Fading from one sector color to another through script?

[Tormentor667]

Let's say a sector has colored lights through an ACS script (or UDM) like this:

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Sector_SetColor(sectortag, 255, 160, 64);

and I want this sector to be faded into any other kind of colored sector light in a specific amount of time through an acs script, how would I do that, for example to this color (or any other color)?

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Sector_SetColor(sectortag, 160, 32, 16);

[Rachael]

This is kind of pseudo-code but you should be able to get the idea... sorry for the messiness of it I haven't coded in ACS for 8 years.

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int red1 = 255;
int green1 = 160;
int blue1 = 64;

int red2 = 160;
int green2 = 32;
int blue2 = 16;

int fadetime = 350; // length of time (350 is 10 seconds)

for (int i = 0; i < fadetime; i++)
{
	int red = (red1 * (fadetime - i) + red2 * i) / fadetime;
	int green = (green1 * (fadetime - i) + green2 * i) / fadetime;
	int blue = (blue1 * (fadetime - i) + blue2 * i) / fadetime;

	Sector_SetColor(sectortag, red, green, blue);
	delay(1);
}

Hopefully, someone can correct me if I got any of the ACS-specific language mechanics wrong. I wrote this in C, hoping it will work in ACS without modification. As I've said - it's been 8 years since I've used ACS.

[Guardsoul]

This is kind of pseudo-code but you should be able to get the idea... sorry for the messiness of it I haven't coded in ACS for 8 years.

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int red1 = 255;
int green1 = 160;
int blue1 = 64;

int red2 = 160;
int green2 = 32;
int blue2 = 16;

int fadetime = 350; // length of time (350 is 10 seconds)

for (int i = 0; i < fadetime; i++)
{
	int red = (red1 * (fadetime - i) + red2 * i) / fadetime;
	int green = (green1 * (fadetime - i) + green2 * i) / fadetime;
	int blue = (blue1 * (fadetime - i) + blue2 * i) / fadetime;

	Sector_SetColor(sectortag, red, green, blue);
	delay(1);
}

Hopefully, someone can correct me if I got any of the ACS-specific language mechanics wrong. I wrote this in C, hoping it will work in ACS without modification. As I've said - it's been 8 years since I've used ACS.

Everything is fine in that script and works as intended.

[Rachael]

Thank you.

[Tormentor667]

Thanks, that already works very well. Now imagine we have only the goal color of the sector but not the source color of the sector, how would I have to change the script accordingly?

[Rachael]

I don't think this can be done without ZScript because that requires accessing individual sectors which cannot be done in ACS as far as I know.

[Tormentor667]

Okay, then I will just go with your script Thnaks kindly Rachael!

[Rachael]

Sure thing.

[Apeirogon]

Why dont get current sector color in RGB and then check if R/G/B_current_sector < R/G/B_desired_sector_color add +1 to R/G/B_current_sector, if not -1 to R/G/B_current_sector?
Or problem is how get current sector color?