Tomb Engine - General Discussion

[Kubsy]

Originally Posted by l.m.

Thanks! I will try that.
But - where to put this Lua function?
Into that main script gameflow.lua?
In the Level.lua where I normally write those function ist does not make sense, because this should apply in general.

Can I write functions in gameflow.lua and if so, how can I ensure that the condition that Lara is hanging on an edge (and jump button is press by the player) is checked every frame?

Hi I.m.

no you don't put Lua fiuncs in gameflow.lua, only in your level file. gameflow.lua is designed to edit level attributes like name, data file, sky, horizon etc.

you should put the code in levelfuncs.OnControlPhase() in order to have code checked/done every game frame.

Check the lua tutorials if you're unsure how to do that.

[l.m.]

Originally Posted by Kubsy

Hi I.m.

no you don't put Lua fiuncs in gameflow.lua, only in your level file. gameflow.lua is designed to edit level attributes like name, data file, sky, horizon etc.

you should put the code in levelfuncs.OnControlPhase() in order to have code checked/done every game frame.

Check the lua tutorials if you're unsure how to do that.

Hey Kubsy, thanks.
Yes okay - but then this function is only for this level.
What about animations or other stuff in a function that should be activate for the whole game? Do I repeat this function to all my level lua scripts?

[l.m.]

Another questions:

How can we activate cameras / fixed cameras with camera target via box volume or with lua?

What I want:
Via Lua script some moveable is activated with a box volume and will be shattered. I want to show this with a camera. But how can I do this?

And how can we activate fog bulbs? In trng there was a flipeffect to enable volumetric fog bulbs.

[Teone]

I'm playing Arms Race by JessG right now on Windows 10.
I installed vc_redistx86 then the game worked fine.

BUT... every time I close the game, I found a new AppCrash report in the Windows Error Reporting folder.



The exe crashes during the closing routine.
It doesn't show any message. I know it crashes only checking the report folder.

In the report I read what cause the crash is 'ucrtbase.dll'
I don't know more.

[Nemo20]

Fun fact.

The map of a TEN level is big.
From start to finish, Lara runs about 4:51 minutes.

But running is very boring.

[.snake.]

Originally Posted by Nemo20

Fun fact.

The map of a TEN level is big.
From start to finish, Lara runs about 4:51 minutes.

But running is very boring.

Is that straight one-way from one end of the map to the other, or is it one time around the entire perimeter?

[piano_raider]

We need video proof
I probably would watch it...

[Nemo20]

Originally Posted by .snake.

Is that straight one-way from one end of the map to the other, or is it one time around the entire perimeter?

Originally Posted by piano_raider

We need video proof
I probably would watch it...

It's really very boring

[l.m.]

Originally Posted by Joey79100

Stuff like this will have to be done in Lua.

In theory the approach is different, but quite easy: you just need to check if Lara is in the hanging animation, the player is pressing the Jump key, and you trigger the ledge jump animation.
However I don't think we have yet the necessary conditions to check environmental conditions like the ones in these TRNG commands you posted. You'd need to check the API documentation to check if the necessary functions are there.

Also the last one never really needed to be scripted, it can just be put as a State change in the landing animation (both in TRNG and TEN). You could definitely already script it in TEN too if you want though, since there are no environmental checks.

@Joey79100
I do not understand this: "Also the last one never really needed to be scripted, it can just be put as a State change in the landing animation (both in TRNG and TEN). "
Where can I put which state change? Can you give me an example how can reach that stumble anim without scripting?

[l.m.]

As I can see I cant use Fog Bulbs, so I instead use distance fog.
But this will be also an issue, see the picture.



Is there any fix to this transparency / distance fog issue?