I was wondering if anyone had some good guidelines I could work off of to create a complex cell phone interface/screen.
I know I'm asking for a lot but I want to learn how to do all the complex stuff...
Thank you for any help.
My goals with the cell phone screen:
-To have a mini cell phone image/button in the corner of the screen that when pressed it opens the bigger working version of the phone.
-Hot spots on the main menu to take the player to a new phonescreen
-text message inbox hotspot, contacts list hotspot, settings hostpot, calandar hotspot
Text message inbox will show all messages new and old, I already kinda know how to create a list for this and append new messages
Contacts list is already working in the game, when the character reaches so many relationship points with a person, they give the character their number and their name is added to [contacts] which the player will only recieve periodic messages from people they've only gained as contacts throughout the storyline and will give them a better chance to strengthen their relationship with that person
So for the settings, I want to try something I'm not sure if it will work? In the settings, I want maybe the player to be able to change in game volume BUT I want the character to also be able to change the wallpaper of their cellphone background. Just for fun. Now, would this mean that I just create a new main phone menu screen with each wallpaper and do a 'if player selects this option, then change the main screen to their choice' kind of thing. Do you know how I would go about this?
The calander, maybe just have upcoming events that take place in the game, like a school dance or such so the player can see what day they are on and how close they are getting to main storyline events. Also, I already have some code examples to add the date to the top of the phone screen but I'm not sure how to place things yet.
I don't really know how to locate hotspots or if its just a trial and error type thing or how to make hotspots work, I've tried a few things and gone off of others examples but I get errors every time.
If anyone has any examples or anything that can help me build this phone, that'd be great. I already have the main screen down, just connecting it all and its functionality I may need help with..
THANK YOU!
