scaling characters

[Cherrykao]

does anyone know how I can scale a character as they move up or down the screen?? thanks.

[JkWhoSaysNi]

a character as in a player or a letter?

[Cherrykao]

the actual character, so when someone pushes the UP directional button to move up, the character is scaled down (to simulate that the character is farther away) and when the player pushes the DOWN directional button to move down the screen, the character is scaled up (to similate that the character is closer)

[killerogue]

Something says maybe you should learn to script first? I'm just going on assumation here, you may be able to script, you may not. I'm just making an assumption based on how you presented the question.

But to the point...

If you have some scripting experience, try searching the wiki or skyld's wiki as well for some information on zooming. As I believe there ARE some functions that allow you to do this.

[Inverness]

Stan you can't really script either yet you have this whole attitude thing.

TGaniObject.zoom

Players and NPCs are TGaniObjects so they should have the zoom variable available on clientside. Just get some script to change this variable.

[killerogue]

I wasn't trying to come off as having an attitude, if it sounded that way I didn't mean it. Because this person didn't ask for someone to script for him, he didn't post a script saying, "zomgfgd fix 4 me plz" he asked a logical question if anyone knew.

So I state maybe he should learn how to script first, wasn't attempting to claim superiority or arrogance here either, however, I then stated I was making an assumption and that I could or could not be wrong.

Then I suggested if he DID have some scripting experience to try and search the wiki for a solution as it often answers a lot of questions.

I can pretty much understand why you think I have an attitude most of the time, due to me freaking out when someone is posting something and just asks for answers or is posting in Gs1 and I don't mean to do that. I'm very impatient and I shouldn't do that.

So, CherryKao I hope you didn't take offense to that as I didn't mean any.


So yeah I've been a bit of an ******* lately, so pretty much sorry guys.

[Twinny]

There is a player.zoom variable available for use clientside. When using this, only the player will see the changes so you'll have to make a system to show correct zoom sizes for all players clientside.

[Kristi]

Originally Posted by Twinny

There is a player.zoom variable available for use clientside. When using this, only the player will see the changes so you'll have to make a system to show correct zoom sizes for all players clientside.

YEAH DO ALL THAT...
or just make a gani script that adjusts your zoom on a timeout, using an attr for zoom. that way everyone will see your zoom...
ps: player.attr[x] = "whatever.gani"; will attach a script to you

[Cherrykao]

hey thanks Kristi. with that being my first post in the graal community, i didn't realize people were so rude. i didn't find the "npcprogramming.doc" in my graal folder complete or very helpful. i am a pretty good C++ programmer and a Java programmer, but new to Graal scripting. i'll look into the Wiki site and i'll definately look into the gani script.

[killerogue]

Originally Posted by Cherrykao

with that being my first post in the graal community, i didn't realize people were so rude.

Did I not say it was not my intention to come off as rude?

[Inverness]

Originally Posted by killerogue

Did I not say it was not my intention to come off as rude?

The road to hell is paved with good intentions, yes?

[Skyld]

Originally Posted by Cherrykao

hey thanks Kristi. with that being my first post in the graal community, i didn't realize people were so rude. i didn't find the "npcprogramming.doc" in my graal folder complete or very helpful. i am a pretty good C++ programmer and a Java programmer, but new to Graal scripting. i'll look into the Wiki site and i'll definately look into the gani script.

There are plenty of scripting resources available both on http://wiki.graal.net/Creation/Dev/GScript and http://skyld.vip.graal.net/ to aid new scripters.

[killerogue]

Originally Posted by Inverness

The road to hell is paved with good intentions, yes?

Ha ha, well in any case. I didn't mean to be an ass-hat. And I've apologized both publicly and personally.

[cbk1994]

Originally Posted by Cherrykao

i didn't realize people were so rude

lol ... just lol

You'll want to make a gani script, and use params or attrs so it shows the zoom for everybody. To make a gani script, edit the gani file in a text editor, and at the bottom (or so) add

PHP Code:

SCRIPT
  // Code goes here
SCRIPTEND 


and if you want to use params, you need to use that in an if (created) and then call something. Otherwise, it will reset the params. For example,

PHP Code:

SCRIPT
  if ( created )
  {
    doStart( params );
  }
  function doStart( NULL )
  {
    echo( params );
  }
SCRIPTEND 


[Kristi]

Originally Posted by cbkbud

lol ... just lol

You'll want to make a gani script, and use params or attrs so it shows the zoom for everybody. To make a gani script, edit the gani file in a text editor, and at the bottom (or so) add

PHP Code:

SCRIPT
  // Code goes here
SCRIPTEND 


and if you want to use params, you need to use that in an if (created) and then call something. Otherwise, it will reset the params. For example,

PHP Code:

SCRIPT
  if ( created )
  {
    doStart( params );
  }
  function doStart( NULL )
  {
    echo( params );
  }
SCRIPTEND 


oh my god use function onCreated(), not if created.

and thats not true. params are passed to the onPlayerEnters function
so if you do like setani("whatever",param,param,param);
the function onPlayerEnters(somename,somename2,etc) in the gani will recieve those parameters.