Jeremiah Nellis at 02:44, 2 November 2013

2013-11-02T02:44:02Z

Jeremiah Nellis: Created page with "''Originally posted on the SCI Programming Forums by Gumby.'' I just utilized the dying.sc script for the first time and I immediately noticed ..."

2013-11-02T02:41:22Z

Created page with "''Originally posted on the SCI Programming Forums by Gumby.'' I just utilized the dying.sc script for the first time and I immediately noticed ..."

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''Originally posted on the [[scipf:topic,665.html|SCI Programming Forums]] by [[Gumby]].''

I just utilized the dying.sc script for the first time and I immediately noticed that there is a significant delay between calling the the script and the death 'screen' popping up.

This is by design, but I didn't like the fact that the delay length was hard-coded into script. Making a few modifications, I exposed the delay property for the script:

<div class="CodeBlockHeader">Code:</div>
<syntaxhighlight lang="sci">
(instance public DyingScript of Script
(properties
seconds 3 // Exposed this property (just by adding it here),
) // which is inherited from the Script class & set the default to 3

(method (changeState newState)
(var mbResult, message)
= state newState
(if(== state 0)
ProgramControl()
(send gTheMusic:fade())
(send gRoom:setScript(0))
Load(rsSOUND 2)
//= seconds 3 // Commented out this line, which set the delay to 3 seconds
)(else
(if(== state 1)
...
</syntaxhighlight>
 

So now, when I call the dying script, I can specify seconds like so:

<div class="CodeBlockHeader">Code:</div>
<syntaxhighlight lang="sci">
(send dyingScript:
caller(802)
seconds(1) // You can set this to however long you wish, based on your animation length
register("You are dead.")
)
</syntaxhighlight>
 
If you need more granularity than seconds, it would be simple to expose the 'cycles' property instead of the 'seconds' property in the Script class, then change the dying script to use cycles instead of seconds.

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Timing change for death handler script (Dying.sc) - Revision history

Jeremiah Nellis at 02:44, 2 November 2013

Jeremiah Nellis: Created page with "''Originally posted on the SCI Programming Forums by Gumby.'' I just utilized the dying.sc script for the first time and I immediately noticed ..."