ussrlongbow 116 Posted March 16, 2015 As far as I read Arma 3 related forums I see people are really annoyed with default action menu, accessible through scrolling the mousewheel, while searching some inspiration for UI designs and approaches for my RWT script toolset, I have found an old Dslyecxi post about action menu - http://dslyecxi.com/arma-3-fixing-the-action-menu/ So this night I gave it a try and seems I have something to show you. So as per Dslyecxi's idea of using a single context-driven smart key, I obviously selected Left-Win, ok lesser words more deal :) As Arma 3 does not provide an obvoius way to detect a double tap, had to play with KeyUp and KeyDown EHs. Logic: Ctrl + Smart Key - Self-interaction menu (check you gear, mount IR strobe to shoulder, check your wounds, apply bandage and so on) - for everything you do with yourself in most cases regardless of circumstances. Single tap on Smart key - Primary action - against object you are looking or close too (drag/drop friendly body, kick enemy who came too close, open/close door, break window) - for cases when immediate response is required. Double tap - Secondary action - auxillary action for less demanding actions (drop from vehicle, open ammobox, check dead body's gear) Holding smart key - for advanced interaction menu with the object you are facing. All logic fell under 65 lines of code (including comments :) ) As parameters (double tap delay time, single tap sensitivity, hold key time) are kept in missionNamespace variables, initialized at mission start you may provide users a way to alter these values and keep personalized settings in their profileNamespace (check RWT\rwt_config.sqf for that) This is a short video to demonstrate Sample mission (28 Kb) - https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByH1ReASWkRFYjFOOXVxYi1YS2c/view?usp=sharing hope you enjoy =) PS will add this to my RWT toolset asap. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
f2k sel 164 Posted March 16, 2015 (edited) Doesn't seem to do anything for me. Single tap produces an error unknown variable and double tap does nothing other than tell me I've double tapped. Ignore I wasn't pressing CTRL. The big downside is that it stops player movement, the menu does need sorting in general. Edited March 16, 2015 by F2k Sel Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ussrlongbow 116 Posted March 16, 2015 F2k Sel , thank for trying it out, current dialog is just a placeholder for quick nightly prototype, I will work on it thoroughly Primary task was to show that such smart key approach is possible and it can be further researched. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ussrlongbow 116 Posted March 19, 2015 Further research results, example of how self-interaction menu can look and be operated This is currently static defined action set, working on context-enabled action set (changes dynamically depending on objects and their selections near us) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ussrlongbow 116 Posted September 11, 2015 Decided to revive this post, still Smart Action menu is still WIP Progress: - get rid of action for double tapping smart key - menu is now built dynamically, and have max 9 items - added gestures Every item in menu consist of four parts: 1. Description 2. Code to find appropriate icon 3. Code to execute 4. Condition code to check item availability couople of videos to demonstrate: General Lights 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hoverguy 177 Posted September 11, 2015 That is a really nice action menu, I was looking for something similar when I saw your updated post. If I can be of any help (testing or whatever) lemme know. +1 follow 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
