[Trigger] Turning Lights Off For Specific Regions

[Wark]

I know about the Custom script: call SetDayNightModels ("","")

But, is there a way to apply this to a specific region, and not the whole map?

 

[MyPad]

I think that function is safe for local clients, so when the camera via a GetCameraTargetPosition... is within the bounds of that region, via some IsPointInRegion native (which may or may not exist), you call that function above.

 

[Lizreu]

I think that function is safe for local clients, so when the camera via a GetCameraTargetPosition... is within the bounds of that region, via some IsPointInRegion native (which may or may not exist), you call that function above.

Yeah, this is precisely how I do it in my map. It's perfectly save to call in a local context.

Just grab the camera position in compare it against your rect bounds, and then apply the DNC if needed. Just make sure to rever it when the camera goes back outside the region.

 

[Wark]

Just grab the camera position in compare it against your rect bounds, and then apply the DNC if needed. Just make sure to rever it when the camera goes back outside the region.

I am struggling to find an event to trigger this. How would you recommend executing this for a player's camera going into and out of specific regions?

 

[Pyrogasm]

Camera move doesn't have any events associated with it as far as I know. If I was doing this I'd periodically check camera position for each player. If you can be more specific about when/why you want to change the day/night models perhaps there's something else you can use instead, like a unit enters region, spell cast, or unit in range event.

 

[Dr Super Good]

Use a periodic trigger. Basically a trigger that fires every X game seconds. A good time would be every second or 0.5 seconds. Be aware that the change might be instant and so might cause cut in/out as the player pans their camera.

 

[Wark]

I'm still in the dark completely for this (no pun intended). I still can't find any conditions to go with this per player for camera position.
Basically, all I've got is:

• Cave Lighting
  • Events
    • Time - Every 0.50 seconds of game time
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
      • Then - Actions
        • Custom script: call SetDayNightModels("","")
      • Else - Actions
        • Custom script: call SetDayNightModels("Environment\\DNC\\DNCLordaeron\\DNCLordaeronTerrain\\DNCLordaeronTerrain.mdx","Environment\\DNC\\DNCLordaeron\\DNCLordaeronUnit\\DNCLordaeronUnit.mdx")

It does nothing, I know.
I want to make it so that whenever a player's camera is in "RegionA" and "RegionB," the lights turn off for that player specifically (like @Sir Moriarty and @MyPad mentioned),
but then turn back on when they leave that region.
So, how exactly do I go about executing this?

 

[MyPad]

There is this function which you can use in the if-conditional statement:

function RectContainsCoords(rect r, real x, real y) returns boolean

Don't be confused with the rect type, it is simply the JASS equivalent of the GUI region type.
Now, you can use the following natives:

constant native GetCameraTargetPositionX() returns real
constant native GetCameraTargetPositionY() returns real

Use those two natives as the parameters in RectContainsCoords. However, you may have to use custom script in its' entirety...

if <condition> then
    call SetDayNightModels("","")
else
    call SetDayNightModels("Environment\\DNC\\DNCLordaeron\\DNCLordaeronTerrain\\DNCLordaeronTerrain.mdx","Environment\\DNC\\DNCLordaeron\\DNCLordaeronUnit\\DNCLordaeronUnit.mdx")
endif

 

[Dr Super Good]

The idea is that you evaluate everyones camera synchronously, then use GetLocalPlayer to locally select which model to use for Day/Night based on the synchronous results.

That would be a loop through all players and if GetLocalPlayer is equal to the current player then show that players results.