Bug or not ? 2 windows only one draws something, and can't use variables

[gcmartijnParticipant]

My first attempt to use two windows fails because the ‘second’ / last loaded window (editor) is not drawing anything.

My idea is to separate the game and the editor, and the game is actual ‘playing’, and with the ‘live’ editor window I can change things.

After the first problem I get another one the interaction between the two windows.

Monkey

Namespace myapp #Import "<std>" #Import "<mojo>" Using std.. Using mojo.. Class GameWindow Extends Window Field accessibleField:String = "cool" Method New(title:String,width:Int,height:Int) Super.New( title,width,height,WindowFlags.Center) SwapInterval=1 End Method OnRender( canvas:Canvas ) Override App.RequestRender() canvas.DrawText( "Game",Width/2,Height/2,.5,.5 ) End End Class EditorWindow Extends Window Method New(title:String,width:Int,height:Int,gameWindow:Window) Super.New( title,width,height,WindowFlags.Center) SwapInterval=1 ' Print gameWindow.accessibleField ' don't work either End Method OnRender( canvas:Canvas ) Override App.RequestRender() ' Not showing canvas.DrawText( "Editor",Width/2,Height/2,.5,.5 ) End End Function Main() New AppInstance Local gameWindow:Window = New GameWindow("Game",600,800) New EditorWindow("Editor",200,400,gameWindow) App.Run() End

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Namespace myapp   #Import "<std>" #Import "<mojo>"   Using std.. Using mojo..   Class GameWindow Extends Window Field accessibleField:String = "cool" Method New(title:String,width:Int,height:Int) Super.New( title,width,height,WindowFlags.Center) SwapInterval=1 End Method OnRender( canvas:Canvas ) Override App.RequestRender() canvas.DrawText( "Game",Width/2,Height/2,.5,.5 ) End End   Class EditorWindow Extends Window Method New(title:String,width:Int,height:Int,gameWindow:Window) Super.New( title,width,height,WindowFlags.Center) SwapInterval=1 ' Print gameWindow.accessibleField ' don't work either   End Method OnRender( canvas:Canvas ) Override App.RequestRender() ' Not showing canvas.DrawText( "Editor",Width/2,Height/2,.5,.5 ) End End   Function Main()   New AppInstance Local gameWindow:Window = New GameWindow("Game",600,800) New EditorWindow("Editor",200,400,gameWindow)   App.Run() End

[Mark SiblyKeymaster]

Multilpe windows has NOT been thoroughly tested yet is likely to cause problems!

Also, you can only use multiple windows on desktop targets, not mobile/web.

[gcmartijnParticipant]

I understand, its a desktop editor to create games while running them.

Don’t know if you are going to do a rough check in the near future so I wait.

[gcmartijnParticipant]

I know you may don’t have time for this but maybe you can see the problem what I discovered here.

Monkey

Namespace myapp #Import "<std>" #Import "<mojo>" #import "<mojox>" Using std.. Using mojo.. Using mojox.. Global game:Game Class Game Field accessibleField:String = "game text" Method render(canvas:Canvas) canvas.DrawText(accessibleField,50,50,.5,.5 ) End End Class GameWindow Extends Window Method New(title:String,width:Int,height:Int) Super.New( title,width,height,WindowFlags.Center) SwapInterval=1 End Method OnRender( canvas:Canvas ) Override App.RequestRender() game.render(canvas) End End Class EditorWindow Extends Window Method New(title:String,width:Int,height:Int) Super.New( title,width,height) SwapInterval=1 Local label:=New Label( "Idle" ) label.Gravity=New Vec2f( .5,0 ) Local button:=New Button( "Click ME!" ) button.Clicked=Lambda() Global n:=0 n+=1 label.Text="Clicked #"+n ' game.accessibleField="Clicked #"+n End' Local dockingView:=New DockingView dockingView.AddView( label,"top" ) dockingView.ContentView=button ContentView=dockingView End End Function Main() New AppInstance game = New Game() New GameWindow("Game",600,800) New EditorWindow("Editor",200,400) App.Run() End

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Namespace myapp #Import "<std>" #Import "<mojo>" #import "<mojox>"   Using std.. Using mojo.. Using mojox..   Global game:Game   Class Game Field accessibleField:String = "game text"   Method render(canvas:Canvas) canvas.DrawText(accessibleField,50,50,.5,.5 ) End End   Class GameWindow Extends Window Method New(title:String,width:Int,height:Int) Super.New( title,width,height,WindowFlags.Center) SwapInterval=1 End Method OnRender( canvas:Canvas ) Override App.RequestRender() game.render(canvas) End End Class EditorWindow Extends Window   Method New(title:String,width:Int,height:Int) Super.New( title,width,height) SwapInterval=1 Local label:=New Label( "Idle" ) label.Gravity=New Vec2f( .5,0 ) Local button:=New Button( "Click ME!" ) button.Clicked=Lambda() Global n:=0 n+=1 label.Text="Clicked #"+n ' game.accessibleField="Clicked #"+n End' Local dockingView:=New DockingView dockingView.AddView( label,"top" ) dockingView.ContentView=button   ContentView=dockingView End End       Function Main() New AppInstance game = New Game() New GameWindow("Game",600,800) New EditorWindow("Editor",200,400) App.Run() End

When you run this code above, then the editor window is on top, and is black.
You see in the GameWindow the a text in the top.

Magic 1
When you press +/- 10px below the middle inside the Editor window (there is the button located), then everything is visible in the Editor window !

Magic 2
But the GameWindow din’t update, because now some new magic will happen.
Uncomment the line

Monkey

' game.accessibleField="Clicked #"+n

1	' game.accessibleField="Clicked #"+n

When you do the same as Magic 1 above, then nothing will be visible inside the Editor window.
But the GameWindow will will update the text like I want !

Magic 3

Comment the line above again, and now the bonus magic.
Change the line in the top to this

Monkey

Field accessibleField:String = "game window text"

1	Field accessibleField:String = "game window text"

With this the string is larger, and what do you think: magic 1 is now not working, only by making the text a longer.

 

Then I thought, what do people say about sdl two windows, so I can use that.
But using some examples in combination with the bananas/sdl2test gives the same output.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21691450/how-to-create-a-subwindow-using-sdl
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/22227811/sdl2-and-opengl-functions-with-two-windows

I don’t know if MX2 is doing something wrong or SDL.
Now I’m thinking about this, maybe I switch back to a in game editor window that you can move around like the /bananas/calculator

It has some pros and cons to do a editor in game or in a external editor window.

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