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PostPosted: 06-03-2010 07:09 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


I'm working on the (TA) menus for my mod, and I'm wondering if there is a way to have a button that you could click on that when pressed quits (or alt tabs) out of the game and tries to open a url link using your operating system (so in other words, it will open up your default browser and go to that web site).

And I mean without having to code anything new in the mod/game code.

Seems like the answer is probably no, but figured I would ask.
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PostPosted: 06-04-2010 12:15 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


And the answer is indeed 'no'. =)
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PostPosted: 06-06-2010 09:43 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Does the mod/game code have any functions like exec() or system() where you can run a system command/program?
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PostPosted: 06-06-2010 09:54 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Nope. The SDK is designed to run in a sandbox.
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PostPosted: 06-06-2010 10:01 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


I bet if he distributes the ioquake3 engine build with his mod, he could add a new client command to do that in ioquake3, and then have the mod/sdk trigger that client command?
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PostPosted: 06-06-2010 10:33 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Yep, but that doesn't satisfy the below requirement. =)

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And I mean without having to code anything new in the mod/game code.
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