postEffect in loop

[M1ke_SK 230]

I am trying to enable grain effect in loop. When loop start, grain effect is ok, but then in next loop iteration it stop. I want to repeat effect until "_effect == 0" (change back to normal)

 

private ["_unit"];

params ["_unit"];


[_unit] spawn 

{

    private ["_unit", "_effect", "_ppEffectGrain", "_ppEffectColor"];

    params ["_unit"];


    _ppEffectGrain = ppEffectCreate ["filmGrain", 2001];

    _ppEffectGrain ppEffectEnable true;


    _ppEffectColor = ppEffectCreate ["ColorCorrections", 1501];

    _ppEffectColor ppEffectEnable true;


    while {true} do 

    {

        _effect = _unit getVariable ["effect", 0]; //1,2,3,4,5


        //do stuff here


        if(isPlayer _unit) then 

        {


           //enable effect

            if(_effect > 3) then 

            {

                _ppEffectGrain ppEffectAdjust [1.0, 2.0, 7.0, 0.0, 0.0, true];

                _ppEffectGrain ppEffectCommit 1; // effect is not repeating


                _ppEffectColor ppEffectAdjust [0.9, 1.2, 0, [0.5,0.5,0.5,0],[0.5,0.5,0.5,0],[0.5,0.5,0.5,0]];

                _ppEffectColor ppEffectCommit 0.5; // effect is not repeating enable/disable

            };



            //disable effect

            if(_effect == 0) then 

            {

                _ppEffectGrain ppEffectAdjust [0.1, 1.5, 1.7, 0.2, 1.0, true]; //default

                _ppEffectGrain ppEffectCommit 1;


                _ppEffectColor ppEffectAdjust [1.0, 1.0, 0.0, [0.0,0.0,0.0,0],[1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0],[0.299,0.587,0.114,0]]; //default

                _ppEffectColor ppEffectCommit 1;

            };


        };


        sleep 1;

    };


};

[donelsarjo 60]

Why not use waitUntil ?

[Grumpy Old Man 3540]

I had huge troubles handling effects that have been created separately despite having unique priorities.

Try the alternate syntax and see if it persists:

_ppEffects = ppEffectCreate [["filmGrain", 2001],["ColorCorrections", 1501]];
_ppEffects params ["_ppEffectGrain ","_ppEffectColor "]

[M1ke_SK 230]

Why not use waitUntil ?

 

There is other stuff in loop, just not relevant to example. In this example there will be usefull, but needed it with loop every second. Thank you for pointing that out.

[M1ke_SK 230]

 

I had huge troubles handling effects that have been created separately despite having unique priorities.

Try the alternate syntax and see if it persists:

_ppEffects = ppEffectCreate [["filmGrain", 2001],["ColorCorrections", 1501]];
_ppEffects params ["_ppEffectGrain ","_ppEffectColor "]

 

No change in behaviour. Still collorCorrection changed but grain stoped.

[Grumpy Old Man 3540]

Weird indeed, it only works at the first time it's >= 4

If you set it to 0, wait for the iteration to happen, than change it back to >=4 I can swear there's film grain happening, but not very prominent.

No clue here.

 

Cheers