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Summary:
A few scripts I find useful and would like to share (and somewhat archive) here.
Some are much more common than others, and some are very obscure.
I can't promise these are the most efficient way to do things, but they work.
More obscure ones towards the bottom.
Tutorial:
1: Wrap
An alternative to clamp(), it loops a value around between a min and max.
For example, converting an angle to between 0-360 if it's below or above that, keeping the angle intact.
2: Approach
Can be used to transition slowly between 2 amounts each step.
'Start' is where the value is currently at this step, and is what will be changed and returned.
This can be used to control the alpha of a fade to black, when called each step. Where start is the current alpha, with an end of 1, and a shift of 0.125.
3: Approach (scale)
Similar to normal approach, it uses an amount of the distance left rather than a flat shift to move smoothly
4: Stretch
Stretches a given range to a new range.
For example 75 with min and max 50 to 100, becomes 2 with a When the new min and max are 0 and 4
5: Sine flicker
Adds some control via sine wave to a random value between 0-1.
Imagine a sine wave between 0-1 controlled by 'angle' but also a random offset of that controlled by 'flicker amount' (the sine is made smaller to accommodate this within 0-1).
This can be used for something like a flame light flickering where you'd want it to flicker between 0-1 but also glow in and out somewhat.
6: Amount by proximity
Gets a value from 0-1 based on how close a position is to a centre, within a radius of maxdist. (1 dimensional)
This could be used for a dynamic bridge, which dips as you walk on it. This script will find how fully the bridge should be dipping with center at the middle x of the bridge, pos at the players x position, and a maxdist of half the bridges length.
7: Amount by proximity (linear)
Similar to above, but does not converge at 1 at the centre
Target Platform: Any
Download: N/A
Links: N/A
Summary:
A few scripts I find useful and would like to share (and somewhat archive) here.
Some are much more common than others, and some are very obscure.
I can't promise these are the most efficient way to do things, but they work.
More obscure ones towards the bottom.
Tutorial:
1: Wrap
An alternative to clamp(), it loops a value around between a min and max.
For example, converting an angle to between 0-360 if it's below or above that, keeping the angle intact.
Code:
///wrap(value, minimum, maximum)
/*
Makes sure a value stays between a min and max, looping round if it exceeds
*/
//arguments
var value = argument0; //value to change
var val_min = argument1; //minimum of range
var val_max = argument2; //maximum of range
//calculate
var val_mod = (value-val_min) mod (val_max-val_min);
if (val_mod < 0) return val_mod+val_max else return val_mod+val_min;
2: Approach
Can be used to transition slowly between 2 amounts each step.
'Start' is where the value is currently at this step, and is what will be changed and returned.
This can be used to control the alpha of a fade to black, when called each step. Where start is the current alpha, with an end of 1, and a shift of 0.125.
Code:
///approach(start, end, shift)
/*
Moves a start value by a shift amount towards an end goal
*/
//arguments
var start = argument0; //where the value is now
var end_val = argument1; //where the value needs to be
var shift = abs(argument2); //how fast the value should move
//calculate
var difference = end_val-start;
var sign_val = sign(difference);
var new_shift = min(abs(difference),shift)*sign_val;
return start+new_shift;
Similar to normal approach, it uses an amount of the distance left rather than a flat shift to move smoothly
Code:
///approach_scale(start, end, scale)
/*
Moves a start value by a relative shift scale towards an end goal
*/
//arguments
var start = argument0; //where the value is now
var end_val = argument1; //where the value needs to be
var shift = abs(argument2); //how much the value should move relative to the distance left
//calculate
return start+(end_val-start)*shift;
Stretches a given range to a new range.
For example 75 with min and max 50 to 100, becomes 2 with a When the new min and max are 0 and 4
Code:
///stretch(val, vmin, vmax, newmin, newmax)
/*
Stretches or compresses a value in a given range to a new equivilent value in a different range
*/
//arguments
var val = argument0; //value to change
var vmin = argument1; //original range min
var vmax = argument2; //original range max
var newmin = argument3; //new range min
var newmax = argument4; //new range max
//calculate
return (((val - vmin) * (newmax - newmin)) / (vmax - vmin)) + newmin;
Adds some control via sine wave to a random value between 0-1.
Imagine a sine wave between 0-1 controlled by 'angle' but also a random offset of that controlled by 'flicker amount' (the sine is made smaller to accommodate this within 0-1).
This can be used for something like a flame light flickering where you'd want it to flicker between 0-1 but also glow in and out somewhat.
Code:
///sine_flicker(angle, flickeramount)
/*
A somewhat controlled flicker, the flicker will be lower or higher depending on angle. Returns a flicker amount between 0-1
*/
//arguments
var angle = argument0; //used in a sine funcion
var flickeramount = clamp(argument1/2, 0, 1); //amount of the flicker, between 0 and 1 (should be around 0.5)
//calculate
var corrected_sine = (dsin(angle)/2)+0.5;
var sine_scale = 1-(flickeramount*2);
var shrunk_sine = (corrected_sine*sine_scale)+flickeramount;
return shrunk_sine+random_range(-flickeramount, flickeramount);
Gets a value from 0-1 based on how close a position is to a centre, within a radius of maxdist. (1 dimensional)
This could be used for a dynamic bridge, which dips as you walk on it. This script will find how fully the bridge should be dipping with center at the middle x of the bridge, pos at the players x position, and a maxdist of half the bridges length.
Code:
///amount_by_proximity(center, pos, maxdist)
/*
Gets a value from 0-1 based on how close a position is to a centre, within a radius of maxdist
*/
//arguments
var center = argument0; //central value
var pos = argument1; //dynamic value
var maxdist = argument2; //maximim distance between values to check (radius)
//calculate
return clamp((1-(abs(center-pos))/maxdist), 0, 1);
Similar to above, but does not converge at 1 at the centre
Code:
///amount_by_proximity_linear(center, pos, maxdist, dir)
/*
Gets a value from 0-1 based on a position around a center within a radius of maxdist.
However it is linear, for example if pos=center, 0.5 will be returned
*/
//arguments
var center = argument0; //central value
var pos = argument1; //dynamic value
var maxdist = argument2; //maximim distance between values to check (radius)
var dir = argument3; //whether it goes from 0-1 or 1-0
//calculate
var xmin = center-maxdist;
var xmax = center+maxdist;
var space = maxdist*2;
var amount = clamp(pos-xmin, 0, space)/space;
if (!dir) amount = 1-amount;
return amount;
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