[General] DNCs and GetLocalPlayer

[LittleBigApple]

Hi there
I was wondering: is it possible to change DNCs (fx DNCLordaeronTerrian.mdx) for individuel players if their camera is within a specific area?

For instance, if a player's camera 'goes' into a dark forest I want it to become really dark and spooky while the camera is within the area. But it's a multiplayer map so ofcourse the DNCs should only change for that specific player.

 

[DracoL1ch]

ye, nothing wrong with changing visuals locally.

 

[LittleBigApple]

Cool! Sorry for asking, but how may it be done?

 

[DracoL1ch]

periodic trigger
check camera eye position
if (x/y in the region of forest AND CurrentLighter != wood) then set light to the one you need
save integer CurrentLighter=Wood, for instance, to keep track of currently active light
else Set default light and set CurrentLigher to anything else

 

[Aniki]

Here's a list of the DNC model paths.

You can use the GetLocalPlayer() and the native SetDayNightModels takes string terrainDNCFile, string unitDNCFile returns nothing natives:

local player p = Player(0) // Player Red
if p == GetLocalPlayer() then
    call SetDayNightModels("Environment\\DNC\\DNCAshenvale\\DNCAshenValeTerrain\\DNCAshenValeTerrain.mdx", "Environment\\DNC\\DNCAshenvale\\DNCAshenValeUnit\\DNCAshenValeUnit.mdx")
endif

to change a specific player's DNC models.

You can determine a player's camera target x/y coordinates with these natives

constant native GetCameraTargetPositionX    takes nothing returns real
constant native GetCameraTargetPositionY    takes nothing returns real
constant native GetCameraTargetPositionZ    takes nothing returns real
constant native GetCameraTargetPositionLoc  takes nothing returns location

...

local player p = Player(0)
local real x
local real y
if p == GetLocalPlayer() then
    set x = GetCameraTargetPositionX()
    set y = GetCameraTargetPositionY()
endif

and if a point is within a rect with:

function IsPointInRect takes rect r, real x, real y returns boolean
    return (GetRectMinX(r) <= x and x <= GetRectMaxX(r)) and (GetRectMinY(r) <= y and y <= GetRectMaxY(r))
endfunction

With that said you should be able to do what DracoL1ch described.

 

[LittleBigApple]

I am not use to using vJass at all, but I think I undestands what you wrote, hehe. I'm going to see if I can make it work.
And thank you too, DracoL1ch!

 

[DracoL1ch]

thats plain jass