Fade In and Out plus other commands

 

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This allows any sprite to fade in and out in at a set rate,
trigger the fade in /out of aother sprites and call other lingo commands

-- Fade In and Out -- -- This causes any given sprite onScreen to fadeIn or fadeOut -- -- By Neil Madsen...nmadsen@tri-mediapro.com -- April 21, 1999 -- updated August 27, 1999 -- -- BrouHaHa Productions copyright 1999 -- -- This behavior is freely distributable as long as these ABOUT lines are kept in tact -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- property pFadeInOut -- values are #fadeIn or #fadeOut or #stopFade property pMySprite -- sprite that the script is attached to property pBlendIncrement -- the amount that the sprite fades in and out by...(1 - 10) property pCycle -- cycles blending in and out values are #yes or #no property pInitBlendAmount -- sets the initial opaqueness of the sprite...(0 - 100) property pMaxBlendAmount -- sets the maximum blend amount for the sprite...How opaque?...(0 - 100) property pMinBlendAmount -- sets the minimum blend amount for the sprite...How transparent?...(0 - 100) -- added on Aug.27 1999 property pNextSprite -- the sprite that is supposed to fade in or out next property pNextSpriteInOrOut -- values are "in" or "out" property pCallOtherLingo -- allows you to call to other lingo scripts in your movie scripts ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- on beginSprite me   pMySprite = me.spriteNum   initFading end beginSprite ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- on initFading me   -- sets the ink of the sprite to blend   -- sets the initial opaqueness value of the sprite   sprite(pMySprite).ink = 32 -- blend   sprite(pMySprite).blend = pInitBlendAmount end initFading ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- if the property pCycle is TRUE (1) or FALSE(0) then it performs the -- proper function to either cycle back and forth or do a one time fade -- in or out. on exitFrame me   if pCycle = 1 then     cycleFade   else     case pFadeInOut of       #fadeIn:         sprite(pMySprite).blend = sprite(pMySprite).blend + pBlendIncrement         if sprite(pMySprite).blend >= pMaxBlendAmount then           pFadeInOut = #stopFade           -- added Aug.29/99           if pNextSprite <> 0 then             sendSprite(pNextSprite, #setFadeInOutValue, pNextSpriteInOrOut)           end if           if pCallOtherLingo <> "" then             do pCallOtherLingo           end if           -- end added Aug.29/99         end if       #fadeOut:         sprite(pMySprite).blend = sprite(pMySprite).blend - pBlendIncrement         if sprite(pMySprite).blend <= pMinBlendAmount then           pFadeInOut = #stopFade           -- added Aug.29/99           if pNextSprite <> 0 then             sendSprite(pNextSprite, #setFadeInOutValue, pNextSpriteInOrOut)           end if           if pCallOtherLingo <> "" then             do pCallOtherLingo           end if           -- end added Aug.29/99         end if     end case   end if end exitFrame ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- this handler is used to capture a -- sendSprite(x, #setFadeInOutValue, "in or out") call -- sent from a button click to begin a fade in or out on setFadeInOutValue me, inOrOut   case inOrOut of     "in": pFadeInout = #fadeIn     "out": pFadeInOut = #fadeOut   end case end setFadeInOutValue ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- cycles from the min to max (and back again) blend amounts by the amount -- specified in pBlendIncrement on cycleFade me   case pFadeInOut of     #fadeIn:       sprite(pMySprite).blend = sprite(pMySprite).blend + pBlendIncrement       if sprite(pMySprite).blend >= pMaxBlendAmount then --100 then         pFadeInOut = #fadeOut         -- added Aug.29/99         if pNextSprite <> 0 then           sendSprite(pNextSprite, #setFadeInOutValue, pNextSpriteInOrOut)         end if         if pCallOtherLingo <> "" then           do pCallOtherLingo         end if         -- end added Aug.29/99       end if            #fadeOut:       sprite(pMySprite).blend = sprite(pMySprite).blend - pBlendIncrement       if sprite(pMySprite).blend <= pMinBlendAmount then --0 then         pFadeInOut = #fadeIn         -- added Aug.29/99         if pNextSprite <> 0 then           sendSprite(pNextSprite, #setFadeInOutValue, pNextSpriteInOrOut)         end if         if pCallOtherLingo <> "" then           do pCallOtherLingo         end if         -- end added Aug.29/99       end if          end case end cycleFade ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- on getPropertyDescriptionList me   pdList = [:]   setaProp pdList,#pFadeInOut,[#default:#fadeIn, #format:#symbol, #comment:"Fade In or Out?", ¬ #range:[#fadeIn, #fadeOut, #stopFade]]      setaProp pdList, #pBlendIncrement, [#comment: "Blend Increment", ¬     #format: #integer, #default: 5, #range: [#min: 1, #max: 10]]      setaProp pdList, #pCycle, [#comment: "Cycle In and Out?", ¬     #format: #boolean, #default: 1]      setaProp pdList, #pInitBlendAmount, [#comment: "Blend Amount (How Opaque Is It?)", ¬     #format: #integer, #default: 0, #range: [#min: 0, #max: 100]]      setaProp pdList, #pMaxBlendAmount, [#comment: "Maximum Blend Amount (How Opaque Can It Get?)", ¬     #format: #integer, #default: 100, #range: [#min: 0, #max: 100]]      setaProp pdList, #pMinBlendAmount, [#comment: "Minimum Blend Amount (How Transparent Can It Get?)", ¬     #format: #integer, #default: 0, #range: [#min: 0, #max: 100]]      -- Next sprite to fade in or out property's   setaProp pdList, #pNextSprite, [#comment: "Fade which sprite next", ¬     #format: #integer, #default: 0, #range: [#min: 0, #max: 500]]      setaProp pdList,#pNextSpriteInOrOut,[#default:"in", #format:#string, #comment:"Next sprite is to Fade In or Out?", ¬ #range:["in", "out"]]      setaProp pdList,#pCallOtherLingo,[#default:"", #format:#string, #comment:"Any other calls you want to make?"]      return pdList end getPropertyDescriptionList on getBehaviorDescription me   gbDesc = "This allows any sprite to fade in and out in at a set rate, trigger the fade in /out of aother sprites and call other lingo commands."   return gbDesc end getBehaviorDescription on getBehaviorTooltip me   gbToolTip = "This allows any sprite to fade in and out in at a set rate, trigger the fade in /out of aother sprites and call other lingo commands."   return gbToolTip end getBehaviorTooltip ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------