Questions about the GUI/GamePlay

[Wolvenhood]

Hello, i am a newbie with Glest, here, but i am a programmer, (i am experienced with Lua/HTML/JSCRIPT).
I was wondering if there is any way to mess with the GUI of Glest for instance if i could give a castle additional stats, or make a upgrade be able to change how much certain units cost in the future, as well as if i could understand how to give new skills to units, besides using skills off of other units.(for instance i've already given a worker the ability to become a swordsman or archer.

[John.d.h]

Um... I don't see how any of those examples are related to tweaking the GUI.  Have a look here, though.

[Wolvenhood]

well last i checked the GUI is another term for the HUD on your screen,and i am talking about for instance, if i wanted to make ages, how would i go about making a thing on the HUD/GUI that was a progress bar on the top of your screen for how the age is developing.

[Omega]

well last i checked the GUI is another term for the HUD on your screen,and i am talking about for instance, if i wanted to make ages, how would i go about making a thing on the HUD/GUI that was a progress bar on the top of your screen for how the age is developing.

Well, you are the programmer, aren't you?

[silnarm]

You could only make such changes in C++ atm.

We certainly would like more and more of the game to be mod-able from Lua, but we've barely begun that process, and there is a lot of work to be done before adding custom GUI components (from Lua) will be possible (if it ever is).

[Wolvenhood]

Ty for the help,    .
Is it possible to give units custom abilities, and if so, how would i do it, no matter the language, just basically can you give me a head start?

[Omega]

Ty for the help,   .
Is it possible to give units custom abilities, and if so, how would i do it, no matter the language, just basically can you give me a head start?

http://glestguide.co.cc (for modding, which uses XMLs to tell the engine how to read the mod, G3D models for units, etc etc)