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  • Injecting a menu before Main

    From Hayes Zyxel@21:4/113 to All on Saturday, October 24, 2020 09:42:08
    Hi all,
    My long range vision for my BBS is to add almost a MUD like interaction
    instead of the main menu on login but I have too much on my plate at the
    moment to do that. In the meantime, I would like to inject a very simple menu before the Main Menu to direct people who are there solely to play the new
    Door game directly there, or continue onto the BBS.

    Is there a relatively straightforward way to do this? Do I just copy the Main Menu, rework existing Main to be this new simple menu and call the Main Menu copy when the user wants the BBS? Or is there a better way to achieve this?

    Thanks

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: Baud BBS (21:4/113)
  • From Alpha@21:4/158 to Hayes Zyxel on Saturday, October 24, 2020 16:56:35
    Hi all,
    My long range vision for my BBS is to add almost a MUD like interaction instead of the main menu on login but I have too much on my plate at the moment to do that. In the meantime, I would like to inject a very simple menubefore the Main Menu to direct people who are there solely to play
    the newDoor game directly there, or continue onto the BBS.

    Is there a relatively straightforward way to do this? Do I just copy the MainMenu, rework existing Main to be this new simple menu and call the Main Menucopy when the user wants the BBS? Or is there a better way to achieve this?

    Yes--you could utilize the matrix login to create a menu of these options. Each menu could link to another menu, login/apply--or connect via telnet (IT) menu command to another BBS, or load a door--whatever!

    |07┌[|08..|15Alpha|08.....................|07]┐
    |07├[|08..|11The Drunken Gamer BBS|08.....|07]┤ |07└[|08..|03TheDrunkenGamer.com:8888|08..|07]┘

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2020/10/20 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: The Drunken Gamer BBS (21:4/158)
  • From Hayes Zyxel@21:4/113 to Alpha on Saturday, October 24, 2020 11:08:25
    Yes--you could utilize the matrix login to create a menu of these
    options. Each menu could link to another menu, login/apply--or connect
    via telnet (IT) menu command to another BBS, or load a door--whatever!

    Hmmm... matrix menu's. Not an expert on those but I will look into that approach. If I can divert someone off to the game menu or main menu in this manner that sounds like a great approach.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: Baud BBS (21:4/113)
  • From Warpslide@21:3/110 to Hayes Zyxel on Saturday, October 24, 2020 17:56:41
    On 24 Oct 2020, Hayes Zyxel said the following...

    Hmmm... matrix menu's. Not an expert on those but I will look into that approach. If I can divert someone off to the game menu or main menu in thismanner that sounds like a great approach.

    If you you want this to happen after the user has already logged in, you could add a simple yes/no question in the prelogin menu:

    Action List Access List Data
    (-Y) Ask Yes/No Do you want to go to the door menu? (GO) Go to new menu OK door
    (GO) Go to new menu !OK main


    Jay

    ... The quickest way to make antifreeze? Just steal her blanket!

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2020/10/23 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Northern Realms (21:3/110)
  • From Hayes Zyxel@21:4/113 to Warpslide on Saturday, October 24, 2020 21:48:03
    Action List Access List Data
    (-Y) Ask Yes/No Do you want to go to the door menu? (GO) Go to new menu OK door
    (GO) Go to new menu !OK main

    Ok, this is PRECISELY what I was looking for. So very cool. I have already renovated the menus as well to make sure when you get into the game menu that you have easy access to feedback and game chat forums. It is kind of it's own menu subsystem. There is a lot to like about Mystic and how easy it is to do this stuff.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: Baud BBS (21:4/113)
  • From Zip@21:1/202 to Hayes Zyxel on Sunday, October 25, 2020 13:22:53
    Hello Hayes Zyxel!

    On 24 Oct 2020, Hayes Zyxel said the following...
    moment to do that. In the meantime, I would like to inject a very simple menu before the Main Menu to direct people who are there solely to play the new Door game directly there, or continue onto the BBS.

    I believe the prelogin menu is the one calling the main menu, so you might
    want to insert the diversion there. :)

    Best regards
    Zip

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2020/10/11 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Star Collision BBS, Uppsala, Sweden (21:1/202)