gui Strange problem with guiCreateWindow

[Lpsd]

Hi,

I'm having a slight problem with "guiCreateWindow", it just doesn't appear at all.

Here's my client.lua:

x, y = guiGetScreenSize () 

function createGUI ()
		local guiWidth, guiHeight = 500, 300 
		local centerX, centerY = (x / 2) - (guiWidth / 2), (y / 2) - (guiHeight / 2) 
		myWindow = guiCreateWindow(centerX, centerY, 500, 300, "Information", true)
		guiSetVisible(myWindow, true)
end
addEventHandler( "onClientResourceStart", getRootElement( ), createGUI)

 

and here's my meta.xml

<meta>
<script src="server.lua" type="server" />
<script src="client.lua" type="client" />	
</meta>

 

I can't see a single reason for it not to work, checked in debug and no errors there.

I think I'm not fully understanding how the different types of positioning work. Earlier on I used the "centerX, centerY" variables on a "dxDrawImage" element, to position it in the exact center of the screen, and it worked fine.

The Wiki explains about the position arguments of the "dxDrawImage" function:

• posX: the absolute X coordinate of the top left corner of the image
• posY: the absolute Y coordinate of the top left corner of the image

However the explanation for the arguments of positioning on the "guiCreateWindow" function are slightly different:

• x: A float of the 2D x position of the GUI window on a player's screen. This is affected by the relative argument.
• y: A float of the 2D y position of the GUI window on a player's screen. This is affected by the relative argument.

Maybe that's where I'm going wrong.

Thanks for reading, hope I've provided enough info.

Edited December 10, 2016 by LopSided_

[MR.S3D]

x, y = guiGetScreenSize () 



function createGUI ()

		local guiWidth, guiHeight = 500, 300 

		local centerX, centerY = (x / 2) - (guiWidth / 2), (y / 20) - (guiHeight / 20) 

		myWindow = guiCreateWindow(centerX, centerY, 500, 300, "Information", false)


end

addEventHandler( "onClientResourceStart", getRootElement( ), createGUI)

 

[Lpsd]

11 minutes ago, MR.S3D said:

x, y = guiGetScreenSize () 



function createGUI ()

		local guiWidth, guiHeight = 500, 300 

		local centerX, centerY = (x / 2) - (guiWidth / 2), (y / 20) - (guiHeight / 20) 

		myWindow = guiCreateWindow(centerX, centerY, 500, 300, "Information", false)


end

addEventHandler( "onClientResourceStart", getRootElement( ), createGUI)

 

Works fine, thanks. So it was just the relative positioning that messed it up?

& I'm guessing guiSetVisible isn't needed either.

[MR.S3D]

1 minute ago, LopSided_ said:

Works fine, thanks. So it was just the relative positioning that messed it up?

& I'm guessing guiSetVisible isn't needed either.

yes

 

welcome.

[Lpsd]

12 minutes ago, MR.S3D said:

yes

 

welcome.

Quick question. When I'm already at the top-level (gui isn't contained in anything else), what am I positioning relatively to? The screen itself?

edit: nevermind, found a whole topic explaining absolute vs relative positioning

Edited December 10, 2016 by LopSided_