UI now displaying correctly

Added GDscript code to generate the UI into nodes, now looks like Vic2.

Next steps are population and tab selection

1 files changed, 53 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/game/src/Game/GameSession/NationManagementScreen/TechnologyMenu.gd b/game/src/Game/GameSession/NationManagementScreen/TechnologyMenu.gd
index a80ed1e..b024ca4 100644
--- a/game/src/Game/GameSession/NationManagementScreen/TechnologyMenu.gd
+++ b/game/src/Game/GameSession/NationManagementScreen/TechnologyMenu.gd
@@ -3,13 +3,33 @@ extends GUINode
 var _active : bool = false
 
 const _screen : NationManagement.Screen = NationManagement.Screen.TECHNOLOGY
+#generates the necessary base elements
+var country_technology : Control = generate_gui_element("country_technology", "country_technology")
+var folder_window : Control = generate_gui_element("country_technology", "folder_window")
+var folder_windows = []
+var tech_group : Control = generate_gui_element("country_technology", "tech_group")
+var tech_groups = []
+var tech_window : Control = generate_gui_element("country_technology", "tech_window")
+var tech_windows = generate_tech_windows(5,6)
+
+
 
 func _ready() -> void:
 	GameSingleton.gamestate_updated.connect(_update_info)
-
+	add_child(country_technology)
 	Events.NationManagementScreens.update_active_nation_management_screen.connect(_on_update_active_nation_management_screen)
-
-	add_gui_element("country_technology", "country_technology")
+	generate_interface()
+	#in vic2, army tech is the initial window selected
+	var selected_tech_window = folder_windows[0]
+	#setup the window since the gui file doesnt store positions, can probably be optimised
+	for folder_item in folder_windows:
+		country_technology.add_child(folder_item)
+	for tech_group_item in tech_groups:
+		country_technology.add_child(tech_group_item)
+	for research_item_column in tech_windows:
+		for research_item_row in research_item_column:
+			country_technology.add_child(research_item_row)
+	
 
 	var close_button : Button = get_button_from_nodepath(^"./country_technology/close_button")
 	if close_button:
@@ -28,7 +48,36 @@ func _on_update_active_nation_management_screen(active_screen : NationManagement
 
 func _update_info() -> void:
 	if _active:
-		# TODO - update UI state
+		
 		show()
 	else:
 		hide()
+		
+func generate_interface():
+	#generate the initial UI elements
+	for i in 5:
+		var temp = folder_window.duplicate()
+		temp.name = temp.name+str(i)
+		temp.position.x = 28+(194*i)
+		temp.position.y = 55
+		folder_windows.append(temp)
+	for i in 5:
+		var temp = tech_group.duplicate()
+		temp.name = temp.name+str(i)
+		temp.position.x = 28+(194*i)
+		temp.position.y = 107
+		tech_groups.append(temp)
+
+func generate_tech_windows(x,y):
+	var matrix = []
+	for xi in range(x):
+		var row = []
+		for yi in range(y):
+			var temp = tech_window.duplicate()
+			temp.name = temp.name+str(xi)+"_"+str(yi)
+			temp.position.x = 28+(194*xi)
+			temp.position.y = 122+(40*yi)
+			row.append(temp)
+		matrix.append(row)
+	return matrix
+