I’m looking for tips on how to create a “Files” tab for my game menu. I’ve thought about the logic behind it, but I’m having a lot of trouble implementing it. The Files tab would obviously be a widget with a List View, and in the same widget, on the right side, the text corresponding to the file the player selects. What would be the smartest way to set this up? I was thinking of making a Data Table containing all the items, with the file name and its body text, and then every time the player acquires a new file, it would add a new row to the Data Table, something along those lines.
What is a “file”?
It depends on what you want to do with it.
I would have a datatable with all the files that can exist.
Then i would store in an array of fnames the rows for the files that the player has.
On the widget i can query the data table to show the info using that fname.
Ive made a foss plugin for an invontory that works pretty much like that.
Using an array of fnames to store the acquired ones allows you to implement a savegame easily.