Making the screen go black? in Scripting

Created on: February 14, 2014, 10:09:02 pm

Ege115
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Hello fellow UGX members!

I am making a special ending for my map, and I am going to make so the screen goes black when you activate the end game trigger (Toms end game script) when the game ends.

And I am not saying that the screen is just going to become black when the game ends. No it is something else, you'll see the ending when you play the map

.

And it is not a buyable ending just so you know, they are so boring.

But now onto my quetion, how do I make the screen goes black when the game ends using Toms end game script?

Something like,

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end_game()
{
end_game_trig waittill ("trigger");
black_screen stuff here
wait(12);
tom_end_game  stuff here
}

Thanks in advance.

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Reply #1 on: February 15, 2014, 01:19:00 am

daedra descent
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theres probably a function that fades the players vision. have a look in campaign scripts, you'll definitely find something in there.

BTW, could you also post the code for toms end game script aswell?

Last Edit: February 15, 2014, 01:19:31 am by daedra descent

Reply #2 on: February 15, 2014, 05:48:02 am

or maybe theres already a black vision file for you to use with setvision function which already has an argument for the transition time

also i think theres something related to what daedra said in flares.gsc if you can take a look and unsderstand it

Last Edit: February 15, 2014, 05:50:09 am by jjbradman

Reply #3 on: February 15, 2014, 08:45:42 am

Ege115
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theres probably a function that fades the players vision. have a look in campaign scripts, you'll definitely find something in there.

BTW, could you also post the code for toms end game script aswell?

I was thinking the same, that I might find something in campaign scripts, but I was thinking that I was never going to find what I wanted, but I will give it a try.

And I don't have implimentet the end game script yet, I just made this small code as an example. But I have seen that you can find it at zombiemodding.

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or maybe theres already a black vision file for you to use with setvision function which already has an argument for the transition time

also i think theres something related to what daedra said in flares.gsc if you can take a look and unsderstand

I'll take a look in the scripts and try to find what I am looking for.

Thanks jjbradman and deadra!

Who's going to have the best answer here? $:-\$

Post Merge: February 15, 2014, 09:03:55 am

Edit: Also I found something in Ber3.gsc, could this be something?

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warp_player(pos)
{
	self endon("death");
	self endon("disconnect");
 
	if(!isDefined(self.warpblack))
	{
		self.warpblack = NewClientHudElem( self ); 
		self.warpblack.x = 0; 
		self.warpblack.y = 0; 
		self.warpblack.horzAlign = "full"; 
		self.warpblack.vertAlign = "fullscreen"; 
		self.warpblack.foreground = false;
		self.sort = 50;
		self.warpblack.alpha = 0; 
		self.warpblack SetShader( "black", 640, 480 );	
	}
	self.warpblack FadeOverTime( .75 ); 
	self.warpblack.alpha = 1;
 
	wait(.75);
	self setorigin(pos);
	self.warpblack FadeOverTime( .75 ); 
	self.warpblack.alpha = 0;	
}

Last Edit: February 15, 2014, 09:03:55 am by Ege115

Reply #4 on: February 15, 2014, 02:35:43 pm

YaPh1l
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You don't need any vision files. You just create a fullscreen HUD element with a black texture and fade it in (and out again, if you want).

Quote from: Ege115 on February 15, 2014, 08:45:42 am

Edit: Also I found something in Ber3.gsc, could this be something?

Yes, this is basically doing just what I described.

- Phil.

Reply #5 on: February 15, 2014, 03:35:42 pm

Ege115
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Yes, this is basically doing just what I described.

- Phil.

So I can just add this so it maybe could look like,

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end_game()
{
end_game_trig waittill ("trigger");

    self endon("death");
    self endon("disconnect");
    
    if(!isDefined(self.warpblack))
    {
        self.warpblack = NewClientHudElem( self ); 
        self.warpblack.x = 0; 
        self.warpblack.y = 0; 
        self.warpblack.horzAlign = "full"; 
        self.warpblack.vertAlign = "fullscreen"; 
        self.warpblack.foreground = false;
        self.sort = 50;
        self.warpblack.alpha = 0; 
        self.warpblack SetShader( "black", 640, 480 );	
    }
    self.warpblack FadeOverTime( .75 ); 
    self.warpblack.alpha = 1;
        
    wait(.75);
    self setorigin(pos);
    self.warpblack FadeOverTime( .75 ); 
    self.warpblack.alpha = 0;	

wait(12);
tom_end_game  stuff here
}

Would this work then? Obvisouly not if I just type "Tom_end_game stuff here" but lets say that that is the whole function, would it work then?

Last Edit: February 15, 2014, 03:36:14 pm by Ege115

Marked as best answer by Ege115 12 years ago

Reply #6 on: February 15, 2014, 03:49:33 pm

YaPh1l
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Well, you probably don't want the endon()'s and a server-wide HUD instead of a client HUD.
Also, this fades away again after 0.75 seconds, which you might want to either delay or remove.
And you also probably don't want to set the player origin.

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end_game()
{
end_game_trig waittill ("trigger");

        warpblack = NewHudElem(); 
        warpblack.x = 0; 
        warpblack.y = 0; 
        warpblack.horzAlign = "full"; 
        warpblack.vertAlign = "fullscreen"; 
        warpblack.foreground = false;
        warpblack.sort = 50;
        warpblack.alpha = 0; 
        warpblack SetShader( "black", 640, 480 );	
    warpblack FadeOverTime( .75 ); 
    warpblack.alpha = 1;

wait(12);
tom_end_game  stuff here
}

- Phil.

Reply #7 on: February 15, 2014, 05:14:44 pm

Ege115
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It worked!

The screen got black, and the game ended.

Just one thing, the black screen didn't cover the whole screen. But I assume that I will have to change the line that says,

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 warpblack SetShader( "black", 640, 480 );

And my screen is 1920x1080, so I just have to change it to those numers of that size to the line right?

Also I'll give you the best answer Phil, thank you!

Reply #8 on: February 15, 2014, 05:51:14 pm

YaPh1l
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No. Try that.

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end_game()
{
end_game_trig waittill ("trigger");

        warpblack = NewHudElem(); 
        warpblack.horzAlign = "fullscreen"; 
        warpblack.vertAlign = "fullscreen"; 
        warpblack.foreground = false;
        warpblack.sort = 50;
        warpblack.alpha = 0; 
        warpblack SetShader( "black", 640, 480 );	
    warpblack FadeOverTime( .75 ); 
    warpblack.alpha = 1;

wait(12);
tom_end_game  stuff here
}

- Phil.

Reply #9 on: February 15, 2014, 06:10:04 pm

Ege115
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No. Try that.

Okey, now it is working as I imagined it to work. Thanks you for the help Phil!
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But remember folks, the ending is not just that it goes black. You'll see

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