here is my easy fx script, the thread trigger_progress_fx, is meant to trigger an effect when a level notify occurs with the same name as the script_struct's script_string. I'm not sure this is right though, and I wasn't sure how to show a script_string of progress(with a number after it)...
some guidance is needed, thanks
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fx_setup() //This is where the FX are precached. Any FX you want to use must be added to your mapname_patch.csv as well as listed below. { //|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
//Usage: level._effect["alias"] = loadFX("path/to/fx/name"); //Where 'alias' is your personal name for the fx that you will use later in the code, and 'path/to/fx/name' is the file location + name of the fx you want to assign to the variable. See below for examples: //When entering the fx path, be sure to only include folder names that are within /raw/fx, and make sure to leave off the file extension (.efx). //If you want to preview any of these FX, open Launcher, click the EffectsEd button, then File>Open the file you wish to preview. Then press the green play button.
//User-Additions\\ //Place your fx lines below this line, or below other fx in their respective sections. level._effect["bugs1"] = loadFX("bio/insects/fx_insect_carcass_flies"); level._effect["meteor1"] = loadFX("maps/zombie/fx_meteor_ambient"); level._effect["lazer"] = loadFX("maps/zombie/fx_zombie_lght_marker"); level._effect["battle1"] = loadFX("env/smoke/fx_battlefield_smokebank_low_thick"); level._effect["beach1"] = loadFX("env/smoke/fx_battlefield_beach_smokebank_ling_lg"); level._effect["billow1"] = loadFX("maps/ber3b/fx_smk_plume_xlg_slow_blk_3b"); //End User-Additions\\
level.fx_debug = 1; // '1' = ON, 'undefined' = OFF
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if(isDefined(level.fx_debug)) { if(fx_spots.size == 0 || !isDefined(fx_spots)) iPrintLn("Easy-FX: ^1ERROR: ^7No FX structs were found! Ensure that you used SCRIPT_STRUCTS and you gave them the correct TARGETNAME."); else iPrintLn("Easy-FX found "+fx_spots.size+" fx structs in your level."); }
for(i=0;i<fx_spots.size;i++) { usage = fx_spots[i].script_string; if(usage == "stationary") fx_spots[i] thread stationary_fx(); if(usage == "stationary_loop") fx_spots[i] thread stationary_fx(true); else if(usage == "touch") fx_spots[i] thread triggered_touch_fx(); else if(usage == "use") fx_spots[i] thread triggered_use_fx(); else if(usage == "use_loop") fx_spots[i] thread triggered_use_fx(true); else if(usage == "touch_loop") fx_spots[i] thread triggered_touch_fx(true); else if(usage == "damage") fx_spots[i] thread triggered_damage_fx(true); else if(usage == "progress[i]") fx_spots[i] thread triggered_progress_fx(true); else if(!isDefined(fx_spots[i].script_string)) if(isDefined(level.fx_debug)) iPrintLn("Easy-FX: ^1ERROR: ^7FX struct at origin "+fx_spots[i].origin+" is missing its stript_string for fx usage! Set it as stationary, use, or touch."); } }
stationary_fx(loop) //These are untriggered FX that will play on loop while the level is running. {
fx = self.script_noteworthy; if(!isDefined(fx) && isDefined(level.fx_debug)) iPrintLn("Easy-FX: ^1ERROR: ^7 FX struct at origin "+self.origin+" is missing its script_noteworthy for fx name!");
if(isDefined(loop)) { if(!isDefined(self.speed)) { self.speed = 1; if(isDefined(level.fx_debug))iPrintLn("Easy-FX: ^1ERROR: ^7No speed was specified on the struct at origin "+self.origin+". It has defaulted to 1 second."); } PlayLoopedFX(level._effect[fx], self.speed, self.origin); } else PlayFxOnTag( level._effect[fx], self.fx, fxTag ); }
triggered_touch_fx(loop) //These are triggered FX. They are triggered when the player walks though a trigger_multiple that you create in Radiant. { trigger = getEnt(self.target,"targetname"); if(!isDefined(trigger.script_string)) trigger.script_string = "SET THIS TEXT USING THE SCRIPT_STRING KVP ON THE TRIGGER"; trigger setHintString(trigger.script_string); trigger SetCursorHint("HINT_NOICON"); fx = self.script_noteworthy; trigger waittill("trigger");
if(isDefined(loop)) { if(!isDefined(self.speed)) { self.speed = 1; if(isDefined(level.fx_debug))iPrintLn("Easy-FX: ^1ERROR: ^7No speed was specified on the struct at origin "+self.origin+". It has defaulted to 1 second."); } PlayLoopedFX(level._effect[fx], self.speed, self.origin); } else PlayFxOnTag( level._effect[fx], self.fx, fxTag ); }
triggered_use_fx(loop) //These are triggered FX. They are triggered when the player uses a trigger (by pressing F) that you create in Radiant. { trigger = getEnt(self.target,"targetname"); if(!isDefined(trigger.script_string)) trigger.script_string = "SET THIS TEXT USING THE SCRIPT_STRING KVP ON THE TRIGGER"; trigger setHintString(trigger.script_string); trigger SetCursorHint("HINT_NOICON"); fx = self.script_noteworthy; trigger waittill("trigger");
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If it's a level notify you want to wait for, then you do level waittill, not self waittill. You also want to have waittill(self.script_string);. If you put a variable in quotes, it is no longer a variable...
I think PHP and its derivatives are the only language that allow you to use variables in quotes.
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triggered_progress_fx (true) { level waittill(self.script_string); fx = self.script_noteworthy;
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