SetSceneBrightness (CMS)

From The Official Visionaire Studio: Adventure Game Engine Wiki
Name Type By
setSceneBrightness("scn", val, duration) Definition AFRLme

This small function quickly allows you to immediately set the brightness value of the current scene or a specific scene; or over x duration, if desired.


Instructions

1. Add the main script to the Visionaire Studio Script Editor & set the script as a definition script.
2a. Usage Example #1: immediately update the brightness belonging to a specific scene to 80 percent.

setSceneBrightness("scene_name", 80)

2b. Usage Example #2: immediately update the brightness belonging to the current scene to 80 percent.

setSceneBrightness(nil, 80)

2c. Usage Example #3: update the brightness belonging to the current scene to 80 percent over 1000ms.

setSceneBrightness(nil, 80, 1000)


Main Script

function setSceneBrightness(scn, val, duration)
 if scn == nil then scn = game.CurrentScene or scn = Scenes[scn] end -- check current scene or specific scene
 duration = duration or 0 -- fallback in case duration equals nil
 -- + --
 scn:to(duration, {Brightness = val}) -- update specified scene brightness
end


Syntax Breakdown

Name Type Description
scn "string" or nil This should be a "string" value containing the name of the scene you want to affect; or nil to link to the current scene.
val integer This should be a number value which will determine the brightness value of the specifed/current scene.
duration integer This should contain a number value in milliseconds of how long you want the current scene brightness to take to get from the current value to the target value.