So I'm having a bit of a problem trying to make the main menu for my game. For some reason, the buttons won't react at all to the mouse. They react and work perfectly in the pause menu, but the exact same code doesn't work in the main menu.

The way I have the main menu set up is a single panel with a background image that takes up the entire screen. The buttons are positioned within this large panel. I use the same method for the pause menu, which works (the background doesn't take up the whole screen in the pause panel though). Also, it made no difference when I tried to move the buttons to a separate panel. There are currently no other panels displayed when the main menu is displayed, and its layer is the highest of any panel in the game.

I once tried using the in-game debug command line to display the main menu during the middle of the game. Oddly, it worked perfectly.

Does anyone have any ideas? I'm at a complete loss here.

im pretty new to c-script but i know that what you have said is very vague and maybe showing us the code or something more then that will help.

I have made a working menu already so i can probably help you out.

Quoting BOK.

1. make sure version supports selected resolution
2. try setting main menu image to image of same size as pause menu
3. check mouse mode
4. change declared flags for panel

Sorry if I was vague. There's just not much more to it- the buttons don't work. They won't change their bitmaps or execute functions on hover or click. Here's the code for the main menu panel with a single button:



That's basically it, I think. If there's any other code you think would be helpful to see, let me know. Thanks.


EDIT: That's it! It was the mouse mode. I set the mouse mode in the init_level function, which would be executed by the start button in the menu. Thanks, testDummy! I was pulling my hair out for over an hour trying to solve this... I knew it was going to be something stupid on my part

well at least you were able to fix it...

@BOK, i couldn't help but notice that one line of code reads "alpha = 0; //to be faded in later". I have been trying to get the fading part to work for about a month now, Have you had any luck with this?

xbox are you trying to fade the panel or create like a black fade in to different menus etc. I built one like this ages ago...i'll try and find it...

i'm trying to fade a black based panel away to a completely black screen for a second or two, then fade back into a menu that is also based on a black background. If you would like some screen shots of what i am trying to do, just let me know.