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Script Debug / Re: Issues with context menu
« on: March 14, 2016, 06:26:25 AM »

You shouldn't have to worry about actually clicking yourself.  exevent popup still "works" in that it will open the context menu at 0,0 on your screen.  You can use the conposx,y offsets to determine the line you need to click. I forget how many pixels there are per line, but it shouldn't interfere with your character because the context menu is opened nearly off the screen.

lol, also in looking at the EasyUO wiki regarding this, at version 252, the syntax function changed of this command.  Instead of fixing the old syntax, it was changed for some reason.  Frankly, I like the way it was intended to work better.  *shrugs*


I just got done playing with this - BTW , I went back to a EUO ver 241 so I could keep the context menuitem selection parameter - I agree that the new option kinda stinks:) Anyways, there is a 12 pixel border at the top and bottom of the context menus, and each entry is 18 pixels tall. I believe that there is also a 12 pixel left hand border, but I just set my ContY offset to 15 and it worked. So :

To calculate line #4 for example : Get the ContX position on screen ; add 12 (for top border), Then I added ( (selection# - 1) * 18 ) + 9 to place me halfway down the 4th selection.

You can also use this to test how many context options there are (ContX Size - pull it from the xxx_yyy field) , then subtract 24 (borders) and divide by 18. So that way, if someone programs a selection #5 on a 3-item menu, you can error out.

LochLinn

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New member introductions / Re: New Member - LochLinn
« on: March 14, 2016, 05:55:10 AM »
Thanks for taking the time to introduce yourself!  What shard did you finally end up back to?

Welcome!

A nice place called Whispering Pines ... we just (over last weekend) upgraded to the latest 2D client - from previous 5.0.6.c, and also changed the server from an old old RunUO RC1 to the latest RunUO. And our shard admin staff was able to do it WITHOUT a wipe!! I understand that that is supposed to be quite an accomplishment.

It's a family-oriented shard - but with the new upgrade we now allow consensual PVP. Felucca is not yet open, but will be soon as soon as staff finish the housekeeping tasks, and populating the facet.

LochLinn

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New member introductions / New Member - LochLinn
« on: March 13, 2016, 02:37:43 PM »
Hi Folks,

Well, I'm LochLinn. I've been playing UO since October 1, 2000 - that date I will NEVER forget. I came into the OSI/EA servers just after the UO:Rennaisannce release, and absolutely fell in love.

Unfortunately, EA then did everything that they could to reject my love. The (AOS) Age of S*** was the last stage - especially when one of the developers actually had the stones to come into the Stratics forums and state that he was changing a lot of stuff - "Just to stir things up". This was when EA was letting the 'oldtimers' from OSI go, and replacing them with the newer developers, and new ideas (most of which emulated a vacuum cleaner) - Can you say "From the Mind of Todd McFarlane"? - I knew you could - just wish EA couldn't.

Fortunately, by then (2002 sometime) the freeshards were getting into full swing. I discovered the World of Dreams shard - running on the old POL software, and fell in love all over again. It was good for a couple years, then the shard closed down - and multiple attempts to ressurect it by some of the players all failed.

I drifted over to the ShadowCove shard, but that didn't last too long. Me and the shard admins had a bit of differences, and I left there. They were too heavy into role-playing - to the extent that the admins would float around invisible, and if you got caught even TALKING to another player "Out of Character" - you got disciplined. A friend of mine got jailed for talking with his nephew wayyyy out in the middle of nowhere - discussing some family stuff. Too much Gestapo for me, so I left.

Searching again, I tried some of the bigger shards (Excelsior, etc), but they felt too much like EA - mainly in the large userbase. I had gotten used to a small shard, "Where everybody knows your name" lol.

Ended up on Paradise Found, but once again, some differences in opinion between me and the shard owner caused a departure - nothing abusive or violent (none of my departures were angry, just sad and regretful).

Currently happy on the shard I found a while ago in 2013, but had to stop playing for a couple years. When I recently went back to it - it was still there, and I am soooo happy.

That's about it - other minor changes in my life (jobs, moving, people dying, etc), but the important part (UO) is here in a nutshell :)

Thanks, LochLinn

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