progress bar for defusing bombs

[Dramboi 0]

I wonder if anyone here knows how for make a progress bar that execute when a person tries to defuse bomb or wrench an electrical system

thanks

Dramboi

[Balschoiw 0]

There´s certainly a different way, but I would make 3 or 4 jpgs of the evolving progress bar and show them as a ressource via script and a timed delay between the pictures to generate the look of a building bar.

[InqWiper 0]

The simplest way may be to have a bar in the hintbox that changes color. It doesnt look very fancy but its good enough for me.

Taking this from a script in my mission and editing it a bit:

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">if (player distance (_this select 0) > 1) exitWith {player sidechat "I have to get closer..."};

if (defusing) exitWith {player sidechat "I´m already defusing..."};

defusing = true;

player playMove "ainvpknlmstpslaywrfldnon";

waitUntil {(animationState player == "ainvpknlmstpslaywrfldnon") or !alive player};

defuseInfoT = "<br/><br/><t color='#5599FF' align = 'center'>Defusing bomb...<br/>[====================]</t>";

_i = 0;

_j = 0;

while {(_i<20) and (alive player)} do {

sleep 0.5;

defuseInfoT = "<br/><br/><t align = 'center'><t color='#5599FF'>Defusing bomb...</t><br/>";

defuseInfoT = defuseInfoT+"<t color='#5599FF'>[</t>";

while {_j <= _i} do {

defuseInfoT = defuseInfoT+"<t color='#00FF00'>=</t>";

_j = _j + 1;

};

_j = 0;

while {_j + _i < 19} do {

defuseInfoT = defuseInfoT + "<t color='#5599FF'>=</t>";

_j = _j + 1;

};

defuseInfoT = defuseInfoT + "<t color='#5599FF'>]</t></t>";

_i = _i + 1;

_j = 0;

if (!alive player) exitWith {defusing=false};

if (animationState player != "ainvpknlmstpslaywrfldnon") exitWith {player sidechat "Defuse aborted";defusing = false};

};

defuseInfoT = "<br/><br/><t align = 'center'><t color='#5599FF'>Done!<br/>[</t><t color='#00FF00'>====================</t><t color='#5599FF'>]</t></t>";

sleep 2;

defuseInfoT = "";

Use this to show the hint:

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">hint parseText defuseInfoT

If you dont have any other hint looped you can probaly just add that line to inside the previous code.

I havent tested this to make sure it actually works but the code is ripped from a working script. Hopefully I have not messed up the conversion  

[dr_eyeball 16]

Adding to what has already been said, if you want an actual progress bar resource (mini dialog) in the centre of your screen, you can use code similar to this:

(You will need your own RscStructuredText definition - not shown to keep it simple)

defuse.sqf:

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">// display progress bar which triggers 'onLoad' event, with automatic hide duration

titleRsc["ProgressBar", "plain"];

description.ext:

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">class RscTitles

{

class ProgressBar

{

idd=509;

movingEnable=1;

duration=4; // how long to display dialog

name="ProgressBar";

controls[]={TextBox};

onLoad="[_this select 0, 510] execVM 'ProgressBar.sqf'"; // passes _display and IDC to script

class TextBox: RscStructuredText

{

idc=510;

size = 0.020;

colorBackground[]={0.2,0.2,0.2,0.4};

x=0.50-0.10;

y=0.40;

w=0.10*2;

h=0.04;

default=true;

};

};

};

ProgressBar.sqf: (uses similar code provided in post above)

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">private['_display_ProgressBar', '_IDC_ProgressBar', '_control', '_progress', '_j', '_bar'];

_display_ProgressBar = _this select 0;

_IDC_ProgressBar = _this select 1;

_control = _display_ProgressBar displayCtrl _IDC_ProgressBar;

_progress = 0;

while {(_progress<20) and (alive player)} do

{

sleep 0.08;

_bar = "<t align = 'center'><t color='#5599FF'>Defusing bomb...</t><br/>";

_bar = _bar+"<t color='#5599FF'>[</t>";

_j = 0;

while {_j <= _progress} do

{

_bar = _bar+"<t color='#00FF00'>=</t>";

_j = _j + 1;

};

_j = 0;

while {_j + _progress < 19} do

{

_bar = _bar + "<t color='#5599FF'>=</t>";

_j = _j + 1;

};

_bar = _bar + "<t color='#5599FF'>]</t></t>";

_progress = _progress + 1;

_control ctrlSetStructuredText composeText([parseText(_bar)]);

//if (!alive player) exitWith {defusing=false};

//if (animationState player != "ainvpknlmstpslaywrfldnon") exitWith {player sidechat "Defuse aborted";defusing = false};

};

[Dramboi 0]

Thanks u all for the help espacially DR_eyeball

[Rommel 2]

I wasn't aware you could use HTML code in displays?

[General Barron 0]

Wow, I wasn't aware that you could now use dialog scripting with title resources! That opens up a heck of a lot of opportunities! Basically, the old question of "how to make a dialog where I can still move" seems to be solved...

[dr_eyeball 16]

I wasn't aware of it either until I checked the new Bezerk mission. I remember maybe 10 posts over this year asking whether it was possible and getting a 'no' answer each time.

I knew you could display 'self managing controls' like a map control, since that has been done lots of times in other missions. But to have controls for which you can display both changing text and graphics is very useful.

You'll be able to add HUD's for: speed, damage, altitude, scoring, etc.

Here's an example image of how I'm using it atm: (it also shows how you can do a graphic progress bar)

Image

Tip: I've found 1 limitation - it seems you can only show 1 resource at a time, so in my case, I had the score flags at the top and stats on the right, so you have to use 'ctrlShow' to hide various parts of the HUD when not in use.

P.S. That 'html' code is refered to as StructuredText in ArmA, if you're looking. It's syntax is slightly different at times.