On Screen Picture

[Nightmare]

So you can make text appear on a persons screen when he walks past a trigger, but, is it possible to make the person who passes through a trigger to see a picture instead of text appear on his screen? I might not be possible but it would be helpful to a map I'm making.


Thanks

[Drofder2004]

Im not 100% sure how to do it (or if its possible without precache'ing the shader/image in the gametype file first).

You would have to use Shaders and Hud Elements. Its a little complicated, aand atm, I really cannot be arsed to explain

Look through some mods (there is a new mod called espionage on codfiles). Then look for how they show images, then use the same basis

I will try and show you how soon (if its possible of course)

[Nightmare]

Ok thanks drof

[leveller]

it is very well posible to add pictures,

i was working on that with the akk mod, but it gave to much lagg on the network, because everypicture had to be send over the net.

but in mapping, i think it would work verry well.

i'll put together a few files, with the scripts, that you need to make it work.

[Drofder2004]

it is very well posible to add pictures,

i was working on that with the akk mod, but it gave to much lagg on the network, because everypicture had to be send over the net.

but in mapping, i think it would work verry well.

i'll put together a few files, with the scripts, that you need to make it work.

The thing that got me, is does the Shader (image) have to be precached in the gametype files first? or is it possible to precache in the map scrips?

[leveller]

Drofder wrote:

The thing that got me, is does the Shader (image) have to be precached in the gametype files first? or is it possible to precache in the map scrips?

its all precached in the map script, no problem.


i made i litle template, with a port and a trigger in between, your run trough it, and the picture shows up,
and disapears after 5 sec.

all the scripting needed = there.

http://www.sidecar-productions.nl/jump-bitch

[Nightmare]

Thanks alot leveller, altho the scripting is a mounthful and it confuses me, could you explain a few of the commands in the script?

[Drofder2004]

Thanks alot leveller, altho the scripting is a mounthful and it confuses me, could you explain a few of the commands in the script?

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main()
{
	ambientPlay("ambient_mp_carentan");

	maps\mp\_load::main();
	
	game["allies"] = "american";
	game["axis"] = "german";

	game["american_soldiertype"] = "airborne";
	game["american_soldiervariation"] = "normal";
	game["german_soldiertype"] = "fallschirmjagergrey";
	game["german_soldiervariation"] = "normal";

	game["attackers"] = "allies";
	game["defenders"] = "axis";

^ General Map Script

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	setupVar();
	do_Precaching();
	thread trigger_01();
}

Runs each thread one after the other.

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setupVar()
{
	level.infopic["Your_picture"]="Textures/Leveller/custom/Your_picture.dds";
	level.infotext["infoHeader"] = &"This is the header text.";
}

Set a variable to a name of your choice ("Your_Picture")
And also give the second variable some text (Do not remove the & or the ")

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do_Precaching()
{
	levPrecacheShader(level.infopic["Your_picture"]);	
	levPrecacheShader("white");
	levPrecacheString(level.infotext["infoHeader"]);
}

send the shaders and text to be preCached

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levPrecacheShader(shader)
{
	if(!isdefined(level.lev_precachedshaders))
	level.lev_precachedshaders = [];

	level.lev_precachedshaders[level.lev_precachedshaders.size] = shader;
	precacheShader(shader);
}

preCaches shaders.

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levPrecacheString(element)
{
	if(!isdefined(level.lev_precachedstrings))
		level.lev_precachedstrings = [];

	level.lev_precachedstrings[level.lev_precachedstrings.size] = element;
	precacheString(element);
}

preCaches text

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trigger_01()
{
	while(1)
		{
		do_trigger = getent ("trigger_1","targetname");
		do_trigger waittill ("trigger",user);
		user thread trigger_play();
		wait .5;
		}
}

Waits for the person to trigger the trigger (trigger_1). and then plays the next thread.

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trigger_play()
{
	while (1)
		{
		wait .05;
		self disableWeapon();
		thread	maps\mp\_New_Hud::DeleteHud();
		wait .01;
		thread	maps\mp\_New_Hud::Initialise();
		wait 5;
		self enableWeapon();
		thread	maps\mp\_New_Hud::DeleteHud();
		break;
		}
}

disables the users weapon.
Then makes sure the hud is removed.
Then creates the hud
then enables the weapon and removes the hud.

The other GSC simply creates all the huds.

[Nightmare]

Ok thanks alot drof I understand it alot better now, but why disable the weapon? I noticed that if you go back and forth through the trigger, the picture will actually get stuck on your hud and I can access my gun, but that picture just stays stuck on the screen and I cant see anything.

[leveller]

the disable weapon part can be removed, i used it in the "AKK mod", and forgot to take it out.

this is just a verry basic trigger setup and picture on screen script.
one cant expect, to get a fully customised script, serving all your needs.

you could alter the trigger settings, or do a faster clean up for the hud to get a better result,
to prevent getting to many layers of the picture on the screen.


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[Drofder2004]

You could try using a "while" in there Leveller.

For example...

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while(trigger)
{
show hud
}

remove hud