Dreams PS4 Tutorial: Start Menu (button press version)

[@DreamswithLadylexUK]

This tutorial only accommodates two menu pages. I have amended it and launched it as a remixable scene so now you can add multiple menu options indreams.me/scene/dMKxbCgSJSb Tutorial for this can be found on Dr Lex#9 kzbin.info/www/bejne/p33Jo6d4p51kitk

[@disturbedpanda5663]

I already knew how to make menus but I just wanted to look at other ways of making em and I just wanna say the only new thing I lernt from this was making texts in to buttons with the and I just wanna say thank you it make organising microchips alot easier

[@M.A.EProductions]

This is so helpful it's saves me a lot of trouble learning from the game itself

[@lovecastle7154]

Hey ladylexuk prepare to get a lot more views - pewdiepie just told his 103 million subscribers to make him a level

[@DreamswithLadylexUK]

Yes I know. Exciting times.

[@gobowinkler4837]

Very nice. made this as a template in about 20 minutes and now I can reuse it forever.

[@1minutelinux390]

Thanks so much for your brilliant tutorials!, such well explained and detailed walkthroughs without be overwhelmbing. I am learning so much :)

[@Savvi_juju2233]

Hi there I am a fan and follower just wanted to say I've followed you since the first time I've seen your tutorials on KZbin on menu screens and doorways, they've helped me a lot understanding logic.... I've been a fan of media molecule since lbp1 I love to design logic was always a bit hard to understand LOL but learning. it's a great way to inspire ones who have the passion for designing great games or music Etc it's a great platform to start with so thank you... PS. . keep giving great tutorials

[@BridgeToClarity1]

I've never played anything more convoluted in my life. I'll chalk it up as a $9.99 donation.

[@TheGoatOfAll]

I'm a bit late but this really helped! If you're wondering the level is "The Diner Menu"

[@sewerlamb]

Thank u legend :) Very well explained and easy to follow

[@cosmicwinter3193]

Your tutorials are so helpful, thanks so much ☺️

[@darrend3200]

thanks alot this was a great guide, cant wait to see your others keep up the good work ,subbed

[@spencerreynolds0617]

I have followed your steps up until 5:58 where it should work, but it won’t let me scroll up and down.

[@DreamswithLadylexUK]

Have a look at the demo in the Dreamiverse. Link is in a post I made below. It was amended to make it better. Maybe you can see how yours differs.

[@spencerreynolds0617]

Dreams with LadylexUK turns out the camera I had was set to the option to deactivate controller sensors in the scene whilst it was on, therefore making the menu inoperable.

[@lifeasneil]

Hey LadyLex! Firstly thanks for the clear instructions, well simplified laid out tutorials. You've refined it well. I followed this step by step and it works a treat, however there is indeed a flickering going back and foth between the two menu's someone else mentioned in the comments. Also if I continue the trend past the 2 page options and add a third all of a sudden the x button is triggered without being pressed. So if i go to stage select, it immediately loads the doorway upon powering the microchip instead of waiting for my x selection. Cannot understand why, work well with 2, and the logic is the same. If you still read these comments I've love your input as I'm stuck and it's seemingly simple.

[@DreamswithLadylexUK]

It is almost impossible for me to diagnose the issue from a written description. I would need to see it.

[@lifeasneil]

@@DreamswithLadylexUK haha this makes sense. I did wonder if you encountered similar problems whilst expanding this tutorial. Do you ever collaborate to help people?

[@DreamswithLadylexUK]

@@lifeasneil I mentioned this in my latest DrLex video. If I opened myself up as a "fixer" for everyone who asked I am in danger of being overwhelmed with requests and I would never get to do anything else, and I have had a few unpleasant experiences with people asking for help just to troll me, so I no longer collab on other peoples projects.

[@lifeasneil]

@@DreamswithLadylexUK oh yes, I can imagine the high demand. Sorry to be another voice of request then, I shall potter on. However thanks for the tutorials I will gladly take what you've offered and grow from there! Have fun 😊

[@VulpinetideCuteTimes0w0]

Wish they added a toggle gadget to the game. Would make this a lot easier and less confusing.

[@SuperDupTNT]

I did it in a more tedious way by making it into a level select

[@xKIRSTYx37]

Excellent tutorial, thanks

[@muffin_trouble88]

it takes 5 minutes to actully make, i made like 3 in like 5 minutes each and i released it as a template

[@DaMarcus008]

I got it down, but my problem is that when I confirm x to go to controls and back it keeps flickering. I don't know what do in order stop it from doing that.

[@marcoemilio6597]

This helped a lot, do you know how to make an intro? Like for your name?

[@DreamswithLadylexUK]

Intros are all different. Some use text gadgets, some sculpt their name. Most have some sort of animation in it. Just make a scene with a timeline with a doorway in it. Add the scene to your Dream.

[@marcoemilio6597]

@@DreamswithLadylexUK Thanks a lot, just figured it out!

[@DaGreatHokaga]

Cool start menu tutorials! Any thoughts on in game pause menus which freezes gameplay and resumes game when exiting pause menu?

[@DreamswithLadylexUK]

Not a simple thing that. There is no pause gadget, and you would have to consider gravity, so its not just a matter of turning off microchips. You can easily disable controls (I have a tutorial on that) so the player cannot move while you have it paused. Other moving things in the game would have to be considered. You can make a pause microchip using keyframes and switches, but it is a lot of work, and would be individual to each game.

[@DaGreatHokaga]

@@DreamswithLadylexUK Thats a good and very interesting perspective on how to structure the logic. Thank you so much for the insight and feedback.

[@UMBRELLAC0RPS]

Thank you so much do you have a do you have a tutorial on how to create a house

[@DreamswithLadylexUK]

Not specifically - but this section has architecture and landscaping tuts dreamskool.wordpress.com/sculpt-tuts-landscape-design/

[@SuperDupTNT]

I'm not really using it for a *start* menu

[@GeorgeH1908]

Thank you so much! It took a couple of tries but I finally got it to work!

[@shock4844]

One more question, how can you make the book effect your gameplay, book one gives you ice, and book two gives you fire, how would you make that?

[@DreamswithLadylexUK]

If I have understood you correctly I would use either a variable or a selector that would turn on whatever power you needed. I will add that to the list of tuts to do.

[@gordonkleine5136]

I love you, for this tutorial. Big thanks!

[@yaddlez6644]

Super helpful, thank you!

[@leolizard3152]

Thank you so much, this helped out a TON.

[@DreamswithLadylexUK]

You're welcome!

[@Assorted_Gamer123]

When I select play or exit it just says you have triggered a door way and doesn’t start the game

[@therealmegabros]

This is perfect, thanx so much

[@jino_0153]

when is pick of the week coming?

[@Iboyplayz]

Thanks this helped a lot great video.👍

[@octocle]

I can’t find the text displayed

[@chriswood3736]

She does the beat tutorials. I like shorter ones but she leaves nothing out.

[@TheReal_N-I-F-F]

GREAT tutorial

[@SkullDudeVR_2000]

OMG this really helped me out!

[@tentrilliconlp7748]

You're making awesome tutorials. Could you maybe make a tutorial about Quick Time Events?

[@DreamswithLadylexUK]

TAPgiles has done a good QTE tutorial. See if this helps in the meantime: dreamskool.wordpress.com/2020/01/29/quick-time-events-qte/

[@PioneerWhoDreams]

Thank you for this great tutorial! :)

[@champion4906]

what are you making cuz im making a ghost face game

[@PioneerWhoDreams]

@@champion4906 I making a game that is similar to saw movie, you need to complete three different tests to escape. This game is almost ready to be released :)

[@davidvandeven4162]

Thanks for this video it really helped me out. But when i make a menu that transitioned to another menu it automatically selects the first option in the second menu. How can i have it so that it won't do that.

[@DreamswithLadylexUK]

Did you check out the remixable scene in Dreams? Play about with that.

[@DonHuttonJr]

I have tried and tried to figure out what is wrong by myself but I can't. I built this step by step along with your tutorial. I know without a doubt it's something I've done or misunderstood wrong. I go to play mode and the menu selection will not move. I have the next and previous ports wired up to the directional pad up and down on page three of the controller sensor. I have it also set to remote controllable as you said. Even in test mode I press the directional pad buttons and the wires will light up but it will not change which keyframes is lit up. I tried wiring it with different buttons and still nothing. It's like the selector is not working or something because it never makes it to the outputs to change the keyframes to the next one. Any thoughts? Ugh

[@DonHuttonJr]

This may make me look like a dufus after forever or trying to figure it and I thought about deleting this comment but jus incase it happens to anyone else I'mma leave it up. I had the disable controls turned on in the camera. I accidentally did this because I had a record possession on a character to walk across the button and jump over stuff on the main menu back and forth. I thought I'd need to turn it off in camera so the person couldn't accidentally be possessed. That was dumb of me but lol. Whewwww got it figured.

[@DreamswithLadylexUK]

Almost impossible to diagnose the issue from your description. I would need to see it.

[@DonHuttonJr]

@@DreamswithLadylexUK I got it figured out. I felt like a dofus too lol. I had the disable controls turned on on the camera. I thought that because I had a possessed recorded puppet I'd need to do that to keep from controlling it. Then I forgot I had that on by the time I got to the menu stuff. :-/ duhhhh

[@CasSpell]

Great tutorial

[@RainisaurusRox]

Thank you so much. Everything works fine. But I have a problem. I want to add more screens. So the selecter in the main microchip that powers either the main menu or the controller menu won't work this way. I rewired the thing so A and B are directly activated not switched like shown in your tutorial and it still works. When pressing x I go to controller and with return also back but it's all buggy and sometimes doesn't work at all. Then I have to press x repeatedly till I finally change screens. :(

[@DreamswithLadylexUK]

So you changed it, and now it doesn't work? It's your code then. I am afraid you will have to work out how to get your own code to work as I can't see it.

[@RainisaurusRox]

@@DreamswithLadylexUK Thanks for taking your time and answer my comment. I will find a solution some how 😌.

[@ghostcanry7480]

Thanks to this tutorial I'm doing the main menu of my game. I have a question kind of unrelated. In each scene of the game, I stamped the global settings to remove the imp. He is not visible. But when I put all my scenes in a dream, in the transition between scenes. The imp shows up in does 4 or 5 seconds between scenes. Is there a way to get the little buger out of the transitions?

[@DreamswithLadylexUK]

Complain on indreams.me I think this only something Media Molecule can address if its appearing outside the scenes themselves.

[@jeroenblue]

Hey ladylexUK, thank you for the excellent tutorial. There is one problem I have: when I press x on my controller it goes to the second microchip (as it should), but for some reason it also thinks I pressed x on the second microchip and it triggers the doorway I have after the second microchip. Do you know how I can fix this?

[@1001VideoGames]

Thanks for this. I just created my first main menu lol

[@philip1874l]

8:45 how did you do that??

[@DreamswithLadylexUK]

Do you mean open and close the menu? Press square

[@tariqlewis1728]

Ik ima skill late but I quick question if I wanted to implement a save and load game option where a player could continue where they left if I would there be 3 slelecter for the master microchip or 2 kinda confused myself

[@DreamswithLadylexUK]

There are multiple ways to create a save system in Dreams. The simple one is to let Dreams system start the player off at the beginning of the last level they entered. You dont need to build anything, just make sure each level of the game is in a separate scene. The player does not see a menu when they start playing the 2nd time. For a more complicated system with a menu you will need a persistent variable that will indicate what level to start the player on and then use that with a selector to link to the appropriate continue point. You can also build in checkpoints this way too - but it requires a lot of planning and selector building. Player chooses continue and depending on the variable number they will be sent to their last position. This does not work very well if the player exits without going through some sort of save process, and you would have to build in that contingency too. Its a lot of complicated work Im afraid.

[@tariqlewis1728]

@@DreamswithLadylexUK I just learned logic and thought Ik sumthin and just like that back to the chalk board

[@anonymousbeats6450]

Thank you very much

[@angelsaurus7308]

Omg:) thank you so much!!!!

[@verbnounnumber6955]

Thanks for the great video!! "X to confirm" 😊

[@panicwolf8586]

I need a tutorial for everything in Dreams about making stuff...

[@DreamswithLadylexUK]

Just the one then? LOL

[@shock4844]

Let’s say when you press start and you want the player to pick something, like “book 1” or “book 2” how would you do that

[@DreamswithLadylexUK]

You could use the same method as the initial menu, or choose two different buttons and display using the So Book 1 press triangle Book 2 press circle.

[@shock4844]

Dreams with LadylexUK thank you

[@V.noodle]

Thank you!

[@evster3812]

Thanks for this god bless.

[@mattthegod6940]

I have a question, please answer! How do I link the play button to activate the game? Can you help me please?Thank you. (When you click play/start, the game begins.)

[@DreamswithLadylexUK]

Wire the button press to a doorway. Wire the menu scene doorway to your game scene entry doorway in a Dream. When you say play button I hope you are not referring to the little button with the three lines on - as this is not a button we have access to on the controller sensor as it controls Dreams itself.

[@mattthegod6940]

@@DreamswithLadylexUK ooh thank you. So I need a new door way in the game it self and connect it to the doorway in the menu?Thank you miss! I’m new in dreams so, sorry if I’m asking too obvious questions

[@DreamswithLadylexUK]

@@mattthegod6940 Scenes do create their own default doorways (without a gadget), but its best to put your own in so you have control over where the game starts.

[@mattthegod6940]

@@DreamswithLadylexUK yes, but can you please tell me how to create another scene?And do I put the door way in a new microchip Thanks!

[@mattthegod6940]

@@DreamswithLadylexUK I did that but every time I press start it says that I activated a doorway What to do?

[@lukefourie]

What a champ! Thank you so much for this :D

[@tonysmith2045]

John Doe is a KZbin employee

[@ninmohattori9212]

Thanks so much!!!

[@maximusck4012]

I was trying the same work before i find your work i find it helpfull but unfortunatly doesn't work and i can't debug it i ve the two menu on screen...

[@DreamswithLadylexUK]

I built this from scratch in the tutorial. If yours does not work you did not follow the tutorial the same.

[@maximusck4012]

@@DreamswithLadylexUK i don t understand because i read it few time and do the same cause i told you may be y ve an idea why it don t work for me i ll restart from 0 & i feed bacj

[@the_simp_master_8529]

I need a bookmark just in case 13:21

[@sasso5708]

When I start the game the menu appears, but if I close the game and I open it again the menu doesn't appear. How can I fix that without resetting the progresses every time? btw you helped me a lot :)

[@DreamswithLadylexUK]

I dont know why its doing this without seeing it.

[@SuperDupTNT]

What about the vr? Will that work with the imp?

[@DreamswithLadylexUK]

Sorry do not have VR. Cannot test.

[@SuperDupTNT]

@@DreamswithLadylexUK I don't either. But I believe it should work with the imp. I saw gameplay of dreams in vr and in edit mode, you move the imp with the motion controller

[@aitchtwoowaters8472]

Is there a way to go to the main menu without resetting progress?

[@DreamswithLadylexUK]

If you dont want the menu to go back to the beginning then remove the returning wire to A. If you are talking about going back to a menu within a game and not resetting progress in your game then you will have to work out a solution using persistent variables.

[@aitchtwoowaters8472]

@@DreamswithLadylexUK just in case you wanted to see how to play again when you're in the middle of playing I want to be able to go back to the main menu without resetting the progress.

[@DreamswithLadylexUK]

@@aitchtwoowaters8472 Your best option there is not to have the menu in its own level. Have the option to view the menu built into each level with a toggle switch (same as you would for a inventory menu or controls menu).

[@MrKlawUK]

Amazing!

[@Johnboythesecond]

Very nice :)

[@bajajkakaa4824]

Made everything till the very end wouldn’t let me use start or edit buttons 🥲

[@DreamswithLadylexUK]

Well no.

[@bajajkakaa4824]

@@DreamswithLadylexUK I re did it and it’s working perfectly 🙏

[@EDKsurly]

How do you know all this stuff? You’re a wizard!

[@musti4972]

She smort

[@boigercat]

And thank you, very helpful.

[@whispered.mr.s8516]

Hi, wondered whether you might be able to help. I’ve used your tutorial to help with a menu for my game but instead of the two screens you have here. I have 3. Going between the first two screens is fine but the logic when I come back from the third screen messes up the logic for the first screen. Simply put I can go from a to b, b to c, c to b and b to a, but when I get back to a the logic which should send me back to b sends me to c. Is there a way of resetting all logic when I get back to a, or should I be looking for logic to never allow a to get to c?

[@DreamswithLadylexUK]

I will look at this tomorrow. It appears the tutorial needs a little tweak so you can add more menu options. I have added it to DrLex#9

[@BarcodeGamez]

Great tutorial. Controls on menu is getting obsolete though. Most games teach you during game play.

[@DreamswithLadylexUK]

Good games do both.

[@joshuarohde]

15:26

[@shock4844]

Please help

[@antonyfletcher3523]

So ive followed your tut exactly but i keep getting an error. When i switch from main menu to controls screen, all the previous menu text transfers over, and vice versa? Any ideas ladylexuk? Im stumped. Heres my clip so you can see what i mean... kzbin.info/www/bejne/pna6h2ZjaJqrgpo

[@DreamswithLadylexUK]

You are not turning the microchips off in turn, so there is something wrong with the master microchip. Maybe you haven't wired up the selector correctly?

[@antonyfletcher3523]

@@DreamswithLadylexUK hmm? Ill take another look but im sure i followed correctly?! Thank you for replying, ive already learned a lot from your tutorials

[@kantofilms9167]

Lady, I love you

[@tylerthunder2001]

Good vid but not a fan of your 18+ terms nothing magic about that. It should be at least 13+ Dreams is a T Rated game no need to restrict to 18+. Age does not decide maturity it depends on the person

[@tylerthunder2001]

Late comment I know but wanted to point it out

[@gabrielarancibia744]

Thanks so much!!!