Need help, or a medic. (Black Bar W3D Question) (FIXED)

Yuki Kiba Dakatsu · 07-30-2005, 08:30 PM

Okay, I have gottten my ass shoved down my throat trying to fix this! I have been working on FIXING THE DAMNED COMMAND BAR on the mod that I know you should all kniw I work on, "Aki Warfare Modification: Worldwide Conflicts"

NOW I AM GETTING SICK OF THIS DAMNED BLACK BAR AT THE BOTTOM!

I have tried to sacrofice the controlbar down thing to make the black bar go away, but it doesnt work & I have screwed it up so many times. Now, I am going nuts & I can't go on without fixing this for my mod. How the shit do I fix this!

Anyone else who has overcome this problem please respond!

NukeWinter · 07-30-2005, 11:32 PM

i know how you feel, look here:
http://www.deezire.net/modules.php?n...wtopic&t=10688

RedLeader · 07-30-2005, 11:52 PM

IIRC, the black bar will not disappear, unless u also have a command bar. If ur doing CNC style command bar, the only thing you can do is hit F9 at the start of the game.

Yuki Kiba Dakatsu · 07-31-2005, 03:41 AM

That one you posted NukeWinter was one I started, I have tried that crap, for some damn reason, nothing works! ANYONE who has had this problem AND has solved it please post here, WAIT!!! Didnt "The First Tiberium War" mod fix this rigging that minimise to do it, if you can spare the secret, I'd be very greatful!

QUOTE (Alphathon):"LOADS of mods have had it. AFAIK, the only way 2 remove it is 2 use the button used 2 minimize the command bar, coz it removes it. Sacrificing the ability to hide the bar is usually a price worth paying 2 get a sidebar"

I tried to do that, I just cant figure out how to not make everything go down.

Someone please help me, a large chunk of work on Aki War Mod would die if I had to undo everything. I'd have to:

1.Remake the old commandbar texture
2.Fix the commandsets to where they don't have above 14 buttons.
3.Fix the superweapon countdown timer spots.
4.Scrap some units most likley (Lack of buttons)

So if someone can help me, I will showcase you/your name(s) in the credits if you can help me!

CommieDog · 07-31-2005, 08:04 PM

Well you COULD have a button that switches between two CommandSets like for the Worker. So I suppose that even if you had to scrap the sidebar you're working on, you could still have a command set for an object that would hold 26 buttons. I know it's not what you're looking for right now, but it may end up helping you in the future.

Dibelius · 07-31-2005, 09:26 PM

hm, is it maybe possible that the minimize button will be activated at the beginning? I mean the button shall execute its task from the moment you come into the game... just an idea. I dunno if it's possible

Yuki Kiba Dakatsu · 07-31-2005, 11:07 PM

That isn't the problem, I can press the button, but it minimises everything. How would I fix it so it minimises only the black part. Didn't TTFW fix this? How did they do it so it only minimised the black bar?

Waraddict · 08-01-2005, 09:30 AM

How I coded it for TFTW was that if you pressed the down button the sidebar didnt go down, only the black space, may seem a little silly but its progress, eventually I hope to atleast use the black area for something.

Unfortunately, it's been a while since I fiddled with it, I'll have to come back to you on this to re-assess what I actually did.

Yuki Kiba Dakatsu · 08-01-2005, 07:21 PM

*Gets ready to bow down to Waraddict*

Dukester · 08-02-2005, 06:58 AM

I don't want to sound too newbish here, but does the secret really not lie in ControlBarResizer.ini? If you change all the altpositions and altsizes so they match where they are initially on your controlbar, does the whole thing still move when you press the minimize button?

If so, wow. I never cease to be dumbfounded by how much harder all these things are to do than they should be. I hope you can find the answer to this problem!