Custom campaigns in your title pack

[Alinoa]

Hello!

Just a quick note to hint at ways to make some kind of custom solo campaign in TM and SM.

When you create a title, instead of providing a folder with maps, and get the standard campaign menu and unlock pattern, you can provide a playlist and a script.
When the user goes into the solo campaign, the menu will be skipped and the script started with the maps provided in the playlist.

And the script can then decide which map to lead next, or display a manialink and interact with the user - before even loading the first map.
This allows for doing stuff like story mode or displaying a world map, or whatever.


Here is a very simple script with no actual gameplay that displays a list and asks which map to lead next.

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// *********************** ** ** *   *
// *    Test solo campagain with map list
// ******************* ** ** *   *

// (works for TM and SM)
#RequireContext CSmMode
//#RequireContext CTmMode

/*  in the title pack, set the solo maps as a playlist (instead of a campaign folder)
	<solo>
		<medals>12</medals>
		<mode name="Modes\ShootMania\TestSolo.Script.txt"/>
		<campaign folder=""/>
		<playlist name="SoloTest.txt"/>
	</solo>
*/

#Include "TextLib" as TextLib
#Include "Libs/Nadeo/Mode.Script.txt"

#Const Version 			  "2014-04-07"

// === Main ===
main() 
{
	UIManager.ResetAll();

	declare LayerMapList = UIManager.UILayerCreate();
	UIManager.UIAll.UILayers.add(LayerMapList);

	declare CurUpdateNum  = 0;

	wait(Users.count > 0);		// wait for the game to be ready
	declare LocalPlayerUI <=> UIManager.GetUI(Users[0]);
	assert(LocalPlayerUI != Null);

	while( !ServerShutdownRequested ) {

		// Manialink displayed when no map is loaded 
		//  for example: simple pick the map from list			
		CurUpdateNum += 1;
		LayerMapList.ManialinkPage = """
<frame>
<quad sizen="160 100" halign="center" valign="center" style="Bgs1InRace"  substyle="BgWindow3"/>
<label posn="-75 45 1" scale="1" halign="left" valign="center" text="Now playing: {{{MapName}}}" />
<label posn="-75 32 1" scale="2" halign="left" valign="center" text="Choose next map:" />
		""";
		declare MapIndex = 0;
		foreach (CandidateMap in MapList) {
			declare PostFix = "";
			if (MapIndex == NextMapIndex) 
				PostFix = "$z <--- next";
			LayerMapList.ManialinkPage ^= """
<label posn="-75 {{{25-5*MapIndex}}} 1" scale="1" halign="left" valign="center" text="{{{CandidateMap.Name^PostFix}}}" id="map_{{{MapIndex}}}" scriptevents="1" />
			""";
			MapIndex += 1;
		}
		LayerMapList.ManialinkPage ^= """
</frame>
<script><!--

#Include "TextLib" as TextLib

main() {
	declare netwrite SelectedMapIndex for UI = -1;
	declare netwrite UpdateNum for UI = 0;
	SelectedMapIndex = -1;
	UpdateNum = {{{CurUpdateNum}}};

	while (True) {
		yield;
		foreach (Event in PendingEvents) {
			if (Event.Type == CMlEvent::Type::MouseClick) {
				declare Parts = TextLib::Split("_", Event.ControlId);
				if (Parts.count == 2 && Parts[0] =="map") {
					SelectedMapIndex = TextLib::ToInteger(Parts[1]);
				}
			}
		}
	}
}

--></script>""";

		Synchro_DoBarrier();

		declare netread UpdateNum for LocalPlayerUI = 0 ;
		declare netread SelectedMapIndex for LocalPlayerUI = -1;
		wait(UpdateNum == CurUpdateNum && SelectedMapIndex != -1); 

		NextMapIndex = SelectedMapIndex;		// note: it's a good idea to set this as early as possible (in network games), 
												// as it allows the game to pre-download the maps & stuff on the clients.
		LoadMap();


		// === play the map
		UIManager.UIAll.UISequence = CUIConfig::EUISequence::RollingBackgroundIntro;
		sleep(10000);
		UIManager.UIAll.UISequence = CUIConfig::EUISequence::None;
		// ====


		UnloadMap();
	}

	UIManager.UILayerDestroy(LayerMapList);
}

[mvv0105]

I can create SkillPoints ranking for my title? Or it's only for offical games?

[steeffeen]

I can create SkillPoints ranking for my title? Or it's only for offical games?

it's only working for the official base games and not in title packs
an example for a custom point system can be found on http://obstacle-records.com which is tracking records and points for the obstacle title pack

[mvv0105]

an example for a custom point system

cool, but how i can create it?

[steeffeen]

how i can create it?

it's all custom code and nothing of it is offered by nadeo
the game mode script sends the times to the central server which is calculating the points for each record to build the global ranking
it certainly needs some work and some own creativity, but you can do whatever you want

[maxi031]

I am creating custom campaign for tm and i have question related to this topic.
Is there any way to display manialink while loading screen is shown(when map is loaded)?
For me black screen is shown, even if i have CUILayer with my manialink added to UIManager.UIAll.UILayers.

I would like to put some gameplay tips and jokes in there if possible.

[adamkooo2]

I am creating custom campaign for tm and i have question related to this topic.
Is there any way to display manialink while loading screen is shown(when map is loaded)?
For me black screen is shown, even if i have CUILayer with my manialink added to UIManager.UIAll.UILayers.

I would like to put some gameplay tips and jokes in there if possible.

It would be useful, we will be able to do custom loadscreens.

[Blueplayer]

Hi, I´d like to create a custom campaign, but I already fail with the given example. The relevant part:

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	wait(Users.count > 0);		// wait for the game to be ready
	declare LocalPlayerUI <=> UIManager.GetUI(Users[0]);
	assert(LocalPlayerUI != Null);

Users[0] is successfully declared, but LocalPlayerUI is always Null. Is this an outdated example?


Edit: I´ve found someone else with the same issue:
viewtopic.php?f=515&t=27120&p=216370&hi ... UI#p216197
Does it just not work in TM? (I don´t have SM. I can´t check it.)