[UI Notifications] CVS UI Notify

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TEMPLATE NAME: CVS UI Notify
CORE VERSION: 1.10.3
TEMPLATE VERSION: 1.0.0

TEMPLATE DESCRIPTION:
*The UI Notify is a system to add notifications of what happens in your games. When triggered, the system adds a stack window on the side with a title and a abstract with a predeterminated color to categorize the notifications.
If you click on it, the window expands and show extra information, also, the window will change its state/color to 'readen'.

All this window information is customizable, as well the windows and colors*

TEMPLATE ROADMAP:
*Further actions:

  • Track for possibles bugs and suggestions
  • Add support for abilities
  • Bigger notifications
  • Fixed: Now the fade Out of the stacks notifications worlks properly
  • Modified: More control over log debugPrints

TEMPLATE VERSION NOTES:
log of your template's version notes example:
1.0.0 - Initial release

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ADDITIONAL INFO:
*README content: *
CVS-CoVraworkS-by Covra
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covrita's server Indie GameDev
covra#6258

INSTRUCTIONS

  • The Template is ready to Drag&Drop to hierarchy. You will only have to 'play' with exposed parammeters in root folders

  • At the content you can find:
    - CVS_MAIN_NOTIFY : main folder , has to be in the hierarchy
    - CVS_Timer Notifier : a simple UI chrono scripted (normal and backwards), animated and working with the notification system
    - CVS_Resource Notifier_1: a UI resource scripted, animated and working with the notification system
    - CVS_Resource Notifier_2: a sencond example of UI resource scripted, animated and working with the notification system
    - CVS Simple Player HUD: a simple player HUD (image profile, hitpoint bar and total players in game)
    - CVS_LockUnlock_Cursor: an utility to lock and unlock cursor with 'ALT' key (to interact with stack windows)
    - CVS TEST NOTIFICATIONS: a set of 'mini-games' to allow you to try maybe, understand better how works the system

TIPS

  • There are 2 models of UI resources, both send notifications to the API according to exposed properties (play with them!)
  • You can add to the game, those resource templates, as much as you want, or resources you need (apples, coins, iron, wood, points, lifes, ....)
  • I have added also a simple chrono. This works normal or backwards, The UI chrono template has all scripts to work with the notification system
  • I tried to do the most flexible as i could, but the quantity of events and objects involved made this hard.
  • I'd added a lot of 'warnings' to validate as much as i could possible errors
  • I'd added tooltips in every user exposed custom properties to explain how they work
  • Watch the CVS_NOTIFY_API file, all the names of the customized events have to match. There, also, you can customize names and texts
  • You can customize the stack_window of notifications watching they have to have UIText called 'bodyText' and a UIText called 'Title',
    to the system will be able to write properly the notifications
  • Any suggestion, doubt, improve or whatever , please DM me

Special thanks to CardinalZebra for CC 'Universal UI Kit'.It's the base for most of UI
Also used the CC 'Cave/Mountain' template from Staypunny to setup a part of the 'test scenario'

EXAMPLES

  • You want to track the quantity of apples the player has

    1. Use the CVS_Resource Notifier_1 template and add it to the hierarchy
    2. Customize how looks like or size or colors...
    3. Customize in user exposed custom properties:
      • resource name
      • animation
      • how the bar grows
      • if you want notifications when arrives at a predeterminated quantity
        -...
        -You can see the example inside the folder CVS TEST NOTIFICATIONS > CVS_Resource_Giver

  • You have a special equipment and when a player equip it, you want to show a notification:

    1. Place the equipment in the game
    2. Open the CVS_NOTIFY_API script
    3. Add the name in the table 'tableGame', inside the name table (in the example you can find one called : "Advanced Staff"
      -You can see the example inside the folder CVS TEST NOTIFICATIONS > CVS powerStaff equipment

  • You want to notify all players when one of them arrives to a predeterminated place:

    1. Open the CVS_NOTIFY_API script
    2. Look for table 'WORLD-custom' inside 'tableGame'
    3. Add a new event name to be connected by the system, ie: [4] = "heaven's door"
    4. Create the place and include a trigger
    5. When the trigger is activated , Broadcast the event: Events.Broadcast(EventName,"WORLD",EventName,player)
      -You can see the example inside the folder CVS TEST NOTIFICATIONS > CVS Custom Events

    where you can find equipment and custom events:

					typeCode      data_1	Names of the objects the system need to find
					----------   ------   ----------------------------------------------
local tableGame = {	["GAME"] = { ["eq"] = { "Advanced Staff"}}, --The system will look for a equipment in the hierarchy called:     Advanced Staff      
					["WORLD"] = {["custom"] = {
											[1] = "poolParty", --The system will connect these events 
											[2] = "doorTrigg",
											[3] = "bridge",

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