Adventure Game Studio

Hi all,

I've found that using FadeOut(1) or FadeIn(1) is still very fast even though it is apparantly on the lowest speed. I want to use these slow fades for something like a title or introduction sequence. Is there anyway to get it to go slower?

thanks

If you want it slower, you could create a very large animation that would run over the whole screen, run the animation, then change rooms, and then reverse the animation.  since it would be a big animation, and not all that hard to make, it may be what you are looking for.

If your game is 256 colors, you could create two new functions (Credits to Dorcan for creating this script  :) )

function PaletteVariation(int r, int g, int b, int start, int end){
// This function is for the color balance
 J=start;
 while (J<=end) {
     pr[J]=palette[J].r;  //backup of the palette
       if (palette[J].r+r<0) palette[J].r=0; else
       if (palette[J].r+r>63) palette[J].r=63; else
       palette[J].r+=r;
     
     pg[J]=palette[J].g;
       if (palette[J].g+g<0) palette[J].g=0; else
       if (palette[J].g+g>63) palette[J].g=63; else
       palette[J].g+=g;
       
     pb[J]=palette[J].b;
       if (palette[J].b+b<0) palette[J].b=0; else
       if (palette[J].b+b>63) palette[J].b=63; else
       palette[J].b+=b;
           
     J++;
 }

 UpdatePalette();

 J=start; // restore the palette backup
 while (J<=end) {
     palette[J].r=pr[J];
     palette[J].g=pg[J];
     palette[J].b=pb[J];
     J++;
 }
}

function Fade(int oR, int oG, int oB, int R, int G, int B, int start, int end, int speed){
 nR=oR;
 nG=oG;
 nB=oB;
 
 while ((nR!=R) && (nG!=G) && (nB!=B)){
   if (R<oR) nR--; else nR++;
   if (G<oG) nG--; else nG++;
   if (B<oB) nB--; else nB++;
   PaletteVariation(nR, nG, nB, start, end);
   Wait(speed);
 }
}  

Then just import those functions in your script header and put this in your room script to fade in:

Fade(-256, -256, -256, 0, 0, 0, 0, 255, 4  );

And this to fade out:

Fade(0, 0, 0, -256, -256, -256, 0, 255, 4  );

You can change the 4 if that's still not the speed you want.

Of course, this is probably a bit more complicated than it needs to be. I'm sure a more experienced scripter could simplify it a bit more.. Also, this only works in 256 colors, so if you're using high color, you'll have to find another solution.. Like fading away a large object with SetObjectTransparency().

EDIT: Hmm.. That spell-check messed up the script. You'll have to change "are" to "r"  :P

Thanks for the help guys!