Player death post effects

[Chip]

I've been pondering some post-death effects, and, using Darkplaces, I decided to add black-and-white effect and slow motion when player gets killed.

Darkplaces has both effects as cvars, but I don't know how to implement them when player dies.

I've seen some examples but I couldn't replicate them, so I decided to ask.

It's something like when player's health reaches 0 or less, the cvars get changed in QuakeC. The slow motion cvar is slowmo 1 (and going 0.9, 0.8, 0.7 ... to 0 - deactivated).

I guess there's a general rule, and I can set what cvar I want, but I don't know how to set a cvar in QC.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[frag.machine]

Have you already tried something like this ?

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float slowmo_val = 0.9;
void () slowmo_change =
{
  stuffcmd ("slowmo ");
  stuffcmd (ftos (slowmo_val));
  stuffcmd ("\n");
  if (slowmo_val > 0.1)
  {
    slowmo_val = slowmo_val - 0.1;
  }
};

void () slowmo_reset =
{
  slowmo_val = 1.0;
  stuffcmd ("slowmo 1\n");
}

void()   player_diea1   =   [   $deatha1,   player_diea2   ] {slowmo_change();};
void()   player_diea2   =   [   $deatha2,   player_diea3   ] {slowmo_change();};
void()   player_diea3   =   [   $deatha3,   player_diea4   ] {slowmo_change();};
void()   player_diea4   =   [   $deatha4,   player_diea5   ] {slowmo_change();};
void()   player_diea5   =   [   $deatha5,   player_diea6   ] {slowmo_change();};
void()   player_diea6   =   [   $deatha6,   player_diea7   ] {slowmo_change();};
void()   player_diea7   =   [   $deatha7,   player_diea8   ] {slowmo_change();};
void()   player_diea8   =   [   $deatha8,   player_diea9   ] {slowmo_change();};
void()   player_diea9   =   [   $deatha9,   player_diea10   ] {slowmo_change();};
void()   player_diea10   =   [   $deatha10,   player_diea11   ] {};
void()   player_diea11   =   [   $deatha11,   player_diea11 ] {PlayerDead();slowmo_reset();};



BUT in a second thought, if you are using Darkplaces, I suspect this would be better handled by CSQC.

[Spike]

By mentioning slowmo, I really really hope you're making a single-player mod.
In which case you can be lame and cvar_set it directly.
And if you're not, then you're probably breaking stuff anyway.

Regarding the black-and-white effect cvar, you should stuffcmd that (see frag.machine's post).

[Chip]

Thanks, I'll try that. Spike, yeah, it's for a single player mod.

If you ever played Jedi Knight II: Outcast you may know what I am talking about.

EDIT: Works like a charm! With some changes to stuffcmd. I'll look into CSQC to see how I can integrate this and come back.

Combined with a 3rd person switch, B/W, slow motion and (maybe) a bit of blur, it would make a hell of death effect.

[skite2001]

nice, please keep me informed if you add/improve this thing^^ i really would like to add this to my mod ^_-

[frag.machine]

Thanks, I'll try that. Spike, yeah, it's for a single player mod.

If you ever played Jedi Knight II: Outcast you may know what I am talking about.

EDIT: Works like a charm! With some changes to stuffcmd. I'll look into CSQC to see how I can integrate this and come back.

Combined with a 3rd person switch, B/W, slow motion and (maybe) a bit of blur, it would make a hell of death effect.

Found any problem ? Care to post your version ? I haven't actually tried this code, so I'd like to know what you changed.

[Chip]

No need for gradual motion change, so I'll just set it.

Right after PlayerDie() {

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local float ms;
ms = cvar("slowmo");
if(ms == 0) {
   stuffcmd(self, "slowmo 0.1");
}

That's it. And then reset it after PlayerDead().

[skite2001]

hmm, added:

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void() PlayerDie =
{
   local float ms;
        ms = cvar("slowmo");
        if(ms == 0) {
        stuffcmd(self, "slowmo 0.1");
}
   
   local   float   i;

but its not working...whats my fault?

[Arkage]

You haven't added a new line ("\n" ) symbol after it.

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void() PlayerDie =
{
   local float ms;
        ms = cvar("slowmo");
        if(ms == 0) {
        stuffcmd(self, "slowmo 0.1\n");
}


It acts the same as if the user pressed the enter button.

[Chip]

hmm, added:

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void() PlayerDie =
{
   local float ms;
        ms = cvar("slowmo");
        if(ms == 0) {
        stuffcmd(self, "slowmo 0.1");
}
   
   local   float   i;

but its not working...whats my fault?

Try adding only stuffcmd(self, "slowmo 0.1"); right before local float i;

I suppose you're doing this in DP.

[Spike]

What Arkage said - \n.
Nothing will happen without it.

[skite2001]

right, only:

stuffcmd(self, "slowmo 0.1\n");

and resetting at PlayerDead Function via

stuffcmd(self, "slowmo 1\n");

worked like a charm in darkplaces

now looking which more effects could be added ^^

[Chip]

right, only:

stuffcmd(self, "slowmo 0.1\n");

and resetting at PlayerDead Function via

stuffcmd(self, "slowmo 1\n");

worked like a charm in darkplaces

now looking which more effects could be added ^^

1. motion blur
2. excessive contrast
3. b/w (?)

That's what I'm adding anyway.

Oh, and by the way, my code works without adding "\n" after "slowmo". But then again, I'll code this directly into QuakeC using cvars not stuffcmd.

[GiffE]

black and white can be done using the same way, except with the cvar r_saturation. Fade it from 1 to 0, 0 being fully saturated/blacknwhite.

[Chip]

black and white can be done using the same way, except with the cvar r_saturation. Fade it from 1 to 0, 0 being fully saturated/blacknwhite.

I know that. Any idea for contrast? DP-only? Any idea for any screen effect like sepia, blue tint, green tint?

EDIT: It's actually r_glsl_saturation in DP.