https://github.com/EvolutionRTS/Evoluti ... isplay.lua
I as planning to make the numbers flash when storage is nearly full. Now because I can do all this in gameframe all I need is a simple if statement checking the values vs one another. So that part is simple, but I would like to make the number fade slowly from red to yellow to red again while it is in the nearly full range. I could just make it flash, but I'd rather not cause seizures if I can help it.
I've seen this done in chili widgets before. Does anyone know how to do it in "\255\255\255\255" style?
Flashing/Fading text colors in lua text drawing?
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Re: Flashing/Fading text colors in lua text drawing?
Change the third number as slowly as you like from \255\255\1\1 through to \255\255\255\1 and then back again.
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Re: Flashing/Fading text colors in lua text drawing?
How did this topic get in help and bugs? Can someone move it back to game development?
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Re: Flashing/Fading text colors in lua text drawing?
It is moved to the generic forum in which people ask for help because it is a trivial request for help.
(The answer to which can be found on the wiki - https://springrts.com/wiki/Lua_Fonts#Inlined_ColorCodes).
(The answer to which can be found on the wiki - https://springrts.com/wiki/Lua_Fonts#Inlined_ColorCodes).
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Re: Flashing/Fading text colors in lua text drawing?
I wasn't asking for the basics of how to use inline color codes -_- I was asking about fading text from one color to another and then back again which is a much larger issue.
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Re: Flashing/Fading text colors in lua text drawing?
After some trial and error, I have an increment counter that counts from 0 to 255 then back down. There are prettier ways to write it I'm sure.
So this is what I have:
This doesn't work, obviously, because warningColor isn't a complete string at that point due to the last \ being escaped in order to use increment. So this of course results in a counter counting from 0 to 255 and back to 0.
How can I get warningColor to work properly? Are there other ways of doing colors that I don't know about? Explicit examples would be welcome so that learning can be done.
So this is what I have:
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local increment = 0
function widget:GameFrame(n)
local myTeamID = Spring.GetMyTeamID()
local ec, es, ep, ei, ee = Spring.GetTeamResources(myTeamID, "energy")
--Normal Energy Display
-- str = yellow .. "Energy:" .. orange .. " ± " .. tostring(math.round(ei - ee)) .. green .. " +" .. tostring(math.round(ei)) .. white .. "/" .. red .. "-" .. tostring(math.round(ep)) .. white .. " (" .. tostring(math.round(ec)) .. "/" .. tostring(math.round(es)) .. ")"
--Custom Evo Energy display
local warningColor = white -- If the word "energy" displays as white, something below isn't working correctly
if ec <= 75 then
warning = true
else
warning = false
end
if warning == true then
if increment == 0 then
countUp = true
end
if increment < 255 and countUp == true then
increment = increment + 1
elseif increment > 0 then
countUp = false
increment = increment - 1
end
warningColor = "\255\255\\" .. increment .. "\0"
else
warningColor = yellow
end
str = warningColor .. "Energy:" .. orange .. " ± " .. tostring(math.round(ei - ee)) .. green .. " +" .. tostring(math.round(ei)) .. white .. "/" .. red .. "-" .. tostring(math.round(ep)) .. white .. " (" .. yellow .. tostring(math.round(ec)).. white .. "/" .. tostring(math.round(es)) .. ")"
end
How can I get warningColor to work properly? Are there other ways of doing colors that I don't know about? Explicit examples would be welcome so that learning can be done.
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Re: Flashing/Fading text colors in lua text drawing?
Code man helped me sort it out, the correct line to use is:
warningColor = "\255\255" .. string.char (increment) .. "\0"
warningColor = "\255\255" .. string.char (increment) .. "\0"
Re: Flashing/Fading text colors in lua text drawing?
Frankly, nonsense. It is a question about how to do something in lua.Silentwings wrote:It is moved to the generic forum in which people ask for help because it is a trivial request for help.
(The answer to which can be found on the wiki - https://springrts.com/wiki/Lua_Fonts#Inlined_ColorCodes).
We have a forum for that.
Re: Flashing/Fading text colors in lua text drawing?
The forum for threads without own approach to problem is called "Bounty Offers" and a thread about this task is at viewtopic.php?f=86&t=34107FLOZi wrote:Frankly, nonsense. It is a question about how to do something in lua.Silentwings wrote:It is moved to the generic forum in which people ask for help because it is a trivial request for help.
(The answer to which can be found on the wiki - https://springrts.com/wiki/Lua_Fonts#Inlined_ColorCodes).
We have a forum for that.
I hope code_man got paid.
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Please avoid repeated unconstructive comments.
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Re: Flashing/Fading text colors in lua text drawing?
The problem with not reading every post in a thread is that sometimes you come out looking awfully silly.
Code_Man helped me with some particularly challenging aspects of the control_victory gadget, and helped me with the basis of the resource widgets, all of which is am extremely grateful to him for. I have actually tried to pay him on multiple occasions, but because of various reasons it seems that I am not able to get money to him. I have even offered to wire it to him, which would cost me more than the amount sent in the first place, but I offered to do it because it was the right thing to do.
As it stands, I either owe him some money, or, my time when/if ever he asks.
But frankly, none of this is any of your business, but I don't really care who knows *shrug*
Fwiw, this is the original widget that he give to me (this is after I had already edited the string quite a bit, but tomato, tomato):
https://github.com/EvolutionRTS/Evoluti ... isplay.lua
And this is the latest iteration:
https://github.com/EvolutionRTS/Evoluti ... isplay.lua
As I said, none of this is your business, but... *shrug*
Code_Man helped me with some particularly challenging aspects of the control_victory gadget, and helped me with the basis of the resource widgets, all of which is am extremely grateful to him for. I have actually tried to pay him on multiple occasions, but because of various reasons it seems that I am not able to get money to him. I have even offered to wire it to him, which would cost me more than the amount sent in the first place, but I offered to do it because it was the right thing to do.
As it stands, I either owe him some money, or, my time when/if ever he asks.
But frankly, none of this is any of your business, but I don't really care who knows *shrug*
Fwiw, this is the original widget that he give to me (this is after I had already edited the string quite a bit, but tomato, tomato):
https://github.com/EvolutionRTS/Evoluti ... isplay.lua
He hasn't touched the widgets since then. Sadly, he didn't set the paste to last forever.*** April 12, 2016 at 11:44:42 AM PDT
[1:30:23 PM] <[Evo]Forboding_Angel> can you pastebin them real quick?
[1:31:59 PM] <Code_Man> http://pastebin.com/xYNrKjaB
And this is the latest iteration:
https://github.com/EvolutionRTS/Evoluti ... isplay.lua
As I said, none of this is your business, but... *shrug*