Newbie DarkRadiant Questions

[Deshtat]

Alright, I tried to get some "avi to roq" converters, but I can't really guess which one is the right one.

I found a tutorial that linked to "Quake Video Maker", but it looks quite old. What should I use, in your opinion?

[Sotha]

I've been using avconv on linux to convert video to .roq... Perhaps there is a windows version?

[Obsttorte]

ffmpeg is what I am using.

[Deshtat]

Well I tried to get Avconv on Windows, but it crashes on start. I also tried to get ffmpeg, but it looks like their website is down. Would you have a link, by any chance?

 

EDIT : Nevermind, FFMPEG is back on track ^^ I'm downloading it asap.

Edited June 16, 2015 by Deshtat

[Deshtat]

Oh man, that's so complicated x) I managed to get some .roq files, but I have no clue how this whole material thing works...

 

Whatever I create (models, textures, videos...) for my level, they won't show up in the editor. I think I get the structure wrong, and most articles in the wiki are not so clear to me.

 

Let's say I have a .roq file (the video) and an .mtr file (the material info). Where should I put them to make them both show up in the editor?

 

I tried to create a /materials and a /video folder in my FM folder, but I don't get anything.

Edited June 16, 2015 by Deshtat

[Sotha]

You could examine U2: flock .pk4 to see how it is put together.

 

Objects of interest:

/materials/briefing.mtr

and

/video/ulysses_briefing.roq

[Deshtat]

Alright, I think I get this. Thanks a lot!

 

So everything look okay, at least to me. I still can't get it to play in the game though.

 

I created a GUI file called "testboum.gui" :

 

windowDef Desktop
{
   rect 0 ,0 ,1024 ,768
   backcolor 0, 0, 0, 1
   matcolor 0, 0, 0, 1
   background "guis/assets/common/bg"

   windowDef VidFrame
   {
       rect 0,0,1024,768
       visible 1
       backcolor 1, 1, 1, 0
       windowDef RoqFile
       {
           rect 0,0,1024,768
           visible 1
           background "video/testboom"        // roq shader defined in the material file
           matcolor 1,1,1,1
           onTime 8000
           {
               resetCinematics;
               resetTime "Anim" "0";
               // localsound "video/myroqtest.ogg";  sound file to accompany the video
           }
       }
   }
}

As I have no sound yet, I just removed the option temporarily.

 

I also created a material file called "testboum.mtr" :

video/testboum
{
     qer_editorimage textures/editor/video

     {
          videoMap loop video/testboum.roq
          
     }
}

In the video folder, I put my RoQ file called "testboum.roq".

 

And finally, within my level, I created a trigger_once that is supposed to call the following script :

 

void thetuto_testboum() {

$player1.createOverlay( "guis/testboum.gui", 100 );

}

So, I tried this, but when I touch the trigger_once, nothing happens. It doesn't crash, and I have no error messages. I guess I messed up at some point, but I have no idea where... any ideas?

 

Sorry to bother you with all that stuff x) I am not really the coding type...

Edited June 16, 2015 by Deshtat

[Goldwell]

Try putting the { on its own line so it looks like this

 

void thetuto_testboum()

{
$player1.createOverlay( "guis/testboum.gui", 100 );
}

Edited June 17, 2015 by Goldwell

[Deshtat]

I tried this, but nothing new happened. =/

 

By the way, my RoQ file is 1024 by 768, and it is 30 FPS. I removed the audio on it, also.

Edited June 17, 2015 by Deshtat

[Goldwell]

I have a door that when frobbed activates a trigger_once entity. I set it up via the stim/response system and it works great however if the player presses the use button with say a lock pick out (as some players do) nothing happens because its not a frob.

 

So my question is, is there a way to activate that trigger_once by detecting if the player is trying to pick lock a door as well as frob it?

 

Thanks!

[stumpy]

the first windowDef should have its rect size as 0, 0, 640, 480 in a guis

after than it can be any size

eg.

windowDef Desktop

{

rect 0, 0, 640, 480

windowDef InsideDesktop

{

rect 0,0, 1024, 768

}

}

 

it will fit to screen

[Deshtat]

Just tried this too, but I still get nothing ^^" I have no clue where the problem is...

 

Well, until I find out, I think I might as well start my cutscenes. Which display ratio should I use, in your opinion?

[stumpy]

think the problem is on the trigger_once entity

to call a script

it would be

call thetuto_testboum

 

the script file should have the same name as the map file except the extension being script instead of map or proc

eg

mymap.map

mymap.script

 

plus in the script you have no way to exit the video once it plays

 

so you would need something like

 

float overlayHandle;

void float overlayHandle;

void thetuto_testboum()
{
sys.print("walk into trigger.\n");
overlayHandle = $player1.createOverlay("guis/testboum.gui", 100); //opens guis at layer 100
sys.wait(8); //length of video in seconds
sys.print("exit screen.\n");
$player1.destroyOverlay( overlayHandle ); //closes guis at layer 100
}

[Deshtat]

The trigger_once is working alright (the called script can print a debug message).

So I tried to add your method, so my script looks like this :

void thetuto_testboum()

{
      sys.print("walk into trigger.\n");
	float overlayHandle;
      overlayHandle = $player1.createOverlay("guis/testboum.gui", 100); //opens guis at layer 100
	sys.wait(5); //length of video in seconds
      sys.print("exit screen.\n");
      $player1.destroyOverlay( overlayHandle ); //closes guis at layer 100
}

Until now, it only printed "walk into trigger", but nothing happened then.

 

Could it be that the RoQ file is wrong?

 

I'm going to try this with some random video file from other FMs x)

 

EDIT :

 

I just tried with a working RoQ file from Ulysse 2 (thanks!) , but it still doesn't play.

 

I tried to make it play for 5 secondes, and then to print a debug message. Once I touch the trigger_once, nothing shows up, but after 5 seconds, I get the debug print in the console. Thus, the script worked, but something about the GUI must be weird.

Edited June 19, 2015 by Deshtat

[stumpy]

I can get it to work,

I have noticed that in the gui file the video part is not spelt the same as the material definition you got it as

 

background "video/testboom"

 

and in the material its video/testboum

[Deshtat]

Thanks for pointing this out! But sadly, nothing new happens... xD At this point, I'm kind of confused.

 

Does anyone have a working exemple of this? There are many FMs, and I don't know which ones have in-game roq files playing as cutscenes. I think I'll have to grab some scripts from former missions and to change names, or something like that x)

[Goldwell]

edit: nevermind I figured it out

Edited June 20, 2015 by Goldwell

[Sotha]

Anyone have some good tips how to make good looking water in TDM?

 

I was thinking of making a dilapitated fountain that overflows, but the water textures look quite bad and... non-watery, more like a spell effect.

[Springheel]

Arcturus made some great water, though I think it was mostly flat with ripples rather than cascading.

[Airship Ballet]

Playing with ShaderParms can create different effects that better suit falling water.

[Sotha]

Thanks!

 

Playing with ShaderParms can create different effects that better suit falling water.

 

Know any good starting values?

[Airship Ballet]

'fraid not, but using the stream texture and turning both parms down is probably the way to go. Defaults are:

 

 

 

shaderParm5 0.05

shaderParm6 0.75

Edited June 22, 2015 by Airship Ballet

[Agent Jones]

How do I load a custom GUI while in the game world? The testgui command doesn't allow me to test an overlay over the world. It just draws on top of a black screen. I'm trying to make a GUI for dialogue and choices.

Edited July 2, 2015 by Agent Jones

[stumpy]

use a switch with a

 

state_change_callback name_of_script

 

the script starts the gui

 

float overlayHandle;

 

void name_of_script(entity mover_lever, boolean bOpen, boolean bLocked, boolean bInterrupted)

{

overlayHandle = $player1.createOverlay("guis/path to gui/file_esm.gui", 100 );

sys.wait(30); //time in seconds

gui_deactivate();

}

 

to get out of the gui its

 

void gui_deactivate()
{
$player1.destroyOverlay( overlayHandle );
}

 

scripts are back to front

 

so it would be something like

 

float overlayHandle;

 

void gui_deactivate()
{
$player1.destroyOverlay( overlayHandle );
}

 

void name_of_script(entity mover_lever, boolean bOpen, boolean bLocked, boolean bInterrupted)

{

overlayHandle = $player1.createOverlay("guis/path to gui/file_esm.gui", 100 );

sys.wait(30); //time in seconds

gui_deactivate();

}

 

 

to send information from script to gui its

 

$player1.callGui(overlayHandle, "button");

 

to send from gui to script its

 

windowDef button
{
rect 455, 228, 64, 64
background "guis/assets/path/button.tga"
matcolor 0.6, 0.6, 0.6, 1
visible 0

onMouseEnter
{
set "matcolor" "1, 1, 0, 1";
}

onMouseExit
{
set "matcolor" "0.6, 0.6, 0.6, 1";
}

onAction
{
runScript "press_button";
}
}

[Agent Jones]

Thank you. There's one small problem: the player camera always follows the cursor in the gui.The wiki page says:

 

While an interactive overlay exists, the player will be given a cursor which they can use to click on buttons and such, but their view will not be locked - it is up to the script to do that if so desired.

 

Is there a way to manually lock the camera in TDM? I've tried using func_cameraview and adding the overlay to the camera, but it looks like it doesn't support GUI overlays.

 

Edit: I've found a way by using scriptEvent void setTurnHinderance(string source, float mCap, float fCap); . I hope this will be useful to others in the future to create dialogue choices.

 

I'll post screenshots soon.

Edited July 3, 2015 by Agent Jones