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[Alucard648]

Do you remember that transition effect that occurs when going trough doors in old-school Castlevania games? This is the ZC script I have written to simulate this effect for my upcoming quest project: Link stuck in Castlevania.
Here is a test video of this transition effect:
http://youtu.be/ZSAEYBmX58Y

This is a small part of what would await you in the future of the quest project.

Edited by Alucard648, 28 May 2014 - 05:20 PM.

[ShadowTiger]

I'm often really saddened by the apparent lack of sideview-related quests that employ features of this caliber. My hat is off to you for this script here!

[Geoffrey]

[umbrello]

I agree with Frodo!

[MabusTheDark]

All you need now is CVIII sound effects for the door.  ^_^  That's so cool, though!

[Cjc]

Wow.  I'm really impressed by this transition, and I find myself wondering how to do something like this.

Are you willing to discuss certain aspects of your script?  Specifically, would you be willing to explain how to place a function in the middle of a screen transition?

 

From the video, it looks like you placed a command during the scrolling itself (something I'd REALLY like to know how to do), but the door action also triggered roughly 9 pixels from the edge of the screen (which might suggest that you rescripted the transition from scratch).

 

 

If it's a trade secret, I'll retract my question.  But again, I'd really like to know how to pause a screen transition and execute a function.

 

[Alucard648]

Cjc, on 10 Jun 2014 - 03:36 AM, said:

Wow. I'm really impressed by this transition, and I find myself wondering how to do something like this.
Are you willing to discuss certain aspects of your script? Specifically, would you be willing to explain how to place a function in the middle of a screen transition?

From the video, it looks like you placed a command during the scrolling itself (something I'd REALLY like to know how to do), but the door action also triggered roughly 9 pixels from the edge of the screen (which might suggest that you rescripted the transition from scratch).


If it's a trade secret, I'll retract my question. But again, I'd really like to know how to pause a screen transition and execute a function.

Actually the script runs in separate empty screen and calls Screen->DrawScreen twice every frame of transition scene to create scrolling effect.
As for triggering 9 pixels too early, the door`s bottom combo is a sensitive insta-warp that sends Link to afromentioned screen where script runs.
As for secret, or no secret, I am currently documenting setup instructions for this script.

Edited by Alucard648, 10 June 2014 - 12:23 AM.