Overlap fade textures

[Avator]

[Solved] Overlap fade textures

I've got a camera with fade texture 'Haze And Fog'. But now I want another texture 'Black/White Mask' to overlap this. Right now, I have these 2 in a row, but when the Black/White Mask starts, the Haze And Fog disappears immediately, and then the other texture starts appearing.

How can I keep the Haze And Fog fade texture on while starting the Black/White Mask fade texture?

 

[Ribenamania]

You can use fog of war ...
Make the fog dense until whole screen become black. ^^

 

[Avator]

Ok, this is the first time I've ever done anything with fog, so I need some help with that.
My camera is pointed straight down, and is hanging 100 above the ground. I've set the density to 0.01, and yet I still get a complete black screen. I've tried with high z-start/z-end and with low z-start/z-end. I've specificly changed the color to 50/50/50, so I notice the difference between the Haze And Fog and the fog of war.

I want the screen to go black gradually (so I assume I have to choose linear fog style). Can anyone tell me what settings I should apply?

 

[Ribenamania]

lOl , are you making a cinematic ? (just asking)

Here's the trigger to get a black screen.

• Environment - Set fog to style Linear, z-start 0.00, z-end 0.00, density 0.00 and color (0.00%, 0.00%, 0.00%)

Good luck !

 

[Avator]

Yes, but that makes the screen black at once.
I want the screen to get black gradually.

 

[LazyCoder]

I'm afraid there's really no good way to do that

Terrain fog has the potential to work, but it'll fade the farther stuff faster than the closer stuff.

 

[Ribenamania]

Yes, but that makes the screen black at once.
I want the screen to get black gradually.

Uh .. there is a way to do that.

Set fog z-start and z-end lower and lower and finally 0..

Example
z-start || z-end
5000 || 5000
3000 || 3000
'' || ''
'' || ''
0 || 0

 

[Avator]

Done that at 100 and 0.01 density, but with both, I still get a black screen immediately.

 

[LazyCoder]

By having the z-start and z-end values the same, you're doing nothing more than simulating the farz of the camera.

 

[Avator]

So you say I should change those values? To what should I change them then?

 

[Super-Sheep]

• Fade
  • Events
    • Time - Elapsed game time is 1.00 seconds
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Cinematic - Apply a filter over 1.00 seconds using Normal blending on texture Haze And Fog, starting with color (0.00%, 0.00%, 0.00%) and 100.00% transparency and ending with color (0.00%, 0.00%, 0.00%) and 0.00% transparency

You can't have more than an one mask per a time.

 

[Avator]

I probably shouldn't ask, because I've never worked with JASS before, but is it possible with JASS?

 

[Super-Sheep]

I guess that its possible with JASS, because almost everyhing is possible with it and I hate that. Just because I don't know any JASS and it feels impossible to learn, so I never gave it a try, but maybe on a some day..

 

[Avator]

Same here
It's just way too much for me, and I'm able to do a lot with normal triggers, so I don't bother with JASS unless I need at a moment like this one.
Again: If anyone knows a JASS solution, please share. Reputation will be the reward

 

[LazyCoder]

Umm... it's a warcraft 3 limitation... JASS cannot overcome that.

I know JASS, and I know you can't have 2 fade filters with it.

EDIT: Ok basically, a fade filter is just a plane that's stretched across the camera, and by applying the fade filter, you're setting the texture, and changing the alpha (so usually it's alpha 0). So it's like you can't add another layer just with JASS (you'd have to do some modding too).

 

[LazyCoder]

Hmm... just had a thought... you could FAKE IT. You'd need a custom model, just a sphere, with normals pointing inwards, then have a periodic event trigger (around 0.05 seconds), moving the sphere to the camera's coordinates (and setting flying height to camera's z), then by manipulating the objects transparency.

 

[Avator]

That would be way too much trouble in my opinion

Guess that's a problem solved for me then. Unfortunately not with a happy ending...
Thanks anyway.

If there are people who are interested in your way, LazyCoder, then they can just use this thread and you can provide them the info here.