Verticle Charge Bar

[legacy-^::B!G-A::]

I have another question up for an answer, I have no idea how charge bars work, so could some1 explain how but verticle?

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And also i want a timer attached so the value increases, that should be very simple i just need to kno wat value to change.

[legacy-^::B!G-A::]

Oh this is on a Interaction, Mutator im working on, i was just checking i dont think it can be done but i may be rong.

[Dicky B]

Dunno about how you are going to implement it, but I did a verticle bar for asset/jetpack meters in Colossians, feel free to decompile and look.

Dicky B (it's not the bestest code in the world, but it works, and yes, it was a pain in the ***)

ps-it's in JHud.uc obviously.. heh

[legacy-^::B!G-A::]

Uhh is it just a color bar or texture? cuz i need a custom texture or somehow make it color going from Red on bottom and Green on top.

[Dicky B]

That's *exactly* what the jetpack charge bar looks like. It's a texture.

(well, sorta.. mine goes red->green->yellow [bottom to top], look at the colossians teaser to see if that's the kind of thing you're looking for)

[Xyx]

The Lightning Gun has an example of a vertical charge bar. Should be easy enough to copy/paste it. Do ask if that's not clear, though.

[legacy-^::B!G-A::]

Yes i see it, just need to figure out how to impliment it into a interaction or the inventory item, ill just change the texture to mine and check it out, thx for your help

[legacy-Bonehed316]

Works just like a horizontal charge bar except the x and y coords are flipped, lol. It isnt hard really, once you know how to draw on the canvas (and find a good place to do so).

[legacy-^::B!G-A::]

The thing was that the Regular charge bar was drawn using widgets and those are only in HUD im using Interaction

[legacy-^::B!G-A::]

Ok, DB, I almost have it working, just that the charge bar in the frame only shows when its full why?

Code: (Little modified to work for me)

    SX = Canvas.ClipX / 1024.f;
    SY = Canvas.ClipY / 768.f;

    CX = 128;
    CY = 256;
    ScaledX = CX * SX * 0.80;
    ScaledY = CY * SY * 0.80;
    CScale = 1.0;
    XPos = (Canvas.ClipX) - (ScaledX * 0.1 * CScale);
    YPos = Canvas.ClipY * 0.65;

    ctwid = Inv.Charge / Inv.MaxCharge;
    Canvas.Style = 5;
    Canvas.SetPos(XPos,YPos-(ScaledY*ctwid));
    Canvas.DrawTile( Texture'<TexturePack>.ChargeTex', ScaledX*CScale, ScaledY*ctwid*CScale, 0, (CY-(CY*ctwid))*CScale, CX, CY*ctwid*CScale );
    Canvas.SetPos( XPos,YPos-ScaledY );
    Canvas.DrawTile( Texture'<TexturePack>.FrameTex', ScaledX*CScale, ScaledY*CScale, 0, 0, CX, CY );

Only Shows:
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[legacy-Bonehed316]

ctwid = Inv.Charge / Inv.MaxCharge;

Thats probably where your problem lies. You didnt post enough code, we need data types. Make sure ctwid is a FLOAT and not an INT. Also make sure the other variables are floats.

[legacy-^::B!G-A::]

Sry here is the whole function:

function PostRender(Canvas Canvas)
{
    local float CScale,CX,ScaledX,CY,ScaledY,SX,SY,ctwid,XPos,YPos;

    if ( ViewportOwner.Actor.Pawn == None || ViewportOwner.Actor.Pawn.Health <= 0
	     || (ViewportOwner.Actor.myHud != None && ViewportOwner.Actor.myHud.bShowScoreBoard) )
		return;

    if (Inv == None)
        FindInv();
    if (Inv == None)
        return;

    SX = Canvas.ClipX / 1024.f;
    SY = Canvas.ClipY / 768.f;

    CX = 128;
    CY = 256;
    ScaledX = CX * SX * 0.80;
    ScaledY = CY * SY * 0.80;
    CScale = 1.0;
    XPos = (Canvas.ClipX) - (ScaledX * 0.85 * CScale);
    YPos = Canvas.ClipY * 0.40;

    ctwid = Inv.Charge / Inv.MaxCharge;
    Canvas.Style = 5;
    Canvas.SetPos(XPos,YPos-(ScaledY*ctwid));
    Canvas.DrawTile( Charge, ScaledX*CScale, ScaledY*ctwid*CScale, 0, (CY-(CY*ctwid))*CScale, CX, CY*ctwid*CScale );
    Canvas.SetPos( XPos,YPos-ScaledY );
    Canvas.DrawTile( Frame, ScaledX*CScale, ScaledY*CScale, 0, 0, CX, CY );
}

Let me check out a few things.

[legacy-Bonehed316]

if (DecalInv == None)
		FindDecalInv();
	if (DecalInv == None)
		return;

Do me a favor and fix this, lol. Make FindDecalInf() return a bool, true if it found one, false if not, and do this:

if (DecalInv == None && !FindDecalInv())
	return;

It just looks better, lol.

Otherwise, just make sure Inv.Charge is correctly set.

[legacy-^::B!G-A::]

Well, i used a bunch of code from RPG so im just gana leave that, i think the Charges are the rong thing to use

[legacy-^::B!G-A::]

Got it!

class myInv extends Inventory;

var travel Amt, MaxAmt;

ctwid = (Inv.Amt) / (Inv.MaxAmt);

Thanks for help.