Shakin'

Post by **trepan** » 15 Jun 2007, 07:58

Made easy with two new LuaUI call-outs, and a LuaUI call-in:

Spring.SetCameraOffset(posx, posy, posz, tiltx, tilty)
Spring.SetExplosionThreshold(power)
Explosion(power, dist, dx, dy, dz) -- call-in

http://trepan.bzflag.bz/spring/shake.avi

Peet · Post by **Peet** » 15 Jun 2007, 08:16

changing magnitude with distance and everything...that is awesome.

Guessmyname · Post by **Guessmyname** » 15 Jun 2007, 09:10

Damnit, I lack the 'MEncoder MPEG-4 Video (FMP4)' codec, and because Microsoft are a pain in the arse, they tell me I need it but don't actually know what it is. Apparently, neither does google. *strangles WMP10*

AF · Post by AF » 15 Jun 2007, 10:30

VLAN works. Media player doesnt. hmmm

malric · Post by **malric** » 15 Jun 2007, 11:35

Nice video. (Don't know what I did but for me mplayer works also)

Lippy · Post by **Lippy** » 15 Jun 2007, 14:55

Hehe awesome!

Noruas · Post by **Noruas** » 15 Jun 2007, 16:33

will you release the script publicly?

Post by **trepan** » 15 Jun 2007, 16:36

yes, it will be a default lua widget (initially disabled).

Noruas · Post by **Noruas** » 15 Jun 2007, 17:08

how hard would it be to convert a widget to a modlua rule?

Post by **trepan** » 15 Jun 2007, 17:56

I placed these commands in LuaUI for a reason

Neddie · Post by **Neddie** » 15 Jun 2007, 18:27

Media Player never works.

tombom · Post by **tombom** » 15 Jun 2007, 19:09

Noruas wrote:how hard would it be to convert a widget to a modlua rule?

Forcing everybody's screen to shake would be utterly horrendous.

NOiZE · Post by **NOiZE** » 16 Jun 2007, 18:55

+noshake

[KnoX]ElementalGizmo · Post by **[KnoX]ElementalGizmo** » 16 Jun 2007, 19:12

Could we have a shake intensity bar similar to that of volume widget, higher it goes move extreme the shakes would be.....MADE OF WIN I TELLZ YA!

yes, it will be a default lua widget (initially disabled).

Whats the problem for those of you who dont want the shakes back? Its going to be OPTIONAL.

AF · Post by AF » 17 Jun 2007, 01:15

I think the shakes getting less as you zoom away si the onyl real fix here.

In OTA the shakes shook the screen just as much looking at the explosion as being on the other side of the map. Also the shakes where too powerful.

A little tuning and the fade out over distance would fix all that.

At average zoom levels I expect shakes to be as small as a single pixel or less, and at most zoom levels so small they make no visual difference.

However at FPS level zoom theyd be much greater. And this is how it should be.

Post by **trepan** » 17 Jun 2007, 01:19

AF:
Not unlike what is shown in the video.
(Peet also mentionned it quite clearly in the second post).

The power is actually adjusted using 1 / (dist * dist).

The current calls allow for adjusting a distance offset,
culling explosions by area-of-effect, and culling explosions
by power.

Cabbage · Post by **Cabbage** » 17 Jun 2007, 02:18

just DL the k-lite codec pack, ive not come anything i cant play since ive used it. and with it this vid will work in media player fine..

AF · Post by AF » 17 Jun 2007, 02:32

Yha, I think its good in your video, but could be just a little less shaking to be perfect.

LOrDo · Post by **LOrDo** » 17 Jun 2007, 02:41

For some reason, I thought this was already possible...but it will definatly give Spring a much needed touch of realism. Great job!

PS: If you ever have a problem playing anything audio/visual, I reccomend VLC. It comes with its own plugins for codecs, so it can run everything without having to install anything else.

Caydr · Post by **Caydr** » 17 Jun 2007, 02:41

Spring RTS Engine

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