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Show BM on screen
2003-07-01, 10:12 AM #1
Hi!
I think this is a COG question.
How do I get a BM to show on the screen when ever I want? Like, I make a level where you can pick up force stars on the way, and they show on the screen.

/Edward
Edward's Cognative Hazards
2003-07-01, 10:27 AM #2
I only wish that were possible... [http://forums.massassi.net/html/frown.gif]

You can create a bm that shows up when you pick something up, then disappears. It'll appear in the upper-right corner, like when the field light is activated. The cog command is:
ActivateBin(player, flex delay, bin#);
and to turn it off:
DeactivateBin(player, bin);

This is usually used for inventory items, so there's a chance it won't work if it's not in your inventory. And for troubleshooting: jk probably won't look for the bm until the cog executes the actviateBin command, but I'm not sure.

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2003-07-01, 10:29 AM #3
You *might* even be able to change the position using offset values in the bm. You'll more than likely have a negative values, the x for sure. If you want to move it down, y will be negative, but you know how that works.

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2003-07-01, 10:41 AM #4
It did not work! Well, I wasn't quite true on what I wanted to do in this level.
At start, I wanted to show the player what force powers he had by quickly showing the force icons.
Code: 
#Level master COG
#Generated by JED 0.95 beta

symbols
message   startup
int       player    local
end

code

startup:
  sleep(1);
  // Register COG as master COG
  SetMasterCOG(GetSelfCOG());
  player = GetLocalPlayerThing();
  // Initialise Goals
  SetInv(player, 99, 5000);
  SetGoalFlags(player, 0, 1);
  SetGoalFlags(player, 1, 0);
  // Give player weapons and ammo
  SetInv(player, 1, 1);   // fists
  SetInv(player, 2, 0);   // briar
  SetInv(player, 3, 0);   // ST Rifle
  SetInv(player, 4, 0);   // TD
  SetInv(player, 5, 0);   // Crossbow
  SetInv(player, 6, 0);   // Repeater
  SetInv(player, 7, 0);   // Railgun
  SetInv(player, 8, 0);   // Sequencer charges
  SetInv(player, 9, 0);   // Concussion Rifle
  SetInv(player, 10, 0);   // Lightsaber
  SetInv(player, 11, 0);   // Energy
  SetInv(player, 12, 0);   // Power
  SetInv(player, 15, 0);   // Railcharges
  // Initialize weapon.
  SetFireWait(player, -1);
  SetMountWait(player, 0);
  SetCurInvWeapon(player, 0);
  SelectWeapon(player, AutoSelectWeapon(player, 1));
  sleep(1);
  SetGoalFlags(player, 0, 2);
  SetGoalFlags(player, 1, 1);

  // Force ranking
  SetInv(player, 20, 8);
  SetInv(player, 14, 300);
  SetInv(player, 21, 4.0);
  SetInv(player, 22, 4.0);
  SetInv(player, 24, 4.0);
  SetInvAvailable(player, 21, 1);
  SetInvAvailable(player, 22, 1);
  SetInvAvailable(player, 24, 1);
  ActivateBin(player, 1, 21);
  ActivateBin(player, 1, 22);
  ActivateBin(player, 1, 24);
  sleep(1);
  DeactivateBin(player, 21);
  DeactivateBin(player, 22);
  DeactivateBin(player, 24);
  jkSyncForcePowers();
  Return;

end

I baked it in the StartUp COG.
Help, please!

/Edward
Edward's Cognative Hazards
2003-07-01, 1:03 PM #5
Quote:
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2"> And for troubleshooting: jk probably won't look for the bm until the cog executes the actviateBin command, but I'm not sure.</font>


JK checks for all .bm files (the 8 or 16-bit version depending on settings) that the items.dat needs when a level is loaded.

Your problem is with ActivateBin(). This verb is for firing force powers, it does not literally activate a bin. Yeah, it's badly named. Same for DeactivateBin().

It should be like this:
Code: 
	SetInv(player, 21, 4);
	SetInv(player, 22, 4);
	SetInv(player, 24, 4);
	SetInvAvailable(player, 21, 1);
	SetInvAvailable(player, 22, 1);
	SetInvAvailable(player, 24, 1);
	SetInvActivated(player, 21, 1);
	SetInvActivated(player, 22, 1);
	SetInvActivated(player, 24, 1);
	Sleep(3);
	SetInvActivated(player, 21, 0);
	SetInvActivated(player, 22, 0);
	SetInvActivated(player, 24, 0);




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Author of the JK DataMaster, Parsec, Scribe, and the EditPlus Cog Files.
Author of the JK DataMaster, Parsec, Scribe, and the EditPlus Cog Files.
2003-07-01, 11:14 PM #6
OK! It worked! Thanks!
I wonder... Is there something in one of the dat or uni files that has like "force jump = icf_jum8.bm / icf_jum16.bm = offset X,Y"?

/Edward
Edward's Cognative Hazards
2003-07-02, 3:44 AM #7
Nope, jk uses the first five letters of the bin name to generate an icon name.

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Author of the JK DataMaster, Parsec, Scribe, and the EditPlus Cog Files.
Author of the JK DataMaster, Parsec, Scribe, and the EditPlus Cog Files.

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