Dedicated weather effects modules?
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Gurtag
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sure but you must use entities for the job as level layers cant scroll vertically, chek my mod, it has rain/snow/wind and dinamic lighting effects. http://www.chronocrash.com/forum/index.php?topic=4827.0
this are some of the entities i use for those effects:
data\chars\clima\lightrain\lightrain.txt
data\chars\clima\rain1\rain1.txt
data\chars\japfg1\japfg1.txt
this are some of the entities i use for those effects:
data\chars\clima\lightrain\lightrain.txt
data\chars\clima\rain1\rain1.txt
data\chars\japfg1\japfg1.txt
ChronoCrash said:
No. You shouldn't be using .gif at all, and you certainly can't use animated .gif outside of cut scenes. To add animation to backgrounds you need to use panel entities or script tricks. The later I just posted a tutorial on that explains it all at length.
DC
There are some mods with rain and snow effects. Though they are using entities for those animated effects instead of fglayers.
If you want to use fglayers, you can go to link posted by Damon Caskey.
Hi,
Do you still have access to the mods you mentioned that use entities for rain?
I'm having some optimization problems when creating a rain effect and I think I'm going to have to compromise and try something completely new.
So basically I created an entity called rainmaker and another called rain
When the level starts the stage loads rainmaker and rainmaker creates a rain entity via a script called shooter 3, this script is able to create an entity and spawn the rain drop with a certain velocity. The rain entity has a short life span.
It looks great ,but I can tell the game is chugging a bit.
I'm thinking it would probably be easier on my computer and the engine if I draw a simple rain animation square or tile and place it on the stage instead.
Bloodbane
Well-known member
I was referring to this when I mention rain:
It's just simple animated effect placed in front of other entities.
Do you really need it? If there are many things happening on the field, player won't pay attention much to rain effect. IOW using simple animated effect like the above is better and simpler.
Code:
name rain
type panel
speedf 0
setlayer 1000
anim idle
loop 1
delay 5
offset 149 222
frame data/chars/effects/1.gif
frame data/chars/effects/2.gif
frame data/chars/effects/3.gif
frame data/chars/effects/4.gif
frame data/chars/effects/5.gif
frame data/chars/effects/6.gif
frame data/chars/effects/7.gifIt's just simple animated effect placed in front of other entities.
Rise of Warduke has rain effect in some levels including some random encounter levels. But we actually copy the effect from other modules. I don't know where it was copied from. I only remember that some Marvel DC modules by Goresickness has rain effect also.
Do you really need it? If there are many things happening on the field, player won't pay attention much to rain effect. IOW using simple animated effect like the above is better and simpler.
Bloodbane
Well-known member
I can imagine how that works.
A suggestion I could give is to spawn rain similar to Meteor Storm spell shown here:
Each Meteor is spawned like this:
here's the function:
C:
void Rspawn1(void vName, float fX, float fY, float fZ, float Rx, float Rz, float Vx, float Vy, float Vz)
{//Spawns other entity in random spot relative to screen edge and move it with random speed
//vName: Model name of entity to be spawned in
//fX: X deviation relative to screen edge
//fZ: Z deviation relative to center of playing field
//Rx: Maximum x deviation
//Rz: Maximum z deviation
//Vx: X speed
//Vz: Z speed
void self = getlocalvar("self"); //Get calling entity
int Direction = getentityproperty(self, "direction");
int Screen = openborvariant("hResolution"); // Get screen width
void vSpawn; //Spawn object
int iDX;
int iDZ;
if(Rx!=0){
iDX = rand()%Rx+fX;
} else {
iDX = 0;
}
if(Rz!=0){
iDZ = rand()%Rz+fZ;
} else {
iDZ = 0;
}
if(Direction==0){
Vx = -Vx;
}
vSpawn = spawn04(vName, iDX, fY, iDZ, Screen); //Spawn in entity
changeentityproperty(vSpawn, "velocity", Vx, Vz, Vy);
changeentityproperty(vSpawn, "direction", Direction);
return vSpawn; //Return spawn
}
void spawn04(void vName, float fX, float fY, float fZ, int Edge)
{
//Spawns entity based on left screen edge and center of playing field
//
//vName: Model name of entity to be spawned in.
//fX: X distance relative to left edge
//fY: Y height from ground
//fZ: Z location adjustment
void self = getlocalvar("self"); //Get calling entity.
void vSpawn; //Spawn object.
int Direction = getentityproperty(self, "direction");
int XPos = openborvariant("xpos"); //Get screen edge's position
clearspawnentry(); //Clear current spawn entry.
setspawnentry("name", vName); //Acquire spawn entity by name.
if (Direction == 0){ //Is entity facing left?
fX = Edge-fX; //Reverse X direction to match facing and screen length
}
fZ = fZ+(openborvariant("PLAYER_MIN_Z") + openborvariant("PLAYER_MAX_Z") )/2 ;
vSpawn = spawn(); //Spawn in entity.
changeentityproperty(vSpawn, "position", fX + XPos, fZ, fY); //Set spawn location.
return vSpawn; //Return spawn.
}You say that like it's a preview. That game was released several years ago:
Dungeons and Dragons: Rise of Warduke
View Players Guide Warduke is set to ravage the land - but you are an upstart adventurer, an expert at your chosen profession. Traveling the countryside you'll take on quests, hunt monsters and seek mysterious items of lore to make yourself grow...
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