BCIRPG Menu

The following changes done here:
1. Stripped down to the main menu, and that pushed as erpg\Godot\MainMenu\GodotUserInterface_Doug bcirpg_mainMenu_[date]

2. Relocated all other project work to: erpg\Godot\Experiments\Doug\

Godot/Experiments/Doug/rpgr_gameWork_20220102A/globalScripts/history.gd

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+#HISTORY: 
+#	Unique handler script for root history singleton.  May be adapted for 
+#		history loading and saving functionality
+
+extends Node
+ 
+
+#DKM TEMP: not a cfg?
+var history_file = "user://history.tres"
+var historyScreensSingleton 
+var testing = false
+
+func _ready() -> void:
+	if(testing):
+		historyScreensSingleton = load_history_file()
+	if (historyScreensSingleton == null):
+			historyScreensSingleton = HistoryScreensTemplateSingleton.new()
+	
+	#DKM temp:
+	print("Loaded history array size is: " + str(historyScreensSingleton.output_history_array.size()))
+
+#DKM TEMP: tres format:
+func load_history_file() -> HistoryScreensTemplateSingleton:
+	if ResourceLoader.exists(history_file):
+		var history = ResourceLoader.load(history_file)
+		if history is HistoryScreensTemplateSingleton:
+			return history		
+		else: return null
+	else:
+		return null
+

Godot/Experiments/Doug/rpgr_gameWork_20220102A/globalScripts/historyScreensTemplate.gd

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+#PLAYERSETTINGSTEMPLATE:
+#	Class for holding history screens 
+extends Resource
+
+class_name HistoryScreensTemplateSingleton
+
+var output_history_array = Array()
+

Godot/Experiments/Doug/rpgr_gameWork_20220102A/globalScripts/outputHistory.gd

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+extends Node
+class_name OutputHistory
+
+var output_history_array = Array()

Godot/Experiments/Doug/rpgr_gameWork_20220102A/globalScripts/playerSettings.gd

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+#PLAYER SETTINGS: 
+#	Unique handler script for reading from file or saving to, using the 
+#	playerSettingsTemplateSingleton object.
+
+extends Node
+ 
+#DKM TEMP: JSON:
+#var settings_file = "user://testPlayerSettings.sav"
+
+#DKM TEMP: TO DO: constant:
+var settings_file = "user://settings.cfg"
+var playerSettingsSingleton = PlayerSettingsTemplate.new()
+
+func _ready() -> void:
+	load_settings_file()
+
+
+#Config/ini:
+func load_settings_file():
+	var config = ConfigFile.new()
+	# Load data from a file.
+	var err = config.load(settings_file)
+	# If the file didn't load, ignore it.
+	if err != OK:
+		return
+	for player in config.get_sections():
+		var inputName = config.get_value(player, "InputSettings")
+		var riskFactor = config.get_value(player, "RiskFactor")
+		
+		print("Input name loaded as: " + inputName)
+		
+		playerSettingsSingleton.inputName = inputName
+		playerSettingsSingleton.riskFactor = riskFactor
+
+#Using JSON: 
+#DKM TEMP: manual JSON parsing is most certainly not the way to go -- temp testing these 
+#	are saved and loaded correctly. 
+#func load_settings_file():
+#		var file = File.new()
+#		file.open(settings_file, file.READ)
+#		var text = file.get_as_text()
+#		var parsedText = parse_json(text)
+#		if(parsedText != null):
+#			print("Input name loaded as: " + parsedText.playerSettingsTemplate.inputName)
+#			playerSettingsSingleton.inputName = parsedText.playerSettingsTemplate.inputName
+#			playerSettingsSingleton.riskFactor = parsedText.playerSettingsTemplate.riskFactor
+#		else:
+#			print("No previously existing player settings file found")
+#
+#DKM TEMP:			
+#****THIS LOADS a string successfully, but not objects
+#func _loadSettings() -> void:	
+		#DKM TEMP: we cannot hard code this here and allow user access on But_SaveS UI
+#	var settings_file = "user://testSettings"
+#	var file = File.new()
+#	if file.file_exists(settings_file):
+#		file.open(settings_file, File.READ)
+#		playerSettingsSingleton.inputName = file.get_var()
+#		file.close()
+#		print("name found as: " + playerSettingsSingleton.inputName)

Godot/Experiments/Doug/rpgr_gameWork_20220102A/globalScripts/playerSettingsTemplate.gd

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+#PLAYERSETTINGSTEMPLATE:
+#	Class for holding player settings for game purposes.
+
+extends Node
+class_name PlayerSettingsTemplate
+
+var inputName = "None"
+var riskFactor = "0"