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GuiXFadeBitmapCtrl

by Chris "C2" Byars · in Torque Game Engine · 05/02/2006 (2:19 pm) · 5 replies

I use the GuiXFadeBitmapCtrl for an excellent bitmap fading GUI, however I use this paired with my weapon HUD image script, which calls "setBitmap" for each weapon when you swap weapons. Problem is, the GuiXFadeBitmapCtrl's bitmap fades out and doesn't come back. I need it to appear each time setBitmap is called, so the HUD image fades in then out nicely.

I'm not so great at the source, but if I can take some pointers I'm sure I could do this.

Thanks! :)
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Torque Owner Chris "C2" Byars
Ion Productions
#1
05/02/2006 (7:29 pm)
I notice if I open or close the GUI or Mission Editor, that the bitmap restarts/reloads so that its fade in/out sequence plays. All I need is something to reset the GUI or tell it to update or something when the setBitmap function is called or something like that.

Torque Owner Chris "C2" Byars
Ion Productions
#2
05/05/2006 (3:34 pm)
Anything?

Associate Manoel Neto
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#3
05/07/2006 (6:21 am)
You only need to set wakeTime to the current time and it starts fading again.

Find this line:
IMPLEMENT_CONOBJECT(GuiXFadeBitmapCtrl);

Add this right after it:

ConsoleMethod(GuiXFadeBitmapCtrl, reset, void, 2, 2, "reset() re-starts the fade")
{
	object->wakeTime = Platform::getRealMilliseconds();
	object->done = false;
}

Then just call the reset() method on any GuiXFadeBitmapCtrl to make it start fading again.

Torque Owner Chris "C2" Byars
Ion Productions
#4
05/07/2006 (6:49 am)
Whoa thanks :D

Torque Owner Chris "C2" Byars
Ion Productions
#5
05/07/2006 (7:11 am)
Now it doesn't fade at all, no matter if I have "weaponHUD.reset();" or not.

Edit: Actually it appears it doesn't fade even without your addition. Guess it's not compatible with TSE MS3/TGE 1.4. Looks like someone left a comment on that resource page even asking for an update to work with TGE 1.4 (TSE MS3).