Needs an option for click-to-select-menu

  • Videogamer555
    3rd Dec 2011 Member 0 Permalink
    So that I don't just acidentally hover over the wrong menu and change the menu I'm on. It should be an option that one can turn on and off. This fix is in Powder Sim, and it's something that should be used officially in TPT.

    Also in Powder Sim is a favorite-elements menu that you can add elements you'd want to reuse into. Such a menu should be in the official TPT as well.
  • theguitarguy
    3rd Dec 2011 Member 0 Permalink
    This has been one of the things that bugged me when i first started using TPT and continues to bug me to this day... when i show my friends TPT they also seem to do this a lot... for those reasons and many more - I support

    ~TheGuitarGuy
  • randalserrano
    3rd Dec 2011 Member 0 Permalink
    The favorites menu is still being tested out as it hasn't been fully fixed. We still have to figure out how to keep the favorites menu saved to the player that is logged in for instance. Everytime a player is logged out, the favorites menu will have to be done all over again. Until this happens, there is little chance that the official version will implement it into TPT. As for the hovering problem, I totally agree.
  • Videogamer555
    3rd Dec 2011 Member 0 Permalink

    randalserrano:

    The favorites menu is still being tested out as it hasn't been fully fixed. We still have to figure out how to keep the favorites menu saved to the player that is logged in for instance. Everytime a player is logged out, the favorites menu will have to be done all over again. Until this happens, there is little chance that the official version will implement it into TPT. As for the hovering problem, I totally agree.

    It should be saved to a local file called favs.dat. That way it would just load from that file when the program starts. Not everything has to be transmitted online you know.
  • me4502
    3rd Dec 2011 Member 0 Permalink
    @Videogamer555 (View Post)

    i have tried that, but i fail at it, Ps crashes when i try it
  • jacob1
    3rd Dec 2011 Developer 0 Permalink

    @Videogamer555 (View Post)
    This would be a good idea because it is a problem for some people, but it's only a minor problem to me. If this was put into official, I would probably disable it because it would get annoying to have to click the menus each time.

     

    @me4502 (View Post)
    You could save it to powder.pref like I did in my mod using the already existing saving code. Also, does it still crash when you try to put a gol or wall element on the menu? You can look at my github to see how I fixed it. It is a problem with trying to load text from the ptypes aray when it shouldn't.

  • Videogamer555
    3rd Dec 2011 Member 0 Permalink
    That's why it should be an option, so you can turn it on or off. The mere fact that you personally would turn it off does not mean that it is useless enough to not bother including in the official version.

    Also I see no reason why loading or saving any file should cause a problem. File operations are one of the most basic things that a program can do.