Hello everyone

I have the following question: is it possible to make a (load)bar in a .menu file, which gets filled depending on a cvar?

From the weapon selection .menu I can see how to do a a static (load)bar:

itemDef
{
	name			"mp40_info"
	visible 		0
	rect			0 0 128 10
	origin			ORIGIN_WEAPONDAMAGE
	backcolor		1 1 1 .125
	style			WINDOW_STYLE_FILLED
	decoration
}
itemDef
{
	name			"mp40_info"
	visible 		0
	rect			0 0 75 10
	origin			ORIGIN_WEAPONDAMAGE
	backcolor		1 1 1 1
	style			WINDOW_STYLE_FILLED
	decoration
}

Like we see, the content of the bar is filled with "rect 0 0 75 10", but, how to make that depending on a cvar?

Kind regards,
Leal

P.D.: (load)bar, because it's a bar filled with something, but not progressively like the map-loading-bar.

dynamic elements arent possible in cod2 menu's!
you can only show/hide different graphics!
also the loadingbar out of the loadingscreen doesnt work with vars!

Oh, what a shame... I regularly get frustrations with this CoD2 engine xD.

How does this loadbar work then?

Thanks for the quick reply serthy :).

style WINDOW_STYLE_LOADBAR

or sth like that, nothing more
i tried to add that in a menu in combination with:

dvar scr_testbar

but either nothing happened or it crashes with an error

Thank you for testing.

So the way this loadbar loads is hardcoded? -.-

Leal writes...

correct, the most you can do is change the image. and i think thats it.

All right then, thank you for your answers serthy and liltc64 :D

make a lot of menu elements, all parts of a bar. Make a dvarlist test or smthing to check if they should be shown. Make one dvar to fill that bar. done.

IzNoGoD writes...

thats actually a really good idea, i dont know why i never thought of that before (maybe cause im a sped) but that idea can still be a pain in the ass but it would work pretty well if you are willing to give a good solid 30-40 mins in the menu.

Great idea IzNoGoD. Thank you :).