Camera shake.

[bleant]

Is it possible to create a little camera shake effect in DECORATE? I want to make sprinting for my mod and I wanted the camera to shake a little when the player's feet supposedly touches the ground.

[wildweasel]

Uh...A_SetAngle and A_SetPitch, perhaps? Possibly also combined with A_ZoomFactor.

[bleant]

I guess they won't do because you set specific values for them, it will face where you tell it to, all I want is the camera to tremble a little, jump, and watch as your head shakes a little and so does your view.

*sigh* Maybe use Recoil?

[chopkinsca]

I guess they won't do because you set specific values for them, it will face where you tell it to,

[wiki]Random[/wiki]

[NeuralStunner]

[wiki]Random[/wiki]

[wiki=DECORATE_expressions]FRandom[/wiki].

[chopkinsca]

[wiki]Random[/wiki]

[wiki=DECORATE_expressions]FRandom[/wiki].

Oh yeah, I always forget about floating point values.

[bleant]

And the difference is!? I'm not very good at this, how do i use them?

*probably by adding them in the end of the code*

I'm not stupid ok? I just ain't very good at english as it's my second language, and i don't know what integer and floating is

[NeuralStunner]

And the difference is!? I'm not very good at this, how do i use them?

Anywhere you'd use a number, you can use FRandom(Min,Max). An integer is a whole number, like 2 or 4. A float is a decimal number like 2.5 or 4.2, and those are used for more precise numbers like angles.

I'm not stupid ok?

Just for the record, this isn't really necessary. Anyone that would laugh you off for a valid question is going to do it anyway, despite this insistence.

[ChronoSeth]

An integer is a whole positive or negative number (ie -7).
A floating point value is any number with a decimal (ie 0.3).

One thing you might find useful is [wiki]Radius_Quake[/wiki]... it's technically an ACS function, but can be used in DECORATE (is there a decorate-specific version of this?).

Edit: Damnit

[bleant]

Edit: Damnit

lol

Oh, thanks! Let' just be good friends, grab a beer, err, coke and feel like you're home.

Pitch has to do with vertical and angle has to do with horizontal, is that it?

[NeuralStunner]

Pitch has to do with vertical and angle has to do with horizontal, is that it?

Yep!

[bleant]

I have one more thing for you guys, is it possible to make the player's POV go back to normal? I want it to shake, but i also want it to go back to normal, because if it doesn't then the player's running direction will mess up, i think i will need to use A_SetAngle and A_SetPitch without random values, but predefined ones.

[NeuralStunner]

You can use [wiki]A_SetArg[/wiki] to store the Player's current Pitch and Angle in a couple of their args:

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WOOT A 0 A_SetArg (3, Angle * 1000000)
WOOT A 0 A_SetArg (4, Pitch * 1000000)

Args are integers, so multiplying them by a million should* let you maintain a few decimal places for precision.

When you want to restore the original values:

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WOOT A 0 A_SetAngle (Args[3] / 1000000.0)
WOOT A 0 A_SetPitch (Args[4] / 1000000.0)

* If anyone knows otherwise, the information would be appreciated.

[bleant]

Wait, what?

I did not understand *bangs head on wall*

Don't post yet, i'm processing the information...

Yeah, i did not understand, your explanation is conflicting with the wiki's in my head, in the wiki it says that arg sets a position(which i have no idea of what position it's talking about) to a value, how would i use it to store the value?

I'm misunderstanding it

[MG_Man]

You can use [wiki]A_SetArg[/wiki] to store the Player's current Pitch and Angle in a couple of their args:

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WOOT A 0 A_SetArg (3, Angle * 1000000)
WOOT A 0 A_SetArg (4, Pitch * 1000000)

Args are integers, so multiplying them by a million should* let you maintain a few decimal places for precision.

When you want to restore the original values:

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WOOT A 0 A_SetAngle (Args[3] / 1000000.0)
WOOT A 0 A_SetPitch (Args[4] / 1000000.0)

* If anyone knows otherwise, the information would be appreciated.

You can use actual variables now, so I don't think you need to deal with args. http://zdoom.org/wiki/A_SetUserVar

Edit: Holy **** we can use arrays in DECORATE too!!