Entire screen for player and limiting it to a unit's line of sight during a cinematic

[hollow]

Im making a cinematic for a map, but i want the viewer to see everything as though they were playing it.

What i mean is
- whenever the cinematic mode comes on you can see everything on the screen.
- i want to make it so that you can only see whatever is in the unit's line of sight.

can someone help me?

 

[Rui]

The GUI action runs several JASS functions that do all this, it's a matter of decomposing it... but perhaps a more experienced script designer can do this for you.

 

[sadvisor]

i do not understand.
"What i mean is:
- whenever the cinematic mode comes on you can see everything on the screen.
- i want to make it so that you can only see whatever is in the unit's line of sight."

 

[Vizel]

Well, the line of sight issue would be simple enough with LoS Blockers, perhaps? I've never tried it, but perhaps creating the LOS blockers and then destroying them later. OR - if you mean, First Person view...I'm not sure on how to do that, but it would be with a well placed camera, and I know there is a tut for that: http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/...rials-279/creating-first-person-camera-93891/

But by "everything on the screen" do you mean without the letterbox look? Because, to my knowledge, that cannot be removed. It can be altered, though!

Also, Rui, your explanation confused me as well, sorry. o.o

The GUI action runs several JASS functions that do all this

Oxymorons and 3am do NOT mix very well. I'm sure I'll look at this tomorrow and "/facepalm" though.

Either way, I hope I was able to help, ^^

 

[Rui]

The action you use to do this runs many functions "behind the scenes". Meaning, for you it's only one action, but it actually does a tad of things like creating the black mask, disabling the mouse control for the player, and more.

I was hoping some script writer would read the thread and help you, but you didn't succeed in making the title look very appealing.

If you don't mind, I'll change it.
~Thread moderated (title changed to "Entire screen for player and limiting it to a unit's line of sight during a cinematic")

 

[PurplePoot]

Rui is correct in that the BJ cinematic functions make the map fully visible while running. Your options to fix this are either to use your own modified function or to just re-enable visibility restrictions after the cinematic begins.

 

[Vizel]

Yeah I just reread it Rui, and like I said, it would make sense to me when I wasn't so tired, lol.

But what you said is logical, therefore it makes sense to me, ^^

But unfortunately, since I don't know JASS, I cannot help this person any further, so I hope the help they need is found.

Good luck!

 

[PurplePoot]

Here's the fixed function: Use it instead of start/stop cinematic (cineMode = false if you are stopping, true if you are starting).

Function

function CinematicModeExBJ takes boolean cineMode, force forForce, real interfaceFadeTime returns nothing
    // If the game hasn't started yet, perform interface fades immediately
    if (not bj_gameStarted) then
        set interfaceFadeTime = 0
    endif

    if (cineMode) then
        // Save the UI state so that we can restore it later.
        if (not bj_cineModeAlreadyIn) then
            set bj_cineModeAlreadyIn = true
            set bj_cineModePriorSpeed = GetGameSpeed()
            set bj_cineModeSavedSeed = GetRandomInt(0, 1000000)
        endif

        // Perform local changes
        if (IsPlayerInForce(GetLocalPlayer(), forForce)) then
            // Use only local code (no net traffic) within this block to avoid desyncs.
            call ClearTextMessages()
            call ShowInterface(false, interfaceFadeTime)
            call EnableUserControl(false)
            call EnableOcclusion(false)
            call SetCineModeVolumeGroupsBJ()
        endif

        // Perform global changes
        call SetGameSpeed(bj_CINEMODE_GAMESPEED)
        call SetMapFlag(MAP_LOCK_SPEED, true)
        call EnableWorldFogBoundary(false)

        // Use a fixed random seed, so that cinematics play consistently.
        call SetRandomSeed(0)
    else
        set bj_cineModeAlreadyIn = false

        // Perform local changes
        if (IsPlayerInForce(GetLocalPlayer(), forForce)) then
            // Use only local code (no net traffic) within this block to avoid desyncs.
            call ShowInterface(true, interfaceFadeTime)
            call EnableUserControl(true)
            call EnableOcclusion(true)
            call VolumeGroupReset()
            call EndThematicMusic()
            call CameraResetSmoothingFactorBJ()
        endif

        // Perform global changes
        call SetMapFlag(MAP_LOCK_SPEED, false)
        call SetGameSpeed(bj_cineModePriorSpeed)
        call EnableWorldFogBoundary(true)
        call SetRandomSeed(bj_cineModeSavedSeed)
    endif
endfunction

 

[idodik]

Well, I think there are some solutions for this:
1. If this needs to operate in a cinematic just enable letterbox mode and set the camera without touching the cinematic mode functions. Also, create there a visibility circle. I don't think more is needed in this case.
2. In case this needs to operate ingame you should play with the line of sight of the units, using Chaos or Ultravision or whatever.
You'll probably go for PurplePoot's solution... It's okay, I would have too.

 

[hollow]

ok, thanks for your help!