Tutorial Black Ops 3: GSC Modding - Create uiElements (createText, createRectangle) Functions +Source

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CabCon

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Hello everyone,
today I will share some 3 example Create-uiElements-Functions developed by me! Because at the start there are some changes on bo3 to call the normal ui functions.. :grinning: Feel free to use them in your project with credits! :grinning:

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createText
Create a String/Text uiElement
Example:
Code:
self.element_2 = self createText("default", 1.5, 0, "Join CabConModding", "CENTER", "CENTER", -250, 0, 1,(1,1,1));
Code:
function createText(font,fontSize, sorts, text, align, relative, x, y, alpha, color)
{
    uiElement = hud::createFontString(font, fontSize);
    uiElement hud::setPoint(align, relative, x, y);
    uiElement settext(text);
    uiElement.sort = sorts;
    uiElement.hidewheninmenu = true;
    if( isDefined(alpha) )
        uiElement.alpha = alpha;
    if( isDefined(color) )
        uiElement.color = color;
    return uiElement;
}


createRectangle
Create a Rectangle uiElement
Example:
Code:
self.element_3 = self createRectangle("CENTER", "CENTER", 0, 0, 100, 100, (1,0,0), 1, 1, "white");
Code:
function createRectangle(align, relative, x, y, width, height, color, sort, alpha, shader)
{
    uiElement = newClientHudElem( self );
    uiElement.elemType = "bar";
    uiElement.width = width;
    uiElement.height = height;
    uiElement.xOffset = 0;
    uiElement.yOffset = 0;
    uiElement.hidewheninmenu = true;
    uiElement.children = [];
    uiElement.sort = sort;
    uiElement.color = color;
    uiElement.alpha = alpha;
    uiElement hud::setParent( level.uiParent );
    uiElement setShader( shader, width , height );
    uiElement.hidden = false;
    uiElement hud::setPoint(align,relative,x,y);
    return uiElement;
}


createValueElement
Create a Value uiElement
Example:
Code:
self.element = self createValueElement(1.5, 0, 1337, "CENTER", "CENTER", 250, 0, 1, (1,1,1));
Code:
function createValueElement(fontSize, sorts, value, align, relative, x, y, alpha, color)
{
    uiElement = hud::createFontString("default", fontSize);
    uiElement hud::setPoint(align, relative, x, y);
    uiElement setvalue(value);
    uiElement.sort = sorts;
    uiElement.hidewheninmenu = true;
    if( isDefined(alpha) )
        uiElement.alpha = alpha;
    if( isDefined(color) )
        uiElement.color = color;
    return uiElement;
}

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CabCon.
 
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an example on createValueElement would be nice, And the other ones for new people?
 

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an example on createValueElement would be nice, And the other ones for new people?
Thank you, I will add some examples into it! You can see examples also here in the source which I linked:
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Nice, Thanks, But what is the difference from setText and createValue? Like what is this used for in game? And how would you use this in an option? Is it like the ammo count etc or?
 

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Nice, Thanks, But what is the difference from setText and createValue? Like what is this used for in game? And how would you use this in an option? Is it like the ammo count etc or?
To create strings like texts or messages... you use createText, to display a variable (int, flout) you use createValueElement because It won't cause a string overflow and it is perfect optimized for it. :smile: Just take a look into mt example code there you see:
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Sorry to bother you on such an old post, but could you just explain a little about where I need to put this code? also how would I make it so the shader only appears when I pick and item up and disappears when I place it?
 
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