From 9d7efc082771bb1335a16437da8fc0d6bd4841f1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lukas Krickl <lukas@krickl.dev>
Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2025 08:53:31 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] action menu: it is now possible to select an action

The player then gets forced into the action state upon confirmation
---
 src/action_menu.s | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 src/select_menu.s | 15 +++++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/action_menu.s b/src/action_menu.s
index a8eca0c..abacdc9 100644
--- a/src/action_menu.s
+++ b/src/action_menu.s
@@ -49,8 +49,37 @@ update_action_menu:
 	ld hl, action_menu_str_table
 	ld b, ACTION_MENU_STR_TABLE_LEN
 	call select_menu_update
-
 	ld [action_menu_cursor], a
+	
+	; did the player select an action?
+	ld a, b 
+	cp a, BTNA 
+	jr nz, @no_action_selected REL
+		; if selection was made
+		; return to game state
+		; and run action for player
+		
+		; load action into player
+		ld a, [action_menu_cursor]
+		add a, a
+		ld d, 0
+		ld e, a
+		ld hl, action_menu_action_table
+		add hl, de ; hl = action selected
+
+		ld a, [hl+]
+		ld e, a
+		ld a, [hl]
+		ld d, a
+
+		; de = action state ptr
+		ld hl, player_unit
+		ld bc, st_size
+		call memcpy
+
+		ld bc, st_update_game
+		ret
+@no_action_selected:
 
 
 	ldnull bc
diff --git a/src/select_menu.s b/src/select_menu.s
index 9c6c32a..b648daf 100644
--- a/src/select_menu.s
+++ b/src/select_menu.s
@@ -64,8 +64,19 @@ select_menu_update:
 @notright:
 
 @no_select:	
-	; TODO: A to confirm SELECT to assign to B 
-	pop af
+
+	; A button to select action
+	ld b, BTNA
+	input_just
+	jr z, @nota REL
+		pop af
+		ld b, BTNA
+		ret
+@nota:	
+
+	; TODO: SELECT to assign to B 
+	pop af ; pop original input for a
+	ld b, 0 ; clear b return value
 	ret
 	
 	; draws a status text for the current selection
-- 
2.30.2