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Quake like console design question

Ro_Akira · 2003-12-16T13:14:21

This is more of a design question than a programming one, but it''s not a game design question as such either, so I didn''t put it in that forum. I''m designing a Quake like console type of thing. However, instead of all commands being in one long list, I''m considering placing related commands into groups. Like this : Console // Handles commands for clearing the console buffer and moving from group to group, and what not Graphics // For graphics related commands JokeOfTheDayGenerator // etc. Groups can contain subgroups too. This is a bit like a directory tree structure, where there are commands instead of files, and groups instead of directories. Like directories, there can only ever be one current one. e.g. Console.SomeSubgroup> My questions is this: What commands should be accessible from the current group? At the moment, my group structure looks like this: Console | Graphics | | | Textures | Sound | Sounds | etc. In other words, Console is like the root. When you''re in Console.Graphics, the availability options could be: Commands in... a) Console.Graphics only b) Console, and Console.Graphics c) Console.Graphics, and Console.Graphics.Textures d) Console.Graphics, and also Console because Console is always available, no matter where you are Guidance, anyone? Thanks, Ro_Akira

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Started by Ro_Akira November 14, 2003 10:02 AM

11 comments, last by Ro_Akira 20 years, 4 months ago

QBRADQ

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December 06, 2003 07:49 AM

No real input here, but as a HUGE Quake fan I could not resist

In the Quake engines (this includes HalfLife, ECT) you can type the first letter or two of a command and hit the TAB key. This will list all commands that start with those letters

Da'' Q!

Tell him about the twinky...

GroZZleR

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December 06, 2003 11:38 AM

And with Half-Life''s Steam now, the console brings up a popup box with all the commands matching what you''ve typed so far and narrows it down from there.

Ro_Akira

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December 16, 2003 01:14 PM

QBRADQ,
I was going to go one about one being able to do that in Quake III etc., but I''ve just run Q2 and found out it can do it too! You''re not going to tell me even Q1 could do it are ya? I can''t believe I was unaware of that for so long! No matter, nobody died as a result!

GroZZleR,
That pop up box seems like a useful addition, right enough. This is somewhat like what MS Visual Studio does. Can you select and scroll with the mouse, or is it all purely keyboard still (in the next Half-Life)?

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