HL2DM Spawn effect

[daren adler]

Was wondering if i can get one of you great scripters to make me a spawn effect like this https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/ ... dsuccess=1 picture but with diffrent colors (red,blue,green) everytime you respawn,,thank you and have a great new year coming up.

[Kami]

Should the colors be inside of one spawn effect or should you have a random chance to either get a red or a blue or a green spawn effect? Or is it ment for team play, where every team gets a different color?

[daren adler]

Should the colors be inside of one spawn effect or should you have a random chance to either get a red or a blue or a green spawn effect? Or is it ment for team play, where every team gets a different color?

Be ok if you can do all 3 kinds in one,,if not do what you think is best, and no its not a team. (the random sounds good)

[Kami]

Mhmm, how about random colors all together? Like every spawn you can get one random color for your spawn effect. Or are you set on the three colors?

[daren adler]

Mhmm, how about random colors all together? Like every spawn you can get one random color for your spawn effect. Or are you set on the three colors?

Sounds great if you can do that , yes random colors

[Kami]

Try this:

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from colors import GREEN
from effects.base import TempEntity
from engines.precache import Model
from events import Event
from mathlib import Vector
from players.entity import Player
import random

model = Model("sprites/lgtning.vmt")
        
@Event('player_spawn')
def _player_spawn(ev):
    player = Player.from_userid(ev['userid'])
    x = 0
    r = random.randrange(0, 255)
    g = random.randrange(0, 255)
    b = random.randrange(0, 255)
    while x < 70:
        create_ring(Vector(player.origin[0],player.origin[1],player.origin[2]+x),r,g,b)
        x += 10
        
        
def create_ring(position,r,g,b):
    te = TempEntity('BeamRingPoint')
    te.model = model
    te.halo = model
    te.center = position
    te.start_radius = 40
    te.end_radius = 60
    te.frame_rate = 100
    te.life_time = 1
    te.start_width = 10
    te.end_width = 60
    te.fade_length = 6
    te.amplitude = 10
    te.red = r
    te.green = g
    te.blue = b
    te.alpha = 255
    te.speed = 100
    te.create()

You can change the model to whatever you like, but I kinda like the lgtning sprite.

Things you can play around with to change the appearance:

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te.start_width = 10 
This will change the size of the sprite. The lower you set this the more it looks like a lightning. The higher you set it the less you see a gap between the rings. Setting it too high will make it look like a blob, instead of rings.

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te.amplitude = 10
This will set how flat each ring is. The higher you set it the more fluctuation you get.

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te.start_radius = 40
te.end_radius = 60
The more the end_radius differs from the start_radius the faster it goes (it will go from start to end in its life time, so it has to cover more distance if the distance is higher)

You can also try the x/killstreak sprites you have. smokeball2 and smoke create some cool effects too.

[daren adler]

Will do, thank you for all your good work. What can i do to make the spawn effect last a little longer before its gone away?

[Kami]

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te.life_time = 1

This sets how long it lasts in seconds.

[daren adler]

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te.life_time = 1

This sets how long it lasts in seconds.

ok got it, Thank you.