Newbie DarkRadiant Questions

[ERH+]

Spyglass just zoom in (changing angle of FOV).

[ERH+]

I have problem with unintentionally translucent models in gui:

[img]https://imgur.com/a/ctxvu6P[/img]

windowDef Desktop {
  rect 0, 0, 640, 480
  backcolor 0 ,0 ,0 ,0
  visible  1                          
  nocursor 1


    renderDef rosary_cord1
  {
    rect           0, 0, 640, 480
    visible        1
    model          "models/erh_rosary_cord_bow_b.ase"
    needsRender    1
    modelRotate    "gui::Offset_vert"/4, "gui::Offset_horz"-22.5, 0, 1
    modelOrigin    0, 0, 0, 1
    viewOffset     ("gui::cord_horz1"*250)+50, "gui::cord_vert1"*250, 80, 1
    lightOrigin    -200, ("gui::light_Offset_vert"*100), "gui::light_Offset_horz"*100, 1
    lightColor     0.8, 0.8, 0.8, 1
  }

    renderDef dice1
  {
    rect           0, 0, 640, 480
    visible        1
    model          "models/erh_rosary_dice.ase"
    needsRender    1
    modelRotate    "gui::Offset_vert"*2, "gui::Offset_horz"+45, 0, 1             //+135
    modelOrigin     0, 0, 0, 1
    viewOffset     ("gui::dice_horz1_n"*250)+50, "gui::dice_vert1_n"*250, 80, 1
    lightOrigin    -200, "gui::light_Offset_vert"*100, "gui::light_Offset_horz"*100, 1
    lightColor     0.5, 0.0, 1.0, 1   //purple
  }

}

(-there are 8 models of cord and 8 of bead.)

This is a rosary, reacting to the player's viewing angles. But you can see the model's back. Sometimes it goes away at some angles of the player's rotations. In some arrangements of renderDef bracelets, a few models work fine, the rest don't.

Edited November 2 by ERH+

[datiswous]

On 11/2/2025 at 9:28 AM, ERH+ said:

backcolor 0 ,0 ,0 ,0

What does this do?

[ERH+]

Nothing? Sometimes I just copy-paste other guis and modify them.

[datiswous]

Maybe it's nothing, but I saw on other renderdef example that

backcolor 0 ,0 ,0 ,0

was also applied inside the renderdef as well.

 

For example:

 

Maybe backcolor 0,0,0,0 means transparent?

 

Here it says backcolor 0,0,0,0 means black but transparent:

https://wiki.thedarkmod.com/index.php?title=GUI_Scripting:_Syntax,_Semantics,_%26_Usage

I don't really understand all the code, so can't see if it's related.

Edited November 5 by datiswous

[Frost_Salamander]

I've added a bit to the Wiki to show how to automatically remove single-use keys from the player inventory after they are used.  I've seen a lot of players ask for this as some don't like loads of keys clogging up their inventory. I know some authors have done this already, but I didn't see anything in the Wiki about it.

https://wiki.thedarkmod.com/index.php?title=Doors#Automatically_Removing_Keys_from_Player_Inventory_After_Use

If someone has a simpler method, I'd be happy to update or change the Wiki entry.

[JackFarmer]

5 minutes ago, Frost_Salamander said:

I've added a bit to the Wiki to show how to automatically remove single-use keys from the player inventory after they are used.  I've seen a lot of players ask for this as some don't like loads of keys clogging up their inventory. I know some authors have done this already, but I didn't see anything in the Wiki about it.

https://wiki.thedarkmod.com/index.php?title=Doors#Automatically_Removing_Keys_from_Player_Inventory_After_Use

If someone has a simpler method, I'd be happy to update or change the Wiki entry.

What if you give the relevant door a frob response via S/R which removes the key in question?

[Frost_Salamander]

1 minute ago, JackFarmer said:

What if you give the relevant door a frob response via S/R which removes the key in question?

I'm not sure that will work - initially I tried using frob_action_script, but when you are unlocking a door with a key you aren't actually frobbing it, so that script never gets invoked.  I then tried used_action_script, but apparently that works for everything BUT doors.  So I ended up using the triggers.

[JackFarmer]

12 minutes ago, Frost_Salamander said:

I'm not sure that will work - initially I tried using frob_action_script, but when you are unlocking a door with a key you aren't actually frobbing it, so that script never gets invoked.  I then tried used_action_script, but apparently that works for everything BUT doors.  So I ended up using the triggers.

You are right; it does not work (I vaguely recall that I tried this for the first mission of HHBAM).

[datiswous]

Is it possible to change spawnargs of an entity during gameplay (via scripts and/or triggers, etc.) if the entity is an inventory item at mapstart?

[ERH+]

Most of them no, but you can comunicate something in the item's script via e.g. color xyz.