GROUP_NAME
rect $evalfloat((SUBWINDOW_X)+6+6) $evalfloat(SUBWINDOW_Y+14+6+48+6+14+4) $evalfloat((SUBWINDOW_WIDTH)-24) $evalfloat(192)
type ITEM_TYPE_LISTBOX
textfont UI_FONT_COURBD_21
textstyle ITEM_TEXTSTYLE_SHADOWED
textscale .2
textaligny -3
forecolor .6 .6 .6 1
outlinecolor .5 .5 .5 .4
feeder FEEDER_FINDPLAYER
elementtype LISTBOX_TEXT
elementwidth $evalfloat((SUBWINDOW_WIDTH)-24)
elementheight 12
columns 1 0 100 39
visible 1
doubleClick {
/*close playonline ;*/
uiScript FoundPlayerJoinServer
}
onEnter {
/*close playonline ;*/
uiScript FoundPlayerJoinServer
}
}
}
You just need to make a button on your playonline.menu file which calls this menu file.
However there is a problem with my menu file. It keeps appearing above the serverinfo. Does the .menu system have an equipvalent of CSS alpha value?
If I just close the find player box, serverinfo uses the server selected on the normal server list.
Anyhoo, maybe the fix is to include an area for the serverinfo on my menu… but it is late now, I need sleep 
Ideally you would also want to add some more information to the output.
Like I said the functions in the SDK works. There was just a few status text that had been typed by someone without the use of the shift key