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☖ Forums → Cog Forum → New Multicelled Mat cog needed.
New Multicelled Mat cog needed.
2004-10-08, 11:55 PM #1
I know there is already a mat animation cog on the JK cd, but I was needing something a little different. From my LIGHT knowledge of cogging, I'm pretty sure this is possible but don't know how to do it myself. What I need is a cog that makes a 2 celled mat continually change cells at random intrivals, and for random lenghts of time, as if a switch was malfunctioning.
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2004-10-09, 5:30 AM #2
I was unshure weather you wanted all surfaces of that mat change or just one... so i made both cogs!


Code for surface changer:
Code: 
#	JK cog script
#
#	PJ_surfchange.cog
#
#	randomly changes one surface to one of two cells
#
#	Note:	the time flex is the maximum delay before it switches.
#
#	[PJB]

symbols
message	startup
message	timer
flex	time=5
int	onoff=0	local
surface	flasher
end

code
startup:
settimer(rand()*time);
return;

timer:
if(onoff==0) 
{
	setSurfaceCel(flasher,1);
	onoff=1;
	settimer(rand()*time);
	return;
}
if(onoff==1) 
{
	onoff=0;
	setSurfaceCel(flasher,0);
	settimer(rand()*time);
	return;
}
return;
end


Code for mat changer:
Code: 
#	JK cog script
#
#	PJ_matchange.cog
#
#	randomly changes all mats of one texture to one of two cells
#
#	Note:	the time flex is the maximum delay before it switches.
#
#	[PJB]

symbols
message	startup
message	timer
flex	time=5
int	onoff=0	local
material	flasher
end

code
startup:
settimer(rand()*time);
return;

timer:
if(onoff==0) 
{
	setmaterialCel(flasher,1);
	onoff=1;
	settimer(rand()*time);
	return;
}
if(onoff==1) 
{
	onoff=0;
	setmaterialCel(flasher,0);
	settimer(rand()*time);
	return;
}
return;
end
I am Darth PJB!
well, go on, run away!

i have a plastic lightsaber and a jedi cape.. am i a nerd?

If gravity is a crule mistress, and bar tenders with bad grammar are untrustworthy, what is air?
2004-10-09, 11:08 AM #3
great.. thanks... I guess by decreasing the "time = 5" area.. it will make the max time stayed on 1 cell less, right?
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2004-10-09, 11:31 AM #4
well i dont quite understand what you said.

but lets say time was 1, then the maximum time on one frame would be 1, the minimum is allways 0
if the time = 10, then it will wait for a maximum of 10 seconds, and at the curuent it will only be a max of 5 seconds per frame.

but theres allways the possiblity it will change after 0000.1 seconds. thats why its random :P
I am Darth PJB!
well, go on, run away!

i have a plastic lightsaber and a jedi cape.. am i a nerd?

If gravity is a crule mistress, and bar tenders with bad grammar are untrustworthy, what is air?
2004-10-09, 1:35 PM #5
yep.. that's what I was asking.. thanks
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