frag flash

[the bamph]

hello everyone, i've just started modifying my quake and reapers and

i was wondering if it's possible to make the screen flash green (or any color) for a fraction of a second when you frag in multiplayer (like the quick yellow flash that appears when you get an item/weapon/backpack)

i'd like to use this with the Reaperbots

it's not that important, but i think it'd be cool to have

[RenegadeC]

Create a view weapon of one solid color, and have it flash on screen for a second; I did this for my TAoV mod when you do a large damaging attack .. here's some code from my mod!


.float screenflash_finished;
.float screenflash_mode;

framerate = cvar("host_framerate");

//
// screen flashing seizure effect
//

if (self.screenflash_finished > time && framerate == 0)
{
if (self.screenflash_mode == FALSE)
{
self.weaponmodel = "progs/scrflash.mdl";
self.screenflash_mode = TRUE;
}
else
{
self.weaponmodel = string_null;
self.screenflash_mode = FALSE;
}
}
else if (self.screenflash_mode == TRUE || framerate != 0)
{
self.weaponmodel = string_null;
self.screenflash_mode = FALSE;
}

Now simply set: self.screenflash_finished = time + #; on the player and your screen should flash! Anyway, you may have to modify that code a tad, but this should give you an idea!

[the bamph]

hey

i have a few noob questions if you don't mind...

how can i make/where can i get a scrflash.mdl?
where do i have to insert this code? in the weapons.qc file?

[Dr. Shadowborg]

Alright that does it, I'm gonna make a proper tutorial regarding PROPER screenflashes using v_cshift.

EDIT: Code finished and tested. Now to write the tutorial and put it up I've also tested it with savegames, and it works fine, so it's all cool.

[Error]

woah, people still use Reaperbots?

FrikBotX rB all the way. Give it a go.

[Dr. Shadowborg]

"Damn, I'm good!"

http://www.inside3d.com/showtutorial.php?id=151

That will give you everything you need.

[RenegadeC]

"Damn, I'm good!"

http://www.inside3d.com/showtutorial.php?id=151

That will give you everything you need.

Good job! I generally stay away from stuffcmd myself however yours is friendlier and does the job fine. Congrats!

I'm not newbie friendly, I like to just post code and then have people figure what to do from there .. with QuakeC it's not hard.

[Sajt]

That might blow up if you're doing multiplayer though... (not sure to what extent though)

I know that if you tried that in QW it would probably blow up

[Dr. Shadowborg]

That might blow up if you're doing multiplayer though... (not sure to what extent though)

I know that if you tried that in QW it would probably blow up

Dunno. I don't really have the resources to test that kind of stuff, and besides, he never said it had to work with QW. Hell, I'm not even sure reaperbots will even work with QW.

Though... Anybody using stock QW these days probably deserves whatever happens when using this, as it quite obviously was intended for use with NQ engines. (Insert all legal crap pertaining to holding author harmless from all damages that result from using said stuff)

[the bamph]

"Damn, I'm good!"

http://www.inside3d.com/showtutorial.php?id=151

That will give you everything you need.

doesn't work with the reapers (yet)

i'll get back to you after i try some more things with it

thanks for replying everyone!

[the bamph]

ok, i tried Dr. Shadowborg's tutorial a few times and no matter what i changed, i still got this error message:



[noob]what can i do to fix this?[/noob]

[FrikaC]

1. Stop using ProQCC

2. If problem persists (doubtful) modify the line if (head.takedamage && head.classname == "player") to if (head.takedamage && (head.classname == "player"))

[Lardarse]

[noob]what can i do to fix this?[/noob]

Most normal QuakeC compilers will only let you pass 8 variables to a function. The Palfrom function has 9, and so the last one isn't processed properly. That might explain why it came up with a weird line number...

But I'll echo what Frik said: Stop using ProQCC. The 2 main compilers used around here both overcome many of ProQCC's weaknesses...

[the bamph]

1. Stop using ProQCC

yeah, that was the problem... i was using ProQCC cause it never gave me errors before, so i thought it was fairly good.

i compiled the code fine with FTEQCC though

i'm also getting FrikBotX and the FrikBot for Painkeep

thanks for the replies everyone!

[Dr. Shadowborg]

Holy shiess, somebody still uses that outdated piece of crap that goes by the name of ProQcc?!

Well, anyway, I'm glad everything worked out, and that you're now using a proper compiler. =D