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Timbles wrote:Is it possible to make each rain particle make a splash effect when they reach the ground?

Gyrth wrote:

Timbles wrote:Is it possible to make each rain particle make a splash effect when they reach the ground?

I'm not sure. I do know that ever drop can leave a decal. But after a few hundred decals the game begins to slow down. I tried it with blood. Looked very apocalyptic.

Timbles wrote:If I ever make a Therium-2, I'm gonna have it snow.
Or rain.
Or have it just do both.

Gyrth, can you give us an example of what 2 level scripts would look in the level .xml?

Gyrth wrote:

Timbles wrote:If I ever make a Therium-2, I'm gonna have it snow.
Or rain.
Or have it just do both.

Gyrth, can you give us an example of what 2 level scripts would look in the level .xml?

It's pretty simple. Just put two <Script></Script> in the xml file. Although the order does seem to matter. First the level script and then the rain or snow script. Only then do they both work.

rainandversus.xml

int num_chars = GetNumCharacters();
for(int i=0; i<num_chars; ++i){
    MovementObject@ char = ReadCharacter(i);
        ...
}

Ogaito wrote:Sorry for being such a noob, but what do I exactly need to add to the .xml files? Cuz I tried adding the files but it didn't work, It's probably me doing shit though.

last wrote:It probably stops because your computer can't handle to play so much sound effectd at the same time

last wrote:It probably stops because your computer can't handle to play so much sound effectd at the same time

<Script>Data/Scripts/challengelevel.as</Script>

I've tried the rain mod in Stucco Courtyard Arena. Added the script tags to the xml file. Apart from the fact that the script does not work there because in your code you assume that the character number is 0 (it actually varies), the order is imporant, but doesn't really fix any problems. If your script comes before the test_custom_level.as it does not rain.
If your script comes after the test_custom_level.as, it rains. But the test_custom_level.as is not being loaded (thus breaking the logic).
My guess is whatever script comes last overwrites the Init, HasFocus, DrawGUI and Update functions and is the only one being executed.

A possible solution is taking the code from your update function and adding it the update function of the test_custom_level.as, but that's just messing up the core code

Timbles wrote:Two ideas for this:
1. Constant loop sound effect for the rain instead of individual drops
2. Snow particles to stick on the ground for 2 seconds, then fade
Otherwise, I wonder if someone can make assets for snow to be placed (other then decals)?