Typewriter effect?

Typewriter effect?

Postby Skinnytorus » Sunday, 22.June 2014, 18:33

Hey guys,
I've been wondering how to make a typewriter effect in wz4 and here is what I came up with. Yes, it can deal with words and small sentences, but what if a long text needs to be animated? What about the flashing cursor? Any ideas?

Edit: I think we can achieve that effect by masking material's diffuse channel. But then we're gonna need a 'step' function which is not available in anim script wz4 language... Maybe modulo function could help?
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Re: Typewriter effect?

Postby ikam » Monday, 23.June 2014, 05:36

you can do a modulo with the % symbol, like that :

t:int = time*1000;
if(t%2)
// do something

(modulo is only available for int, so convert time (float range from 0 to 1) to int, multiply it by 1000 to get a int value ranging from 0 to 1000).
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Re: Typewriter effect?

Postby Skinnytorus » Monday, 23.June 2014, 08:58

Thanks very much for a very useful tip! :) I will try that this evening. One more question though: am I goona need a loop to make the motion 'cumulative'? Say, each time if(t%2) condition is true I would like to move the mask +0.1 unit relative to its previous position. How is it gonna look in code?
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Re: Typewriter effect?

Postby Skinnytorus » Monday, 23.June 2014, 18:23

OK now. Got it working. Here is the script. Paste it into Transform operator. The only thing left is to make it work with the mask for the text ;))
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t:int = int(time*128);
if(t%2) trans.x=t;
else trans.x=t+1;
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Re: Typewriter effect?

Postby ikam » Tuesday, 24.June 2014, 16:06

nice :)
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Re: Typewriter effect?

Postby CybeREX » Thursday, 26.June 2014, 06:03

Nice one =)
here is code for flashing light for example.
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t:int = int(time*128);
if(t%2) trans.x=sin(t);
else trans.x=sin(t);
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Re: Typewriter effect?

Postby Skinnytorus » Thursday, 26.June 2014, 08:42

Thanks. Will check that this evening.
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Re: Typewriter effect?

Postby Skinnytorus » Sunday, 23.November 2014, 05:33

Hey, guys.
I suggest a new strategy: use Debris. Have a look.
Any ideas how to get rid of the jugged edges? :-k
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Re: Typewriter effect?

Postby Skinnytorus » Sunday, 23.November 2014, 06:59

Found a better solution. Use the TronFont instead! :)
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Re: Typewriter effect?

Postby ikam » Sunday, 23.November 2014, 16:26

the 2 is perfect ;) well done
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Re: Typewriter effect?

Postby Skinnytorus » Sunday, 23.November 2014, 18:55

Thanks, man. I'm thinking about adding a cursor ;)
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