Hi all. I have a problem. I read tutorial how to make winter effects, but have a message "script compile error". Ok, i made map, name is gr_test. In gr_test.gsc I'm write script :


include maps\_utility;
#include maps\_anim;

#using_animtree("generic_human");


main()
{
maps\_load::main();
maps\gr_test_fx::main();

// makes ai do cool stuff
setEnvironment ("cold");
}

In gr_test_fx i write script :

main()
{
precacheFX();
level thread playerEffect();
}

precacheFX()
{
level._effect["snow_light"] = loadfx ("fx/misc/snow_light.efx");
level._effect["cold_breath"] = loadfx ( "fx/misc/cold_breath.efx" );
}

playerEffect()
{
player = getent("player","classname");
for (;;)
{
playfx ( level._effect["snow_light"], player.origin + (0,0,300), player.origin + (0,0,350) );
wait (0.75);
}
}

What I'm doing wrong ?

Are you creating a single or multi player map?

The script is a custom script for single player maps.

Animations do not work in multi-player maps but some of the winter effects that are done in your script still can be done in multiplayer though the script code has to be changed quite a lot since you deal with more than just one static player.

Hm, ok. I made a mp map. What script i need to make a winter ?

The following will just do the breathing effect of a player though there is still a positioning issue for some reason, maybe someone else can help.

I spend about an hour to get this to work right but it does not since there are some weird differences between single and multiplayer code, in this case the breathing effect is too high for some weird reason even if the code was half taken from the single player script.

I might work some more on the position with a spawned script_origin that is in the right spot but maybe someone else can help.

main()
{
  maps\_load::main();
  precacheFX();
  level thread playerEffect(level._effect["cold_breath"], 3);
}

precacheFX()
{
  level._effect["cold_breath"] = loadfx("fx/misc/cold_breath.efx");

  level._effect["snow_light"] = loadfx("fx/misc/snow_light.efx");

}

playerEffect(effect, delay)
{
  while(true)
  {
    players = getentarray("player", "classname");
    for(i=0; i < players.size; i++)
    {
      player = players[i];
      if (isalive(player))
      {
        playfxOnTag ( level._effect["cold_breath"], player, "TAG_EYE");
        playfx ( level._effect["snow_light"], player.origin + (0,0,300), player.origin + (0,0,350));
        }
      }
    }
    
    wait(delay);
  } 
}

edited on Jul. 11, 2006 08:45 pm by sentchy

I never looked into winter effects ... there's some stock maps that has them, couldn't we just copy what has been done in them ?

pretty much all russian maps has them, no ?

I think you can copy the russian map code, just have to find which parts =)

How can I create snowfall ? Any ideas ? How to create snowfall, how on this screenshot

I assume you cannot read german, since the link you basically posted seems to be a tutorial how to add snow effects to the cod2 maps.

The basic apprach described in the article is play the effect snow_heavy.efx. You might want to take rastas rain script and instead of rain play the snow_heavy.efx instead.

Ok, much easier to add the snow. This is from the mp_downtown_fx.gsc.

All you need is two lines after the call the multiplayer load:

  level._effect["snow_light"] = loadfx ("fx/misc/snow_light_mp_downtown.efx"); 
  maps\mp\_fx::loopfx("snow_light", (1648,-1464,175), 0.8, (1648,-1464,275));

Adjust the x,y coordinates for both vectors to a location in the middle of your map.

Most importantly, you need to run DX9 for snow!

That will effect you FPS as one LARGE efx isn't as frae effective as a smaller efx spawned above the player!