How to make custom toolbar system

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#1

Goal: So, I wanna make a game with a custom toolbar made with like GUIs.

My issue: I don’t know how to do it.

Solutions I tried I tried using YouTube, but the tutorials weren’t clear

How would I script a Custom Tool UI?
#2

First you want a local script in something like ReplicatedFirst that disables backpack gui should look something like this

 game:GetService("StarterGui"):SetCoreguiEnabled("Backpack", false)

After that youll need guis for your backpack slots so make them, now you want to detect when a new tool enters the players backpack and then create a new gui (id suggest making a function to create a new gui) then when another tool is added creates a new gui beside the first one (its handy to keep the last guis position in a variable so that its easier to know where you need to place the orher guis) and then offset all guis to the left a bit so they stay centered.

#3

So first I’ve got to disable my backpack gui then my my custom gui and what does :SetCoreguiEnabled(“Backpack”, false) do?

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#4

If you’re making a custom backpack GUI, you need to disable the existing Roblox one.

local starterGui = game:GetService("StarterGui")
starterGui:SetCoreGuiEnabled("Backpack", false)

The above code will disable the existing Roblox backpack GUI. To learn more about CoreGUI and disabling such elements, view the documentation here.

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#5

It disables the original view of the backpack, so you will not be seeing it, but once you make your GUI you will have to code it to be a backpack.

#6

But how do I now make the custom toolbar aka backpack thing with your tools gui?

#7

What i like to do is make a gui then use a gui to lua plugin or what you can do is make a gui turn it invisible then clone it and make it visible

#8

I get your point to design it, but how do I like if the player has item unequipped so how will it display on the custom gui

#9

It can display however you want it to you can shrink the gui down make it invisible etc

#10

I mean how to script it to display the tool

#11

You could use an image or text label

#12

I think these tutorials are quite novice? If you’re struggling try reverse engineering any of the publically released ones to better understand their mechanic.

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