Poison/Camera Effect WDL

Well after much time spent on the fourms i found that people need codes that involved the cameras. So i looked around more and found how easy it was to make some camera code. Any feedback will be great i don't care if it's bad. Also i will take ideas. Note: I belive the camera.alpha code needs pro edition to run currectly.

Code:

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/* Poison/Camera effect      Coded by David Branco a.k.a DaveTheAve

Note: This code was made for use with the templates.

To use: 

	Include this .WDL last in the main script

	Call the function of the effect you want.

To shutoff: 

	Camera effects: Call the function "normal_camera" 

	Other Effects: Call the function "shutdown_effects" */



bmap poison_pan = "poison.bmp"; 	//Fullscreen poison bmp file

bmap pain_pan = "pain.bmp";  		//Fullscreen pain bmp file

var poison_stat, 0; 			//Keep at 0 Needed to reset effect is more poison is taken

var poison_speed, 1; 			//Speed the poison effect decreases by

var pain_stat, 0;				//Keep at 0 Needed to reset effect is more poison is taken

var pain_speed, 1; 			//Speed the poison effect decreases by

var drugged_working, 0; 		//Keep at 0 Needed for the drug camera



panel poison_panel

{

	alpha = 0;

	bmap = poison_pan;

	flags = transparent, refresh, d3d;

}



panel pain_panel

{

	alpha = 0;

	bmap = pain_pan;

	flags = transparent, refresh, d3d;

}



function poison_effect()

{

	poison_panel.alpha = 80;

	poison_stat = 1;

	poison_panel.visible = on;

	while(poison_panel.alpha > 0)

	{

		poison_panel.alpha -= poison_speed * time;

		wait(1);

	}

	poison_panel.alpha = 0;

	poison_panel.visible = off;

	poison_stat = 0;

}



function pain_effect()

{

	pain_panel.alpha = 80;

	pain_stat = 1;

	pain_panel.visible = on;

	while(pain_panel.alpha > 0)

	{

		pain_panel.alpha -= pain_speed * time;

		wait(1);

	}

	pain_panel.alpha = 0;

	pain_panel.visible = off;

	pain_stat = 0;

}



function pain_remain_on_screen_effect()

{

	pain_stat = 1;

	pain_panel.visible = on;

	wait(5);

	while(pain_stat == 1)

	{

		pain_panel.alpha = 100 - player._HEALTH;

		wait(1);

	}

	pain_panel.alpha = 0;

	pain_panel.visible = off;

	pain_stat = 0;

}



function shutdown_effects()

{

	pain_stat = 0;

	poison_stat = 0;

}



function normal_camera()

{

	camera.alpha = 50;

	camera.transparent = off;

	drugged_working = 0;

}



function slowmo_camera()

{

	camera.transparent = on;

	camera.alpha = 30;

}



function drugged_camera()

{

	camera.transparent = on;

	camera.alpha = 8;

	drugged_working = 1;

	while (drugged_working == 1)

	{

	camera.x += 10 * time;

	wait(1);

	camera.x -= 10 * time;

	wait(1);

	} 

}



function nos_camera()

{

	camera.transparent = on;

	camera.alpha = 20;

}

 

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Edit: I belive i had used the alpha values wrong so i just fixed them. Also so small improvments on the poison code and the pain code.

Edit: Thank you Snake67 for the "* time" help.

I just wanted to mention: you forgot to tine correct the "*_speed" variables.

while(poison_panel.alpha > 0)
{
poison_panel.alpha -= poison_speed *time ;
wait(1);
}

Well thank you for posting and i did at the "* time". I don't know what that does so thats why i never added it. If you can plz tell what how that affects my code.

Since the time "wait(1);" will wait depends on the hardware, you must time correct your counter. Otherwise the effect does depend on system speed too.
I encountered two more bugs in your code. It should be:

while(pain_stat == 1)
{
pain_panel.alpha = 100 - player._HEALTH * time;
wait(1);
}

and

while (drugged_working == 1)
{
camera.x += 10;
sleep(0.1);
camera.x -= 10;
sleep(0.1);
}

or

while (drugged_working == 1)
{
camera.x += 10*time;
wait(1);
camera.x -= 10*time;
wait(1);
}

I really like the idea, I didn't knew the camera.transparent = on stuff is possible, thanks!

Snake67 i have updated the code thank you for your help. Everyone else plz leave your feedback, vote on the poll, and any ideas are much needed.

So what does this do exactly???

Well this code basicly will blur the screen givin it a Drug effect (or whatever the fuction effect is called), also i added some fuctions that you can call get your player gets shot that will make the screen flash red, or get darker with every shot. Then theres a poison code that will flash the screen green when the player is poisoned (script must call it).

sweet. Did you change it so it can work in the lower editions?

Quote:

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Note: I belive the camera.alpha code needs pro edition to run currectly.

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no, it doesn´t. "camera.transparent=on; camera.alpha=xyz;" works very well for me (commercial). strange, however. i looked it up in the manual, and it´s a "pro" feature. dunno why it works ^^