arbitrary shaped buttons

vk239 · Post by **vk239** » Wed Nov 11, 2009 1:57 am

Hi all,
In my game, I'm thinking of having buttons which are rectangles inclined at angles. Will this be possible?

Thanks

Acki · Post by **Acki** » Wed Nov 11, 2009 2:37 am

you can always use graphics (textures) for the buttons that you can design like you want...

maybe this thread can give you an idea:
http://irrlicht.sourceforge.net/phpBB2/ ... hp?t=35924

JP · Post by JP » Wed Nov 11, 2009 9:26 am

Or you could write a custom gui skin which would render the buttons as necessary. Might sound scary but it's really not! You can just take the standard gui skin code from Irrlicht and alter it to fit your needs.

Dorth · Post by **Dorth** » Wed Nov 11, 2009 9:57 am

And as far as detecting clicks, it's as equally easy to write your own code, either by manipulating the plan (if you stick to rectangles in 2d) or just plainly check against all relevant triangles.