Interface GetWindow() return no window

[Dreikblack]

#include "UltraEngine.h"

using namespace UltraEngine;

shared_ptr<Window> window;
shared_ptr<Framebuffer> framebuffer;
shared_ptr<World> menuWold;
shared_ptr<Interface> ui;
shared_ptr<Camera> uiCamera;

shared_ptr<Widget> panel;

void initGui()
{
    auto default_font = LoadFont("Fonts\\arial.ttf");
    ui = CreateInterface(menuWold, default_font, framebuffer->GetSize());
    ui->SetRenderLayers(2);
    ui->root->SetColor(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);
    uiCamera = CreateCamera(menuWold, PROJECTION_ORTHOGRAPHIC);
    uiCamera->SetPosition((float)framebuffer->GetSize().x * 0.5f, (float)framebuffer->GetSize().y * 0.5f, 0);
    uiCamera->SetRenderLayers(2);
    uiCamera->SetClearMode(CLEAR_DEPTH);

    panel = CreatePanel(10, 50, 64, 64, ui->root, PANEL_DEFAULT);
}


int main(int argc, const char* argv[])
{
    //Get the displays
    auto displays = GetDisplays();

    //Create a window
    window = CreateWindow("Ultra Engine", 0, 0, 1280, 720, displays[0], WINDOW_DEFAULT);

    //Create a world
    menuWold = CreateWorld();
    menuWold->RecordStats();

    //Create a framebuffer
    framebuffer = CreateFramebuffer(window);

    //Create light
    auto light = CreateBoxLight(menuWold);
    light->SetRange(-10, 10);
    light->SetRotation(15, 15, 0);
    light->SetColor(2);

    //Create camera
    auto camera = CreateCamera(menuWold);
    camera->SetClearColor(0.125);
    camera->SetPosition(0, 0, -3);
    camera->SetFov(70);

    initGui();

    //Main loop
    while (window->Closed() == false and window->KeyDown(KEY_ESCAPE) == false)
    {
        if (window->KeyHit(KEY_SPACE))
        {
           {
               auto uiWindow = ui->GetWindow();
               if (uiWindow)
                   Print("Interface provided a window");
               else 
                   Print("No window provided");
           }          
        }
        menuWold->Update();
        menuWold->Render(framebuffer, false);
    }
    return 0;
}

 

[Josh]

Interfaces that are used in 3D graphics do not have a window to return, since they were not created on any window.

[Dreikblack]

Can be added some method like SetWindow to interface? It would be more convenient to use than ActiveWindow when widget getting initialized since it could be null sometimes (when not window is not active obv.).

[Josh]

Hmmm, that does not really make sense because there is nothing that ties a 3D interface to any particular window. There is no connection between them. A 3D interface can be drawn on the screen, it can appear on a panel in the 3D game world, or it can appear as a hovering VR menu. The same interface could appear in a framebuffer in multiple windows. Tying a 3D interface to a window would be like tying some entity to a window.