Illarion-eV · eduardorm-dev · Mar 18, 2026 · Mar 18, 2026 · Mar 18, 2026 · Mar 19, 2026
diff --git a/illaclient/build.gradle b/illaclient/build.gradle
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ dependencies {
     compile group: 'org.slf4j', name: 'jcl-over-slf4j', version: project.ext.slf4jVersion
     compile group: 'org.slf4j', name: 'log4j-over-slf4j', version: project.ext.slf4jVersion
     compile group: 'ch.qos.logback', name: 'logback-classic', version: project.ext.logbackVersion
+    compile group: 'com.badlogicgames.gdx', name: 'gdx', version: project.ext.gdxVersion
+    compile group: 'com.badlogicgames.gdx', name: 'gdx-backend-lwjgl3', version: project.ext.gdxVersion
+    runtime group: 'com.badlogicgames.gdx', name: 'gdx-platform', version: project.ext.gdxVersion, classifier: 'natives-desktop'
     compile group: 'org.bushe', name: 'eventbus', version: '1.4'
     compile group: 'com.google.code.gson', name: 'gson', version: '2.8.0'
     compile group: 'com.google.guava', name: 'guava', version: '21.0'

diff --git a/illaclient/src/main/java/illarion/client/Servers.java b/illaclient/src/main/java/illarion/client/Servers.java
@@ -72,6 +72,11 @@ public enum Servers {
      */
     private final int serverPort;
 
+    /**
+     * The URL of character edit to launch.
+     */
+    public static final String CHARACTER_EDIT_URL = "https://illarion.org/community/account/us_charlist.php";
+
     /**
      * Default ENUM constructor for the enumeration entries. It creates a definition of a server and stores it to the
      * enumeration constants.

diff --git a/illaclient/src/main/java/illarion/client/gui/controller/CharScreenController.java b/illaclient/src/main/java/illarion/client/gui/controller/CharScreenController.java
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@
  */
 package illarion.client.gui.controller;
 
+import com.badlogic.gdx.Gdx;
 import de.lessvoid.nifty.Nifty;
+import de.lessvoid.nifty.controls.Button;
 import de.lessvoid.nifty.controls.Label;
 import de.lessvoid.nifty.controls.ListBox;
 import de.lessvoid.nifty.elements.Element;
@@ -27,13 +29,19 @@
 import de.lessvoid.nifty.tools.SizeValue;
 import illarion.client.Game;
 import illarion.client.Login;
+import illarion.client.Servers;
 import illarion.client.util.Lang;
 import illarion.common.config.ConfigChangedEvent;
 import org.bushe.swing.event.annotation.AnnotationProcessor;
 import org.bushe.swing.event.annotation.EventTopicSubscriber;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantLock;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 /**
  * This is the screen controller that takes care for the logic behind the character selection screen.
@@ -53,12 +61,55 @@ public final class CharScreenController implements ScreenController, KeyInputHan
     @Nullable
     private Screen screen;
 
+    /**
+     * The button to proceed to play the game.
+     */
+    @Nullable
+    private Button playButton;
+
     /**
      * The list box that stores the character entries.
      */
     @Nullable
     private ListBox<String> listBox;
 
+    public static final int CHARS_LOADING = 0;
+    public static final int CHARS_NONE_FOUND = 1;
+    public static final int CHARS_SELECT = 2;
+
+    /**
+     * Number indicating the state: LOADING, NONE_FOUND or SELECT.
+     */
+    private int currentState;
+
+    /**
+     * Text panel saying load is in progress.
+     */
+    @Nullable
+    private Element loadingCharsPanel;
+
+    /**
+     * Text panel saying no character was loaded.
+     */
+    @Nullable
+    private Element noCharacterPanel;
+
+    /**
+     * List box with the character list.
+     */
+    @Nullable
+    private Element characterSelectPanel;
+
+    /**
+     * Array with the three possible panels to display (loading, no character or select).
+     */
+    private Element[] panels;
+
+    /**
+     * Lock to avoid multiple calls to reload characters.
+     */
+    private ReentrantLock lockLoadChars = new ReentrantLock();
+
     /**
      * The game instance that is used.
      */
@@ -83,6 +134,9 @@ public final class CharScreenController implements ScreenController, KeyInputHan
     @Nullable
     private Element popupLanguageChange;
 
+    @Nonnull
+    private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(CharScreenController.class);
+
     /**
      * Create a instance of the character screen controller.
      *
@@ -98,8 +152,16 @@ public CharScreenController(@Nonnull Game game) {
     public void bind(@Nonnull Nifty nifty, @Nonnull Screen screen) {
         this.nifty = nifty;
         this.screen = screen;
-
         nifty.setLocale(Lang.getInstance().getLocale());
+
+        playButton = screen.findNiftyControl("playBtn", Button.class);
+        loadingCharsPanel = screen.findElementById("loading-chars");
+        noCharacterPanel = screen.findElementById("no-character-available");
+        characterSelectPanel = screen.findElementById("character-list");
+
+        panels = new Element[] { loadingCharsPanel, noCharacterPanel, characterSelectPanel };
+        updateState(CHARS_LOADING);
+
         listBox = (ListBox<String>) screen.findNiftyControl("myListBox", ListBox.class);
         statusLabel = screen.findNiftyControl("statusText", Label.class);
         statusLabel.setHeight(SizeValue.px(20));
@@ -108,7 +170,19 @@ public void bind(@Nonnull Nifty nifty, @Nonnull Screen screen) {
         listBox.getElement().addInputHandler(this);
         popupLanguageChange = nifty.createPopup("languageChanged");
 
-        fillMyListBox();
+        fillCharsListBox();
+    }
+
+    private void updateState(int newState) {
+        log.debug("updateState() - {}", newState);
+
+        currentState = newState;
+
+        for (int index = 0; index < panels.length; index++) {
+            panels[index].setVisible(index == newState);
+        }
+
+        playButton.setEnabled(newState == CHARS_SELECT);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -147,10 +221,45 @@ public void onEndScreen() {
         showLanguageChangedPopup = false;
     }
 
-    public void fillMyListBox() {
-        if (listBox != null) {
-            listBox.clear();
-            Login.getInstance().getCharacterList().stream().filter(entry -> entry.getStatus() == 0).forEach(entry -> listBox.addItem(entry.getName()));
+    public void reloadCharacters() {
+        if (!lockLoadChars.tryLock()) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        log.warn("reloadCharacters");
+        updateState(CHARS_LOADING);
+
+        Login.getInstance().requestCharacterList(_errorCode -> {
+            log.debug("requestCharacterList - " + _errorCode);
+            fillCharsListBox();
+            lockLoadChars.unlock();
+        });
+    }
+
+    public void fillCharsListBox() {
+        log.debug("fillCharsListBox()");
+
+        if (listBox == null) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        listBox.clear();
+
+        List<Login.CharEntry> data = Login.getInstance().getCharacterList().stream().filter(entry -> entry.getStatus() == 0).collect(Collectors.toList());
+        log.info("Character data downloaded - {}", data.stream().map(Login.CharEntry::getName).collect(Collectors.toList()));
+
+        if (data.isEmpty()) {
+            updateState(CHARS_NONE_FOUND);
+        } else {
+            data.forEach(entry -> listBox.addItem(entry.getName()));
+            updateState(CHARS_SELECT);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void openEditor() {
+        boolean openOk = Gdx.net.openURI(Servers.CHARACTER_EDIT_URL);
+        if (!openOk) {
+            log.warn("Can't launch browser");
         }
     }
 

diff --git a/illaclient/src/main/java/illarion/client/gui/controller/LoginScreenController.java b/illaclient/src/main/java/illarion/client/gui/controller/LoginScreenController.java
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ public void update() {
             }
             @Nonnull ScreenController charScreenController = charSelectScreen.getScreenController();
             if (charScreenController instanceof CharScreenController) {
-                ((CharScreenController) charScreenController).fillMyListBox();
+                ((CharScreenController) charScreenController).fillCharsListBox();
             }
             nifty.gotoScreen(charSelectScreen.getScreenId());
         }

diff --git a/illaclient/src/main/resources/charselect_de.properties b/illaclient/src/main/resources/charselect_de.properties
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # This file is part of the Illarion project.
 #
-# Copyright � 2014 - Illarion e.V.
+# Copyright � 2014 - Illarion e.V.
 #
 # Illarion is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
@@ -14,4 +14,8 @@
 # GNU General Public License for more details.
 #
 play=Spielen
-logout=Ausloggen
+logout=Ausloggen
+reload=Neu laden
+editor=Online-Editor\n\u00f6ffnen
+no-character-found=Es wurde keine Charaktere gefunden.\n\u00D6ffne die Editor, um einen Charakter anzulegen.
+receivingCharacters=Charaktere werden vom Server empfangen.
diff --git a/illaclient/src/main/resources/charselect_en.properties b/illaclient/src/main/resources/charselect_en.properties
@@ -14,4 +14,8 @@
 # GNU General Public License for more details.
 #
 play=Play
-logout=Logout
+logout=Logout
+reload=Reload
+editor=Open online\neditor
+no-character-found=No character was found.\nOpen the online editor to set up a character.
+receivingCharacters=Characters are being received from the server.
diff --git a/illaclient/src/main/resources/illarion/client/gui/xml/charselect.xml b/illaclient/src/main/resources/illarion/client/gui/xml/charselect.xml
@@ -23,36 +23,61 @@
                    imageMode="repeat:0,0,1024,422"/>
         </layer>
 
-        <layer id="layer2" childLayout="center">
+        <layer id="character-select" childLayout="center">
             <effect>
                 <onStartScreen name="fade" start="#00" end="#ff" inherit="true"/>
             </effect>
-            <panel height="300px" width="400px" align="center" valign="center" backgroundColor="#0000"
+            <panel height="500px" width="540px" align="center" valign="center" backgroundColor="#0000"
                    childLayout="vertical" visibleToMouse="true">
                 <image filename="gui/illarion_title.png" imageMode="normal" align="center"/>
                 <control name="label" id="statusText" text=""/>
                 <panel height="30px"/>
-                <panel height="300px" width="400px" align="center" valign="center" backgroundColor="#0000"
-                       childLayout="vertical" visibleToMouse="true">
-                    <panel childLayout="center" visibleToMouse="true" align="center">
-                        <control id="myListBox" name="listBox" vertical="on" horizontal="off"
-                                 displayItems="5" selection="Single" forceSelection="true"/>
+                <panel width="100%" align="center" valign="center"
+                       childLayout="horizontal" visibleToMouse="true">
+                    <panel width="400px" align="center" valign="center" backgroundColor="#0000"
+                           childLayout="absolute" visibleToMouse="true">
+                        <panel id="character-list" childLayout="center" visibleToMouse="true" align="center"
+                               x="0px" y="0px" width="100%" height="100%">
+                            <control id="myListBox" name="listBox" vertical="on" horizontal="off"
+                                     displayItems="5" selection="Single" forceSelection="true"/>
+                        </panel>
+                        <panel id="no-character-available" childLayout="center" visibleToMouse="true" align="center"
+                               x="0px" y="0px" width="100%" height="100%">
+                            <control name="label" text="${charselect-bundle.no-character-found}"/>
+                        </panel>
+                        <panel id="loading-chars" childLayout="center" visibleToMouse="true" align="center"
+                               x="0px" y="0px" width="100%" height="100%">
+                            <control name="label" text="${charselect-bundle.receivingCharacters}"/>
+                        </panel>
                     </panel>
 
-                    <panel height="30px"/>
+                    <panel width="25px">
+                    </panel>
 
-                    <panel childLayout="horizontal" visibleToMouse="true">
-                        <panel width="90px"/>
-                        <control id="playBtn" name="button" label="${charselect-bundle.play}" width="100" height="35">
-                            <interact onRelease="play()"/>
+                    <panel width="115px" align="center" valign="center" backgroundColor="#0000"
+                           childLayout="vertical" visibleToMouse="true">
+                        <control id="reloadBtn" name="button" label="${charselect-bundle.reload}" width="100%" height="35">
+                            <interact onRelease="reloadCharacters()"/>
                         </control>
-                        <panel width="20px"/>
-                        <control id="logoutBtn" name="button" label="${charselect-bundle.logout}" width="100"
-                                 height="35">
-                            <interact onRelease="logout()"/>
+                        <control id="editorBtn" name="button" label="${charselect-bundle.editor}" width="100%" height="70">
+                            <interact onRelease="openEditor()"/>
                         </control>
                     </panel>
                 </panel>
+
+                <panel height="30px"/>
+
+                <panel childLayout="horizontal" visibleToMouse="true">
+                    <panel width="90px"/>
+                    <control id="playBtn" name="button" label="${charselect-bundle.play}" width="100" height="35">
+                        <interact onRelease="play()"/>
+                    </control>
+                    <panel width="20px"/>
+                    <control id="logoutBtn" name="button" label="${charselect-bundle.logout}" width="100"
+                             height="35">
+                        <interact onRelease="logout()"/>
+                    </control>
+                </panel>
             </panel>
         </layer>
     </screen>

diff --git a/versions.gradle b/versions.gradle
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 ext {
     slf4jVersion = '1.7.25'
     logbackVersion = '1.2.2'
+    gdxVersion='1.13.1'
     janinoVersion = '3.0.7'
     illarionResourcesVersion = '[2.0, )'
     niftyGuiVersion = '1.4.2'