[227] Class name and configs

[Alien3674]

Hello!
Honestly, I do not know how to properly name the topic.

Got a question. The game refuses to accept the class name recorded in the configuration file. But if you write the class in the default settings everything will work.

ASMainPullGameMenu:

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class ASMainPullGameMenu extends ASWindowPulldownMenu
      config(ASMenuComponent);

//custom menu items
struct sPulldownMenuItem
{
      var localized string MenuItemText;         //item text (descriptor)
  var class WindowItem;       //created window
  var class SubMenuItem; //create sub menu item
  var bool bIsSeparator;                     //separating menu item
  var string ConsoleString;                  //console command
      var localized string MenuItemHelp;         //item help text
};

//custom menu items
var config sPulldownMenuItem GameMenuPulls[16];

var UWindowPulldownMenuItem GameMenuItems[16];

//fixed item
var UWindowPulldownMenuItem Quit;
var UWindowMessageBox ConfirmQuit;
var localized string QuitName;
var localized string QuitHelp;
var localized string QuitTitle;
var localized string QuitText;

function Created()
{
      local class tempPulldown;
  local int g;

      super.Created();

  for(g = 0; g < 16; g++)
  {
    Log(GameMenuPulls[g].WindowItem@default.GameMenuPulls[g].WindowItem@default.GameMenuPulls[g].MenuItemText);

//A: pass array
    if (default.GameMenuPulls[g].WindowItem != None || default.GameMenuPulls[g].SubMenuItem != None ||
          default.GameMenuPulls[g].bIsSeparator || default.GameMenuPulls[g].ConsoleString != "")
    {
//A: make sure
      if (default.GameMenuPulls[g].bIsSeparator)
        default.GameMenuPulls[g].MenuItemText = "-";
//A: change text
      if (default.GameMenuPulls[g].MenuItemText == "")
        default.GameMenuPulls[g].MenuItemText = NoDescriptor;
//A: create
      if (default.GameMenuPulls[g].bIsSeparator)
        AddMenuItem(default.GameMenuPulls[g].MenuItemText, None);
      else
      {
        GameMenuItems[g] = AddMenuItem(default.GameMenuPulls[g].MenuItemText, None);
        if (default.GameMenuPulls[g].SubMenuItem != None)
        {
//A: get and load menu class
          tempPulldown = class(DynamicLoadObject(string(default.GameMenuPulls[g].SubMenuItem), class'Class', true));
          if (tempPulldown == None)
          {
            Log("[AS Core [Menu - "$self$"]: failed to load "$default.GameMenuPulls[g].SubMenuItem$"!");
            if (default.GameMenuPulls[g].SubMenuItem != None)
              tempPulldown = default.GameMenuPulls[g].SubMenuItem;
          }
          else
          {
            GameMenuItems[g].CreateSubMenu(default.GameMenuPulls[g].SubMenuItem, self);
//A: can not be requested MenuBar
            ASWindowPulldownMenu(GameMenuItems[g].SubMenu).CreatedMenuItem(None, self);
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }

//A: fixed item
      Quit = AddMenuItem(QuitName, None);
}

function ExecuteItem(UWindowPulldownMenuItem I)
{
  local class tempWindow;
  local int g;

//A: do not
  if (I.SubMenu != None)
    return;

  for(g = 0; g < 16; g++)
  {
    if (GameMenuItems[g] == I)
    {
//A: use only console command
      if (default.GameMenuPulls[g].ConsoleString != "")
      {
        GetPlayerOwner().ConsoleCommand(default.GameMenuPulls[g].ConsoleString);
        break;
      }
      if (default.GameMenuPulls[g].WindowItem != None)
      {
//A: pre load
        tempWindow = class(DynamicLoadObject(string(default.GameMenuPulls[g].WindowItem), class'Class', true));
        if (tempWindow == None)
        {
          Log("[AS Core [Menu - "$self$"]: failed to load "$default.GameMenuPulls[g].WindowItem$"!");
          if (default.GameMenuPulls[g].WindowItem != None)
            tempWindow = default.GameMenuPulls[g].WindowItem;
          else
//A: dont create null
            continue;
        }
        Root.CreateWindow(tempWindow, 100, 100, 200, 200, Self, True);
        break;
      }
    }
  }

//A: fixed item
  if (I == Quit)
    ConfirmQuit = MessageBox(QuitTitle, QuitText, MB_YesNo, MR_No, MR_Yes);

      super.ExecuteItem(I);
}

function MessageBoxDone(UWindowMessageBox W, MessageBoxResult Result)
{
      if (W == ConfirmQuit && Result == MR_Yes)
            Root.QuitGame();
}

function Select(UWindowPulldownMenuItem I)
{
  local int g;

  for(g = 0; g < 16; g++)
  {
    if (GameMenuItems[g] == I)
      UMenuMenuBar(GetMenuBar()).SetHelp(default.GameMenuPulls[g].MenuItemHelp);
  }

//A: fixed item
  if (I == Quit)
    UMenuMenuBar(GetMenuBar()).SetHelp(QuitHelp);

      super.Select(I);
}

defaultProperties
{
//    GameMenuPulls(0)=(MenuItemText="&New",WindowItem=class'UMenu.UMenuNewGameWindow',SubMenuItem=None,bIsSeparator=False,ConsoleString="",MenuItemHelp="Select to setup a new single player game of Unreal.")
//    GameMenuPulls(1)=(MenuItemText="&Load",WindowItem=class'UMenu.UMenuLoadGameWindow',SubMenuItem=None,bIsSeparator=False,ConsoleString="",MenuItemHelp="Select to load a previously saved game.")
//    GameMenuPulls(2)=(MenuItemText="&Save",WindowItem=class'UMenu.UMenuSaveGameWindow',SubMenuItem=None,bIsSeparator=False,ConsoleString="",MenuItemHelp="Select to save your current game.")
//    GameMenuPulls(3)=(MenuItemText="-",WindowItem=None,SubMenuItem=None,bIsSeparator=True,ConsoleString="",MenuItemHelp="")
//    GameMenuPulls(4)=(MenuItemText="Start &Practice Session",WindowItem=class'ASMenuComponent.ASBotMatchFramedWindow',SubMenuItem=None,bIsSeparator=False,ConsoleString="",MenuItemHelp="Select to begin a practice game against bots.")
//    GameMenuPulls(5)=(MenuItemText="-",WindowItem=None,SubMenuItem=None,bIsSeparator=True,ConsoleString="",MenuItemHelp="")
    QuitName="&Quit"
    QuitHelp="Select to save preferences and exit Unreal."
    QuitTitle="Confirm Quit"
    QuitText="Are you sure you want to Quit?"
}

ASMenuComponent.ini:

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[ASMenuComponent.ASMainPullGameMenu]
GameMenuPulls[0]=(MenuItemText="New",WindowItem=class'UMenu.UMenuNewGameWindow',SubMenuItem=None,bIsSeparator=False,ConsoleString="",MenuItemHelp="Select to setup a new single player game of Unreal.")
GameMenuPulls[1]=(MenuItemText="Load",WindowItem=class'UMenu.UMenuLoadGameWindow',SubMenuItem=None,bIsSeparator=False,ConsoleString="",MenuItemHelp="Select to load a previously saved game.")
GameMenuPulls[2]=(MenuItemText="Save",WindowItem=class'UMenu.UMenuSaveGameWindow',SubMenuItem=None,bIsSeparator=False,ConsoleString="",MenuItemHelp="Select to save your current game.")
GameMenuPulls[3]=(MenuItemText="-",WindowItem=None,SubMenuItem=None,bIsSeparator=True,ConsoleString="",MenuItemHelp="")
GameMenuPulls[4]=(MenuItemText="BotMatch",WindowItem=class'ASMenuComponent.ASBotMatchFramedWindow',SubMenuItem=None,bIsSeparator=False,ConsoleString="",MenuItemHelp="Select to begin a practice game against bots.")
GameMenuPulls[5]=(MenuItemText="OLD",WindowItem=class'UMenu.UMenuBotmatchWindow',SubMenuItem=None,bIsSeparator=False,ConsoleString="",MenuItemHelp="")
GameMenuPulls[6]=(MenuItemText="-",WindowItem=None,SubMenuItem=None,bIsSeparator=True,ConsoleString="",MenuItemHelp="")

Game log:

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ScriptLog: None None New
ScriptLog: UMenu.UMenuLoadGameWindow UMenu.UMenuLoadGameWindow Load
ScriptLog: None None Save
ScriptLog: None None -
ScriptLog: None None BotMatch
ScriptLog: None None OLD
ScriptLog: None None -
ScriptLog: None None 
ScriptLog: None None 
ScriptLog: None None 
ScriptLog: None None 
ScriptLog: None None 
ScriptLog: None None 
ScriptLog: None None 
ScriptLog: None None 
ScriptLog: None None 

Search the forum did not give results. Maybe I'm doing something wrong? Or do you really want to use a string value instead of a class?

[Masterkent]

A class is an object. In order to form a reference to an object, the object must be created or loaded beforehand. Loading a package does not automatically load all its objects into memory. Initialization of config variables from strings in the corresponding config file does not create/load any objects and only tries to associate references with existing objects. If no matching object can be found for a particular string representation of a reference, the reference becomes None.

In order to store fields of a struct to a config file, the fields should also be declared with the config keyword:

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struct SomeStruct
{
    var config int i;
    var config string s;
};