I have been messing with the flashlight effect lately, and that's working great...
But i was wondering if there was a not-so-complex way of making the explored areas fade back to unexplored?
So that i could make a "pitch black" effect..
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Reveal Fade
Hello there,
I have been messing with the flashlight effect lately, and that's working great...
But i was wondering if there was a not-so-complex way of making the explored areas fade back to unexplored?
So that i could make a "pitch black" effect..
I have been messing with the flashlight effect lately, and that's working great...
But i was wondering if there was a not-so-complex way of making the explored areas fade back to unexplored?
So that i could make a "pitch black" effect..
An artist's depiction of an Extended Unit Death
Why yes, yes there is. I did this for my December contest entry.
I'm assuming you're using the flashlight system I came up with, but any system involving triggers can incorporate this. Before running the flashlight's reveal, run this action:
I'm assuming you're using the flashlight system I came up with, but any system involving triggers can incorporate this. Before running the flashlight's reveal, run this action:
Visibility - Change visibility for player 1 to Unexplored within (Entire map) and Do Not check cliff level
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Oh okay good. Now for a flashlight question:
How do you make the "flashlight" only reveal terrain that is the same height as the unit? I tried disabling "check cliff level," but no luck only works partially.
-i think i would have to set a region to all terrain of a certain height which idk how to do
How do you make the "flashlight" only reveal terrain that is the same height as the unit? I tried disabling "check cliff level," but no luck only works partially.
-i think i would have to set a region to all terrain of a certain height which idk how to do
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Yeah, I've been having trouble with this. You can check "Height At Point" to determine if the point specified should be revealed. I haven't worked out a perfect algorithm for this (my December entry had a partial algorithm).
Essentially, you want to do this: if "Height At Point" at the current position is significantly greater (I used +0.3) than "Height At Point" of the position of the unit, do not reveal, and stop all further flashlight reveals. Here's an example of what that would look like:
The "Break" should make it exit the loop. Technically, using break statements is bad design, so if you want, you can add a boolean local variable, add it to the If/Then/Else condition list, and flip the boolean in the else statement.
Essentially, you want to do this: if "Height At Point" at the current position is significantly greater (I used +0.3) than "Height At Point" of the position of the unit, do not reveal, and stop all further flashlight reveals. Here's an example of what that would look like:
General - For each integer counter from 1 to 10 with increment 1, do (Actions)
Actions
Variable - Set spread = (((Real(counter)) * 0.45) - 0.5)
General - If (Conditions) then do (Actions) else do (Actions)
If
((Ground height at unitPoint) + 0.3) >= (Ground height at (unitPoint offset by spread towards unitFace degrees))
Then
Visibility - Reveal (Region((unitPoint offset by spread towards unitFace degrees), (0.5 + ((Real(counter)) * 0.2)))) for player 1 for 0.06 seconds and Do check cliff level
Else
General - Break
Actions
Variable - Set spread = (((Real(counter)) * 0.45) - 0.5)
General - If (Conditions) then do (Actions) else do (Actions)
If
((Ground height at unitPoint) + 0.3) >= (Ground height at (unitPoint offset by spread towards unitFace degrees))
Then
Visibility - Reveal (Region((unitPoint offset by spread towards unitFace degrees), (0.5 + ((Real(counter)) * 0.2)))) for player 1 for 0.06 seconds and Do check cliff level
Else
General - Break
The "Break" should make it exit the loop. Technically, using break statements is bad design, so if you want, you can add a boolean local variable, add it to the If/Then/Else condition list, and flip the boolean in the else statement.
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RoyYeah, I've been having trouble with this. You can check "Height At Point" to determine if the point specified should be revealed. I haven't worked out a perfect algorithm for this (my December entry had a partial algorithm).
Essentially, you want to do this: if "Height At Point" at the current position is significantly greater (I used +0.3) than "Height At Point" of the position of the unit, do not reveal, and stop all further flashlight reveals. Here's an example of what that would look like:
The "Break" should make it exit the loop. Technically, using break statements is bad design, so if you want, you can add a boolean local variable, add it to the If/Then/Else condition list, and flip the boolean in the else statement.
Essentially, you want to do this: if "Height At Point" at the current position is significantly greater (I used +0.3) than "Height At Point" of the position of the unit, do not reveal, and stop all further flashlight reveals. Here's an example of what that would look like:
General - For each integer counter from 1 to 10 with increment 1, do (Actions)
Actions
Variable - Set spread = (((Real(counter)) * 0.45) - 0.5)
General - If (Conditions) then do (Actions) else do (Actions)
If
((Ground height at unitPoint) + 0.3) >= (Ground height at (unitPoint offset by spread towards unitFace degrees))
Then
Visibility - Reveal (Region((unitPoint offset by spread towards unitFace degrees), (0.5 + ((Real(counter)) * 0.2)))) for player 1 for 0.06 seconds and Do check cliff level
Else
General - Break
Actions
Variable - Set spread = (((Real(counter)) * 0.45) - 0.5)
General - If (Conditions) then do (Actions) else do (Actions)
If
((Ground height at unitPoint) + 0.3) >= (Ground height at (unitPoint offset by spread towards unitFace degrees))
Then
Visibility - Reveal (Region((unitPoint offset by spread towards unitFace degrees), (0.5 + ((Real(counter)) * 0.2)))) for player 1 for 0.06 seconds and Do check cliff level
Else
General - Break
The "Break" should make it exit the loop. Technically, using break statements is bad design, so if you want, you can add a boolean local variable, add it to the If/Then/Else condition list, and flip the boolean in the else statement.
i see what you are trying here but it doesn't work so well when the unit is facing parallel of the cliff. I love how complex this is...
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An artist's depiction of an Extended Unit Death
Your experience does not match with my own; I can face parallel to a cliff and still see down the line just fine. When facing a cliff directly, obviously, barely anything is revealed, because it's like pointing a flashlight close to a wall.
If, for some reason, you need the flashlight spread to be less sensitive to cliffs and still give a decent reveal when almost facing a cliff, you may want to consider running this loop for two more sets of paths: one going away from the unit's facing direction with an offset of -5, and one going away from the unit's facing direction with an offset of +5. This will expand your flashlight width significantly, so you may want to reduce the expand rate of the light.
Here's a visual representation of what I mean. O = unit, X = Flashlight path
The code doesn't really show it that well, but I don't feel like making an image. I hope this is enough to depict what I was trying to describe above.
If, for some reason, you need the flashlight spread to be less sensitive to cliffs and still give a decent reveal when almost facing a cliff, you may want to consider running this loop for two more sets of paths: one going away from the unit's facing direction with an offset of -5, and one going away from the unit's facing direction with an offset of +5. This will expand your flashlight width significantly, so you may want to reduce the expand rate of the light.
Here's a visual representation of what I mean. O = unit, X = Flashlight path
Current:
O X X X X X
Modified:
Code
O X X X X X
Code
X
X X
X X
O X X X X X
X X
X X
X
X X
X X
O X X X X X
X X
X X
X
The code doesn't really show it that well, but I don't feel like making an image. I hope this is enough to depict what I was trying to describe above.
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