making roof semi-transparent

[Cherrykao]

I'm having some trouble getting my scripts to work properly online. It works good offline on the editor.

Basically when you enter a house, the roof turns semi-transparent and then when you exit the house through the door, the roof turns back to normal.

Here's my code for the roof NPC:

NPC Code:

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//#CLIENTSIDE

//function onCreated() {

if (created) {

  setimg roof.gif;

  dontblock;

  drawoverplayer;

  vRoofV();

  vUnderRoof = false;

}



//function onPlayerTouchsMe() {

if (playertouchsme) {

  vUnderRoof = true;

}



if (vUnderRoof == true) {

  vRoofI();

}

if (vUnderRoof == false) {

  vRoofV();

}



// Makes roof transparent

function vRoofI() {

  setcoloreffect 1,1,1,0.22;

  drawaslight;

}



// Puts roof back to normal

function vRoofV() {

  setcoloreffect 1,1,1,1;

  //drawaslight;

}



timeout = 0.05;

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When someone walks out through the door, the "vUnderRoof" flag is set back to false by touching a grass NPC as they walk out through the door:

NPC Code:

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if (created) {

  setimg vivendi_h10grass.png;

  drawunderplayer;

  dontblock;

  //vUnderRoof = false;

}



if (playertouchsme) {

  vUnderRoof = false;

}



timeout = 0.05;

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[DustyPorViva]

Well that's a bad way to do it.
You should probably check the players.x/y in a timeout and when the player enters the coordinates of the roof, transparent, otherwise, return to normal.

[godofwarares]

Originally Posted by Cherrykao

Yadda yadda yadda

Well first of all, You need to define the variable on the client. Something like "client.vUnderRoof = false/true" will work fine.

Next, You need to do a loop to enable the code to detect the variable.

PHP Code:

timeout = 0.05;

if (timeout)
{
if (client.vUnderRoof == true) {
  vRoofI();
}
if (client.vUnderRoof == false) {
  vRoofV();
}
} 


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Originally Posted by DustyPorViva

Well that's a bad way to do it.
You should probably check the players.x/y in a timeout and when the player enters the coordinates of the roof, transparent, otherwise, return to normal.

I agree. Cherry, Why not check if the player's X and Y isn't in the NPC to undo it?

PHP Code:

// In timeout code
this.w = 4; // How many tiles the roof takes up, Horizontally
this.h = 4; // How many tiles the roof takes up, Vertically
if (!(playerx in |this.x, (this.x+this.w)|) && !(playery in |this.y, (this.y+this.h)|)
{
// Code to make roof opaque
} else {
// Code to make roof translucent
} 


[Cherrykao]

thanks. it is better to check the x & y coordinates of the players and i actually started doing that, but i thought it would be easier to use flags.

[Rapidwolve]

The best way to do it, in my opinion, is the way Hikaru is doing it. That's what I do too.