GANI Scripts accessing strings

[Faheria_GP2]

can they?

[Faheria_GP2]

*bump*

[neomaximus2k]

Originally posted by Faheria_GP2
can they?

No they can't, only zoom, lighting and all those other effects

[Faheria_GP2]

*read* strings

[neomaximus2k]

Originally posted by Faheria_GP2
*read* strings

? and what is all that about?

[Phenom1K]

No need, just access it directly from the NPC that causes you to have that animation. If it's needed for something in the animation, use it as a parameter.

[Faheria_GP2]

well, I am making a guy that floats, and I want a shadow to be displayed below the player by reading string "altitude", so yes, maybe a parameter is the best way

[Phenom1K]

Originally posted by Faheria_GP2
well, I am making a guy that floats, and I want a shadow to be displayed below the player by reading string "altitude", so yes, maybe a parameter is the best way

Hey! If you want that, you don't need a parameter. Just save the player x and y+3, put a little shadow image there, and then change the player's y- according to the specified altitude, and then have the shadow move along with the player. Is that genius or what?

[Faheria_GP2]

hey, maybe I want whatever lag there will be to be in synch with the lag of the player? so the altitude won't appear to change when it really isn't

[Phenom1K]

Originally posted by Faheria_GP2
hey, maybe I want whatever lag there will be to be in synch with the lag of the player? so the altitude won't appear to change when it really isn't

Can't be done yo

[Faheria_GP2]

yes, the gani does the showimg clientside for each player who sees the gani, so the shadow will always appear to be "in synch" with wherever the player seems to be for each user

[neomaximus2k]

Originally posted by Kaimetsu
Supersonic is right. If the gani scripts can get the info then they can draw it properly.

i've never really messed with gani scripting but
cant he create a GANI with different frames in and then use a command to over but only show certain frames???
that way he can put the char shadow at different heights in the gani

If not then why hasn't it been invented!!!!

[neomaximus2k]

Originally posted by Kaimetsu
So you're saying something like make a gani with a million frames and then have the gani's script choose one?

Pretty icky way to do it. Why not let the gani draw it itself?

i mean a range of frames.
ok lets use the example above
make a hovering Gani 10 frames long. then within that same gani create another one 10 frames long but make the shadow a bit further down, etc etc
obv not a big gani but lets say you do 5 of these.
the rather than using showimg or any other way of doing it you could use a script to play first of ll
0 to 9
then if the altatidu is higher you could oplay
40 to 49
see what i mean?

[neomaximus2k]

Originally posted by Kaimetsu
Yes. But it leads to bigger files etc - what's wrong with simple gani scripts?

nothing i dont think i havn't tried scripting with gani's tho so i wouldn't know

[Admins]

Gani scripts can only read things like #Px,
because if they could read normal variables then
you could add script to display the value and
possibly cheat or so