Fancy Welcome Dialog

[MrWardy 11]

Hi guys, a little script me and @1Vincent Van Goat  fiddled around with and made it the welcome dialog on our server. So i thought id share it with you!

I this prompts the player on startup this fancy looking welcome screen! 

 

Make a new file and call it "welcome.sqf" and edit it to your desire!

Spoiler

 

createDialog "RscDisplayWelcome"; 
 
_display = findDisplay 999999; 
_text1 = _display displayCtrl 1100; 
_buttonSpoiler = _display displayctrl 2400; 
_textSpoiler = _display displayctrl 1101; 
_text2 = _display displayCtrl 1102; 

_message = ""; 
_message = _message + "<t align='center' size='8' shadow='0'></t><br />"; 
_message = _message + "<t align='center' size='2' shadow='0'>Welcome to <a color='#ff9900'>GOAT</a> Exile Tanoa!</t><br />"; 
_message = _message + "<t align='center'>______________________________________________________________________________________</t><br /><br />"; 
_message = _message + "<t align='center' size='1' shadow='0'><a color='#ff9900'>TeamSpeak</a>: 164.132.233.77</t><br /><br />"; 
_message = _message + "<t align='center'>______________________________________________________________________________________</t><br /><br />"; 
_message = _message + "<t align='center' size='1.5' shadow='0'><t color='#ff9900'> We have HALO Jump Spawns - If this is your first time playing please click continue or you will hit the ground and die!</t></t><br />"; 
_message = _message + "<t align='center'>______________________________________________________________________________________</t><br /><br />"; 
_message = _message + "<t align='center' size='1' shadow='0'><t color='#ff9900'>Features:</t><br />"; 
_message = _message + "<t color='#ff9900'> Capture Points<br />"; 
_message = _message + "<t color='#ff9900'> The ability to mute ambient sounds<br />"; 
_message = _message + "<t color='#ff9900'> Missions<br />"; 
_message = _message + "<t color='#ff9900'> Tow/Lift<br />"; 
_message = _message + "<t color='#ff9900'> Server Events<br />"; 
_message = _message + "<t color='#ff9900'> Safezone Anti Theft<br />"; 
_message = _message + "<t color='#ff9900'> A Seperate Player Driven Market<br />"; 
_message = _message + "<t color='#ff9900'> An XM8 Full of interesting Apps<br />"; 
_message = _message + "<t color='#ff9900'> Virtual Garage<br />"; 
_message = _message + "<t color='#ff9900'> Town Invasions<br />"; 
_message = _message + "<t color='#ff9900'> Base Raiding With Grinders and Laptops<br />"; 
_message = _message + "<t color='#ff9900'> View Distance Changer<br />"; 
_message = _message + "<t color='#ff9900'> A Roaming Trader In Addition To Static Traders<br />"; 
_message = _message + "<t color='#ff9900'> Many GUI Improvements to make your time here at GOAT Exile Smoother<br />"; 
_message = _message + "<t align='center'>______________________________________________________________________________________</t><br /><br />"; 
_message = _message + "<t align='center' size='2' shadow='0'><t color='#ff9900'>Server Rules:</t></t><br />"; 
_message = _message + "<t align='center' size='2' shadow='0'><t color='#ff9900'>The Full Server Rules Are At http://www.goatexile.eu</t></t><br />"; 
_message = _message + "<t align='center' size='1.5' shadow='0'><t color='#ff0000'>By Clicking Continue you agree you have read the rules, or will read them at the nearest possible opportunity</t></t><br />"; 
_message = _message + "<t align='center'>______________________________________________________________________________________</t><br /><br />"; 
_message = _message + "- <a color='#ff9900'> We Offer Reserved Slots To Donators, To Donate Hop on the teamspeak and speak with an admin. </a></t><br /><br />"; 
_message = _message + "Sincerely, <a color='#ff9900'>Vincent Van Goat - Founder, Dev and owner of GOAT Exile</a><br /><br />"; 
  
 
_text1 ctrlSetStructuredText (parseText _message); 
 
_positionText1 = ctrlPosition _text1; 
_yText1 = _positionText1 select 1; 
_hText1 = ctrlTextHeight _text1; 
_text1 ctrlSetPosition [_positionText1 select 0, _yText1, _positionText1 select 2, _hText1]; 
_text1 ctrlcommit 0; 
_buttonSpoiler ctrlSetFade 1; 
_buttonSpoiler ctrlCommit 0; 
_buttonSpoiler ctrlEnable false; 
_textSpoiler ctrlSetFade 1; 
_textSpoiler ctrlCommit 0; 
_text2 ctrlSetFade 1; 
_text2 ctrlCommit 0;

Just call it in your init.sqf!

 

[] execVM "Custom\Welcome.sqf";

 

 

If you get this error: (Thanks @Sica)

variable _display does not support serialization

Too fix this error, add 

disableSerialization;

above variable _display

disableSerialization;
_display = findDisplay 999999; 
_text1 = _display displayCtrl 1100; 
_buttonSpoiler = _display displayctrl 2400; 
_textSpoiler = _display displayctrl 1101; 
_text2 = _display displayCtrl 1102; 

Edited October 8, 2016 by MrWardy

[Sica 1]

Good one, thank you! only thing is when this script is executed an error pops up, 

variable _display does not support serialization

Too fix this error, add 

disableSerialization;

above variable _display

disableSerialization;
_display = findDisplay 999999; 
_text1 = _display displayCtrl 1100; 
_buttonSpoiler = _display displayctrl 2400; 
_textSpoiler = _display displayctrl 1101; 
_text2 = _display displayCtrl 1102; 

 

Edited October 8, 2016 by Sica

[MrWardy 11]

39 minutes ago, Sica said:

Good one, thank you! only thing is when this script is executed an error pops up, 

variable _display does not support serialization

Too fix this error, add 

disableSerialization;

above variable _display

disableSerialization;
_display = findDisplay 999999; 
_text1 = _display displayCtrl 1100; 
_buttonSpoiler = _display displayctrl 2400; 
_textSpoiler = _display displayctrl 1101; 
_text2 = _display displayCtrl 1102; 

 

Thank you for that, i was going to get around to adding a troubleshoot! but thanks pal!

Edited October 8, 2016 by MrWardy

[MrWardy 11]

19 minutes ago, Mezo said:

You didn't make this.

Quote

Hi guys, a little script me and @1Vincent Van Goat  (Legend) put together.

Didnt say we did.

Its something we edited and made our welcome dialog. Something new. You're welcome.

Edited October 8, 2016 by MrWardy

[MrWardy 11]

1 minute ago, Mezo said:

"put together" suggests you made it.

i shall rephrase this then. Thank you for pointing that out.

[Mezo 1264]

1 minute ago, MrWardy said:

i shall rephrase this then. Thank you for pointing that out.

Do you have permission from the original author to release this?

[MrWardy 11]

Just now, Mezo said:

Do you have permission from the original author to release this?

You mean bohemia? Not sure 99% of whats on here is. its part of the apex udate. 

[Mezo 1264]

1 minute ago, MrWardy said:

You mean bohemia? Not sure 99% of whats on here is. its part of the apex udate. 

 

[MrWardy 11]

1 minute ago, Mezo said:

 

I found it in the apex files. Edited to our needs, and updated it on here... 

[brawnkoh 29]

What they're referring to is this: