Adding functionality to buttons

[binaryferret]

I've found how to change gui via the interface folder by looking at the files held there .gui and .gfx.

I can't seem to find any reference to attaching custom behavior to these buttons. I was hoping someone might point me in the right direction.

Example:

interface/planet_view.gui

        buttonType = {
            name = "purge"
            quadTextureSprite = "GFX_standard_button_142_34_button"
            position = { x = -171 y = -108  }
            Orientation = "LOWER_RIGHT"
            buttonFont = "cg_16b"
            text = "POP_ACTION_PURGE"
            font = "cg_16b"
        }

I was expecting to find something that might point to a behavior on click, but no luck.

 

[Goldkilla]

Well either they hardcoded the buttons in the game code itself or they made it over the names. Like name = "purge" maybe something happens when you change to something else? Because the Text for the button is under text = "POP_ACTION_PURGE" so that should have no other meaning than just displaying the name for it.

 

[binaryferret]

I thought they might be using the "name" field as a key value but I couldn't find anywhere in the files that refers to purge as some type of selector.

The closest I've come is finding a on_purge_begun in 00_on_actions.txt but I can't see a way the system relates to clicking the button. I actually wanted to add a new button, rather than change purge. I was using purge as an example.

Cheers tho!

 

[Warial]

It's hardcoded, but one of the devs mentioned the possibility of making it moddable at some point.

 

[binaryferret]

It's hardcoded, but one of the devs mentioned the possibility of making it moddable at some point.

Ahhhh fair enough. My mod idea shall have to wait then until I can attach behavior to buttons. Thanks Warial.

 

[Yazilliclick]

Disappointing to hear this isn't in. Was wanting to make some UI improvements but they depend on being to able to modify actions on buttons. One example being I wanted to mod in shift+click to give 1000 resources to sector because going by 100 is too low for late game.

 

[binaryferret]

Disappointing to hear this isn't in. Was wanting to make some UI improvements but they depend on being to able to modify actions on buttons. One example being I wanted to mod in shift+click to give 1000 resources to sector because going by 100 is too low for late game.

Yeah it is disappointing. That's actually one of the things I wanted to do as I thought it'd be an easy foot in the door mod to get more of a feel for modding Stellaris.

I hope they make it possible soon, as it seems weird to me to have all the interface stuff easily expandable but not being able to actually attach behavior to it.