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"Animated" Intro Pages for in-game maps

May 31 (10 years ago)
Hello all,

I don't know if this question should be in this thread or the API thread but here it goes.
For my campaigns, I usually love making an 'intro' type page for my players. This is usually an image with the name of the campaign on it, possibly with the current PC's characters images on the page as well. this servers as a page that the players can rest on whilst we are not playing the campaign. Maybe if they want to test some rolls, work on their characters, or just sit and enjoy the title page.

What I've been wanting to do for some time is create an animated title page of a sort. Perhaps just a moving background image or say three or so mountain ranges layered and moving. I know with some API scripts you can have tokens automatically move per script. I was wondering if there was a way that you can make an image 'continuous' or have a a new image of the same thing be created when the last image would end.

Any ideas on this or suggestions? Is this in the realm of possibilities for the API?
May 31 (10 years ago)
The Aaron
Pro
API Scripter
It would require a bit of scripting, but is possible. What you're describing is called "Parallax" and was a common technique in 2d side scrolled. (I worked in the game industry for several years, did a lot with that. =D ).

Depending on the images you're using, you'd likely have seceral
copies adjacent, as one moves off the screen to the side, you'd hide it and move it to the other side in preparation to slide on. Further background layers move at a slower rate. The comicaged part would be getting the stacking order right, but it's a solved (if annoying) problem. I've been considering writing a script for this for a while (wanted to animate the sea or river below a ship). I'd be happy to help you turn that at some point. =D
May 31 (10 years ago)
I'd love to help! But.. I know little-to-nothing about scripting XD
I'd be willing to learn?
June 01 (10 years ago)
The Aaron
Pro
API Scripter
=D

It's something I'll write eventually, but right now, I have at least 4 things I need to write first. =/
June 01 (10 years ago)
vÍnce
Pro
Sheet Author

The Aaron said:

=D

It's something I'll write eventually, but right now, I have at least 40 things I need to write first. =/
;-P

June 01 (10 years ago)
There is a script you might be interested in. It does not do graphics but will put text on a defined loading page. I think the script was called Loader or something like that. For one of my D20 Modern games I had a news announcer on a tv and was placing the text on the screen under him. It is fun to use once and a while. The original script had a pile of DND 5e sayings in it if I recall.
June 01 (10 years ago)
The Aaron
Pro
API Scripter
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