Displaying / hiding HUD graphics with FS ???

Here's what the doc's say:

int createpic(string lumpname, int x, int y, int draw, int trans, fixed priority)

[i]Creates a new heads-up pic using the lump 'lumpname', which must be a standard DOOM-format screen graphic, at unscaled screen coordinates (x, y), which may range from 0 to 319 and from 0 to 199 respectively. If draw is non-zero, the pic will be drawn to the screen, and if trans is non-zero, the pic will be drawn translucent. priority determines how the pic will draw in relation to any other existing heads-up pics spawned by FraggleScript -- it will draw over any pics with a lower priority number, and under any pics with a higher priority number. Note that FraggleScript heads-up pics always have lower priority than any native heads-up graphics, such as the player HUD.

Heads-up pics are valid for the duration of the level in which they were created, and will be saved in savegames. This function returns an integer value which can be used as a handle to track and later manipulate this particular heads-up pic. You should always capture the handle unless you never intend to change or hide the pic after creating it. There is not currently any method for creating different heads-up pics on a particular player's screen.[/]

void setpicvisible(int handle, int visible)

Modifies the visibility of the FS heads-up pic with this handle. Set visible to a non-zero value to have the pic drawn, and set it to zero to hide it.

So how do I display a graphic (GFX1) and then be able to remove it by another script? What's with all the stuff about handles? Help! Please show the exact lines of script.



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If it's like map objects it should be like this:
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica, serif">code:</font><hr width="100%" size="1" noshade><pre>
[scripts]

int hudpic1;

script 1
{
hudpic1 = createpic(blah, blah, blah);
setpicvisible(hudpic1, 0); //hide the pic
}
</pre><hr width="100%" size="1" noshade></BLOCKQUOTE>

I think that's right...

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-DarkWolf
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Cool! Thanks man! I'll give that a try.

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Its still not working, what gives? Please help!

Here's what I got:

int hudpic1;

script 30
{
hudpic1 = createpic(gfx1, 20, 20, 1, 0, 1);
wait(400);
setpicvisible(gfx1, 0); //hide the pic
}

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Try setting the visibility to true right after you create it. Maybe that's the trick.

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good luck rellik , that sound neat if it turns out right ?

No luck yet, it says 30, 3: NO SUCH FUNCTION: 'CREATEPIC'

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That usually happens with functions not implemented in Legacy.

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-DarkWolf
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So any chance these will be fixed anytime soon? Legacy guys? Any of ya coders lurkin?

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Too bad those don't work. Legacy seems to be short on FS coders at the moment.

/me wishes he knew how to work this FS coding stuff.

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Aliotroph?.postCount++;

Today I was pondering in the school library about the snow thing. I suppose I'll give it a try later this evening.

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-DarkWolf
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working with FS stuffs is really easy. I added those math functions in less then 30 mins, and I didn't know much about FS implementation.

Ok, I'll see why it's not working. If it's in the doc, then it should work, otherwise it's a bug (or I've forgotten to put "Not yet implemented" in the docs).

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I tried to do some things with Legacy's FS code just a while ago, but MSVC wouldn't load the project file. It gives no error messages and loads no files at all. Any help? I might be able to do something with FS although I don't have that much C skills.

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I don't think, I know.
Then again, I don't know much...

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica, serif">quote:</font><hr width="100%" size="1" noshade><font face="Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica, serif" size="2">Today I was pondering in the school library about the snow thing. I suppose I'll give it a try later this evening.</font><hr width="100%" size="1" noshade></BLOCKQUOTE>

Sounds cool. I could use some snow.

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If you could get those commands working I'd be a very happy camper. I've been tinkering with stuff that I think people will be able to do some very cool things with, but it really needs HUD graphics. I'll try to get a demo out soon.

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I suppose if you were good at keeping tabs on mobjs in the map you could use those HUD graphics to make a motion tracker thing like in those Alien vs. Predator games. Now THAT would be a complex script. Huge piles of math in there to get the distance and direction and then draw it to the HUD and continually update it.

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Aliotroph?.postCount++;

Would it be possible with fs to make the HUD graphics translucent?

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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica, serif">quote:</font><hr width="100%" size="1" noshade><font face="Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica, serif" size="2">Would it be possible with fs to make the HUD graphics translucent?</font><hr width="100%" size="1" noshade></BLOCKQUOTE>

/me drools

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In theory you could make HUD graphics translucent (as there is a FS command thingy for doing that) but I don't think this applies to stuf like the Statusbar. Man that would be totally cool to be able to have a translucent statusbar.

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I wasnt so worried about the status bar (as I usually just have the minimal amount of stats on screen, as in frags, health ammo left, etc) but yes it would be cool

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