GUI: Materials for buttons

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GUI: Materials for buttons

Post by Haimi » 2012-01-17, 21:15

Hi @all,
I watched all the Demos and pictures and I noticed that every GUI element is in this blue-tone.
I also read that there is a possibility to assign materials to the GUI elements, but can I make buttons with rounded-corners or such things? Or is this only possible using materials with alpha channels?
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Re: GUI: Materials for buttons

Post by HWGuy » 2012-01-17, 22:27

I've tried a customized GUI with alpha materials and it worked just fine, don't know if non-square/rectangular buttons are possible.
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Re: GUI: Materials for buttons

Post by Haimi » 2012-01-17, 22:41

Thanks alot, so if this works it shuld be used somewhere in the demos... maybe even in the Techdemo... Should I create a Ticket? :D
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Post by HWGuy » 2012-01-17, 22:45

Haimi wrote:Thanks alot, so if this works it shuld be used somewhere in the demos... maybe even in the Techdemo... Should I create a Ticket? :D
Well at some point the whole demo needs to be overhauled, when the new graphics system is in place, a redone GUI would go alongside that.
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Re: GUI: Materials for buttons

Post by Carsten » 2012-01-18, 16:18

Haimi wrote:Thanks alot, so if this works it shuld be used somewhere in the demos... maybe even in the Techdemo... Should I create a Ticket? :D
Well, I'm not sure if this merits a ticket (the existing boxes are not broken after all) -- although I can imagine that this would certainly be an improvement over the current very simple square boxes.

I'd be happy to see this (e.g. initially in a small test/try-out) if you're interested in implementing it, and if the results are good, I'd be happy to apply to the project repository as well.
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Re: GUI: Materials for buttons

Post by HWGuy » 2012-01-18, 20:06

Carsten wrote:
Haimi wrote:Thanks alot, so if this works it shuld be used somewhere in the demos... maybe even in the Techdemo... Should I create a Ticket? :D
Well, I'm not sure if this merits a ticket (the existing boxes are not broken after all) -- although I can imagine that this would certainly be an improvement over the current very simple square boxes.
I'd be happy to see this (e.g. initially in a small test/try-out) if you're interested in implementing it, and if the results are good, I'd be happy to apply to the project repository as well.
Perhaps in a future upgrade the GUI so the elements are vertex based(quad/triangle) rather than square so you can make any sort of shaped elements and buttons, would be a rather quick thing to throw in at some point, a low priority.
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