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[Pompidom]

Haven't tested it yet, but as it works as I think it does I plan to auto disable the trigger after each first map transition so that it doesn't become obnoxious. Just only 1 time when introduced to a new map.

thanks

[Pompidom]

I have been using entity.model:setEmissiveColor(vec(0,0,.1)) here and there with varying degrees of success.
it's a quick and dirty way of giving stuff another color and if you keep the values (0.05 - 0.1) low enough then it doesn't look like it's irradiated. It's helpful for giving multiple objects in close proximity another way to look slightly more unique. Trees for example.

Now some quick questions,
1. if I give the model of a monster a different color with entity.model:setEmissiveColor(vec(0,0,.1)) for example. And then proceed to kill this enemy. Will my mod crash later on seeing how it can't find the entity anymore after loading a saved game?

https://ibb.co/bbMJVY0

In this screenshot for example I have given the knight a cold blueish look, I have suspended their animation, so they look like they're frozen solid. You light the campfire so that they get warmer, this triggers a delayed call: entity.animation:enable() so they start moving again.

Now what I want to achieve is for example that their blue color slightly disappears gradually. Is there a script or some way to fadeout the emissiveColor over a period of several seconds back to neutral?
Going from entity.model:setEmissiveColor(vec(0,0,.1)) gradually to entity.model:setEmissiveColor(vec(0,0,0)) over the course of 10 seconds.

Basically in the same way like this script hooked to a timer where i make stuff move up or down
if posY < startHeight then
posY = posY - 0.005

I hope you understand what I'm trying to achieve

[Isaac]

Emissive color is emisive.

As for the Knight, why not this?

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skeleton_trooper_1.monster:setCondition("frozen", 99999999)

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skeleton_trooper_1.monster:setCondition("frozen", 0)

* If you want it animated, it will have to be a lower duration. The effect seems affected by the condition timer. It's strange. Setting it at up to a million looks good. The 5 million range creates a slideshow framerate, while setting it to math.huge eliminates all shading—flat 2D screenspace.

**The frozen effect only works [well] with single material monsters.
(That's actually the reason that multi-material monsters are immune to freezing.)

[Pompidom]

Well mainly because I don't know how to change colors of things in a better way.

And offcourse setCondition to frozen is indeed a better way of achieving my goal

Thanks Isaac


However I still want to accomplish my ininital idea of a timer hooked up to something like

if emissivecolor < StartColor then
emissivecolor = emissivecolor - 0.0001

where an object will gradually change it's emissive color.

For example where you heat stuff up and it starts to glow red gradually, overheats and then explodes.
I'm experimenting with a contraption I'm making.

[Isaac]

You can do that with a simple timer calling the function repeatedly.

Something like this (but could be made simpler) :

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snake_statue_1.model:setEmissiveColor(vec(1,0,0))


function fadeColor(objectId, step)
	if type(objectId) == "string" then
		local object = findEntity(objectId)
		if object then
			if not object.model:getEmissiveColor() then 
				object.model:setEmissiveColor(vec())
			end
			if  object.model:getEmissiveColor()[1] < 1 or
				object.model:getEmissiveColor()[2] < 1 or
				object.model:getEmissiveColor()[3] < 1
			 then
				local minimum = 0.001
				local step = step or -.01
				if  object.model:getEmissiveColor()[1] > minimum or
					object.model:getEmissiveColor()[2] > minimum or
					object.model:getEmissiveColor()[3] > minimum 
				 then
					object.model:setEmissiveColor( object.model:getEmissiveColor() + vec(step,step,step) )
				end
			end	
		end
	end
end

function object1()
	fadeColor("snake_statue_1", -.02)  --negative step value darkens, positive value lightens
end

[minmay]

Remember to scale the change by Time.deltaTime() instead of just changing it by 0.01 each frame! Otherwise it will take longer to fade the lower the framerate is.

[Pompidom]

Sounds great, I'll experiment with this later today

[Isaac]

Remember to scale the change by Time.deltaTime() instead of just changing it by 0.01 each frame! Otherwise it will take longer to fade the lower the framerate is.

Much better; and I should have remembered that.

_______________

This has turned into a fun experiment. —[Which might still have bugs!]

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function fadeColor(objectId, step, timer)
	if type(objectId) == "string" then
		local object = findEntity(objectId)		
		if object then 
			local function filter(target)
					for x = 1, 3 do
						if target[x] > 0 and target[x] <= 1 then
						  else target[x] = math.floor(target[x]+0.5)
						end
					end
					return target
				end
										
			if not object.model:getEmissiveColor() then 
				object.model:setEmissiveColor(vec())
			end
					
			local emColor = object.model:getEmissiveColor()	
			step = iff( step, vec(emColor[1]*step,emColor[2]*step,emColor[3]*step) , vec(emColor[1]*.01,emColor[2]*.01,emColor[3]*.01) )			
			object.model:setEmissiveColor( filter(emColor+step*(Time.deltaTime()*10)) )	
			
			emColor = object.model:getEmissiveColor()
			if (emColor[1] < 0.001 or emColor[1] >= 1) and
			   (emColor[2] < 0.001 or emColor[2] >= 1) and 
			   (emColor[3] < 0.001 or emColor[3] >= 1) then
				timer:stop()
			end	
		end
	end
end

--[[Usage:
	Connect timers to any of the example functions below; make more functions (one for each object) as needed.	
	
	For the examples, add three snake_staues to the map, and they will change colors. 
--]]

----------------------------------------------------------------------deletable examples:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
if snake_statue_1 and snake_statue_2 and snake_statue_3 then
	snake_statue_1.model:setEmissiveColor(vec(0,0,1))
	snake_statue_2.model:setEmissiveColor(vec(.001,-.9,0))
	snake_statue_3.model:setEmissiveColor(vec(1,1,0))
end
--[[
	To be affected, a color value must be greater or less than zero; zero values are ignored. 
	Non-zero color values will be proportionately incremented either brighter, or darker depending on 
	whether the step value is positive or negative. 
--]]
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

function object1(stop)
	fadeColor("snake_statue_1", -.05, stop)  --negative step value darkens, positive value lightens
end

function object2(stop)
	fadeColor("snake_statue_2", .25, stop)  --negative step value darkens, positive value lightens
end

function object3(stop)
	fadeColor("snake_statue_3", -.1, stop)  --negative step value darkens, positive value lightens
end

[Pompidom]

I'm still not sure how the script entirely works, but I find it interesting that I can achieve intenser colors with it.
Trees on the right are default, the trees on the left I have darkened with the script. Looks pretty sweet.

https://ibb.co/M86yhm1
https://ibb.co/61QF32M

It makes the trees and leaves simply look better and you can bring more variety changing the numbers on each tree individually while running the exact same script

[Isaac]

They look good.

The script is intended for realtime color shifting. It's overkill to use it for static/permanent changes at load time.

Any color you can get with this script, can just be assigned directly, and with just one line.
If you know the color values, then you can place a script with only the adjustment calls, and it should work.