Slide show

[shagileo]

Hellow,

I was wondering how I could make something like a slide show in my map. I’ve seen it in other maps before (e.g.: Gamma mill => newbie television or something)
You could see a television with images that change, instructing the players how to trickjump. Now, I would like to create a similar effect (not a tutorial on how to TJ of course, but with fading or changing images).

I understood it had nothing to do with scripting (yuy )
Anyway, thanks for the help

grtz,

[th0rn3]

OK, I was reading through the Q3A Shader Manual when I found this

6.1.3 AnimMap <frequency> <texture1> … <texture8>
The surfaces in the game can be animated by displaying a sequence of 1 to 8 frames (separate texture maps). These animations are affected by other keyword effects in the same and later shader stages.

<Frequency>: the number of times that the animation cycle will repeat within a one second time period. The larger the value, the more repeats within a second. Animations that should last for more than a second need to be expressed as decimal values.

<texture1> … <texture8>: the texturepath/texture name for each animation frame must be explicitly listed. Up to eight frames (eight separate .tga files) can be used to make an animated sequence. Each frame is displayed for an equal subdivision of the frequency value.

Example: AnimMap 0.25 animMap 10 textures/sfx/b_flame1.tga textures/sfx/b_flame2.tga textures/sfx/b_flame3.tga textures/sfx/b_flame4.tga would be a 4 frame animated sequence, calling each frame in sequence over a cycle length of 4 seconds. Each frame would be displayed for 1 seconds before the next one is displayed. The cycle repeats after the last frame in sequence is shown.

Design Notes: To make a texture image appear for an unequal (longer) amount of time (compared to other frames), repeat that frame more than once in the sequence.

textures/sfx/flameanim_blue
{

  //*************************************************
  //* Blue Flame *
  //* July 20, 1999 Surface Light 1800 *
  //*Please Comment Changes *
  //*************************************************
  qer_editorimage textures/sfx/b_flame7.tga
  q3map_lightimage textures/sfx/b_flame7.tga
  surfaceparm trans
  surfaceparm nomarks
  surfaceparm nolightmap
  cull none
  q3map_surfacelight 1800
  // texture changed to blue flame.... PAJ
  {

        animMap 10 textures/sfx/b_flame1.tga
        textures/sfx/b_flame2.tga
        textures/sfx/b_flame3.tga
        textures/sfx/b_flame4.tga
        textures/sfx/b_flame5.tga
        textures/sfx/b_flame6.tga
        textures/sfx/b_flame7.tga
        textures/sfx/b_flame8.tga
        blendFunc GL_ONE GL_ONE
        rgbGen wave inverseSawtooth 0 1 0 10
*

  }
  {
        animMap 10 textures/sfx/b_flame2.tga
        textures/sfx/b_flame3.tga
        textures/sfx/b_flame4.tga
        textures/sfx/b_flame5.tga
        textures/sfx/b_flame6.tga
        textures/sfx/b_flame7.tga
        textures/sfx/b_flame8.tga
        textures/sfx/b_flame1.tga
        blendFunc GL_ONE GL_ONE
        rgbGen wave sawtooth 0 1 0 10

  }
  {

        map textures/sfx/b_flameball.tga
        blendFunc GL_ONE GL_ONE
        rgbGen wave sin .6 .2 0 .6

  }

}

PS: If you are interested in making long videos for your map, try Quake Video Maker

[Ragnar_40k]

You can also include a video (.roq file format) with the videomap shader command:

textures/mymap/slideshow
{
      videomap video/slideshow.roq
      blendfunc add
      rgbGen identity
}

Videomaps are not limited to 8 frames like animMap, but players with certain settings will only see a black texture (like for mirrors).

[th0rn3]

yes, yes, and as I said to make .roq, you can use Quake Video Maker (in the last post I didn’t said it clear)

[shagileo]

Ok thanks for the replies.
The ROQ video format is indeed interesting, but it is as you said; I only saw a black image/frame in the RayBan projector prefab. That’s why I wanted to change the video into frames/pictures.

No doubt other mappers will find the Quake video maker interesting.

Basically, I have to do the trick in the shader file. ^^

[ailmanki]

I remember having made a roq video, and I needed something else then that fancy gui… cause its only able to render in a specific size… better try this: http://planetquake.gamespy.com/pagetools/pagetools.php?act=printnews&id=70384