Using weather as a trigger?

[gizmo]

Hey all

I guess like most here im pretty new to composing scripts and have a few questions if i may?

After checking out the few scripts that TT provided with lunar an idea popped into my head after playing with the random goblin graphic script & that was to create a script that adds random water/snow,drops/splats to your screen while in areas that have those weather condtions currently in force

now sofar ive created a scripted that randomly adds/blends & deletes 30 rain drops based on 6 diffrent textures to the screen(couldnt get them to radomly delete so i interspersed the deletes throughout the script randomly)im still playing with the amounts but 90 to 120 drops really looks good(i just loaded my script 3-4 times to get the effect to test it out)

But now comes my problem in triggering the script on/off with the rain effect,i cant really use the PixelGetColor() to check for the weather icons as they become obscured by the UI as soon as you engange at target,So my question is is there anyway to get a trigger it either from the sounds used durning weather or if theres some kind of zone/weather status trigger that can be used?

Also is there anyway to make graphics created with a script fade in/out before they are deleted?

As i said plz excuss my noobness i have read throught to documentation but i cant see anything that answers my above questions

For ppl thinking WTF is this all about I will grab an inaction screenshot next time im in game,as they say
a picture paints a 1000 words

Cheers
Gizmo

[TinyTerror]

Thats an interesting idea for a script.

No, there isn't currently a way to get info about the weather. This isn't really a high priority for memory checking either I'm afraid. You can make stuff fade in and out pretty easily though. I do it with the lunar logo when lunar gets loaded with a pair of for loops. The first for loop counts up from 0 to 255, and sets the alpha value of the primitive to the counter variable. If you put a 4ms delay for each cycle of the loop, the primitive will fade in over 1 second. To fade out, you do the same, just counting down from 255 to 0. Its pretty simple. Just make sure you set the alpha value on the primitive color to 0 when you first create it, otherwise it will flicker a bit before it fades into view.

Post screenshots of this one if you can

[gizmo]

Many thanks for the quick reply TinyTerror

I mainly wanted the fade out for the drops after they hit the screen,the quick flash before the alpha value is set infact adds to the over all effect as it kind of looks like the drops are hitting the screen

thanks for the info on the for loops,im still getting my head around the if,for,then do, and other stuff but i think its kinda sinking in about the closest thing(i think)ive done to scripting is dos batch file programs and its been a fair few years snice i did that lol

anyhows heres a quick screen shot



Kinda looks better "in motion" with the drops popping on and off also im still working on the blend values and textures i just wanted to get your option before i polish it up

Oh before i forget a few other things i wanted to ask (if you dont mind)where is it possible to vary the sizes of the textures randomly between a given range say 8x8 to 32x32? also could these textures be randomly rotated on the X axsis to give extra variation?

if you want to look at my ham firsted script i'll throw it(im sure anyone with half idea could clean it up quite alot lol) and my test textures up for you or anyone else to check out

Btw i forgot to say earlyer top job on lunar im quite sure that ppl will come up with all sort of strange and wonderful things for FFXI using it in conjution with windower..let just hope there not all "omfgbbq teh vote bot rocks "type hehe

Cheers
Gizmo

[TinyTerror]

Thanks!

Unfortunately there isn't any way to rotate primitives in the current graphics lib. I know its possible though. I am considering messing with the graphics code to try to improve the way things are done. As for differing the texture size, this can be done by changing the size of the primitive, and setting the texture to the primitive size. I forget the exact command to do it, primitive_SetFitToTexture I think. Its in the docs at www.lucidsoft.org/~toast/Lunar/Lunar.htm.

[evangeline]

Hello - first, nice tool... Too bad i'm having trouble getting it to work as of right now- but that's for a different post.

You had mentioned above "This isn't really a high priority for memory checking either I'm afraid."

As I was thinking about this neat idea for a script, a huge advantage of having it is glaring obvious.

I like to call it "Monsoon Tekko and Co."

Equipment that is weather activated- or day activated-- or [condition] activated would be much easier to "remember" to equip.

just thought I'd drop some thoughts in on this. I think its a nice idea

[TinyTerror]

Having trouble? Please post a thread in the bug reports section. I'll do what I can to fix the bugs and get it working for you in the next release.

I didn't really think about the whole weather activated equipment thing. That could be pretty useful. I'll see what starhawk has to say about it.

[hermit]

I'm attempting for new ffxi equip macros and storing the weather/day into variables [maybe even moon] would be very helpful. Something else that would great is if it were possible to read in your nation and the nation that controls the region for the future.