data outside container
 

Hi,

I am asking for help again. I keep getting this error "couldn't open xml file....data outside container." I am trying to use GameData and display it in my custom mod. I decided to just write a mod that would just display DynamicData="/GameData.Self.Name" in a Text tag, but this doesn't work at all. Any ideas?

Thanks,

A mod to display your name could look like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Page Name="MyName" Size="365,30">
<Text DynamicData="/GameData.Self.Name" Font="/TextStyles.VeryLarge.VeryLargeStyle" Name="PlayerName" Size="365,30" />
</Page>

If you leave out the <Page></Page> tags you would get the error message you quoted.

data outside container
 

Thanks for your response. I tried your code which looks like it should work, but now I simply get, "couldn't open xml." Not sure what to make of this since the file is in the Custom mod and included in the custom file. I was just trying to generate real time info to the screen and it seems pretty straightforward, but I the window doesn't come up.

See your other thread I guess.

can u display text and gamedata at the same time
 

Ok...I managed to display GameData. Another question. Can you display GameData and text at the same time? For example, say I wanted to display:

My name is DynamicData="/GameData.Self.Name"

I notice when I do this, I only see the game data and not the text, but I want it on the same line if possible.

Thanks,

figured it out
 

Ignore my previous message. I figured it out.

showing gamedata w/text
 

I spoke too soon. I thought it was a simple matter of setting the location for Dynamic Data to be so many pixels and have the text come before or afterwards. That doesn't appear to be the case. How can I show text with the GameData?

With the UIbuilder tool much of it is a simple matter of placing stuff on screen and moving it where you want it. General advice for learning how to mod UI windows: Just look at how the default UI does it, or if it doesn't (in your case it does), check one of the mods here.