[MPNumB]

How i shold write a fog message?

message_begin(MSG_ALL, get_user_msgid("Fog"), _, _);
?whats here?
message_end()

if i write no bytes/shorts/coords... it writes me an error, that I need to write 7 bytes. If i make it like in hlsdk (write 5 shorts: 1 - red, 2 - green, 3 - blue, 4 - startdis, 5 - enddis) it writes me an error that I writed 10 bytes when 7 needed. Please help.

[Arkshine]

Something that doesn't crash me, but I don't see any fog.

message_begin ( MSG_ALL, get_user_msgid ( "Fog" ) ); 
write_byte ( 60 );   // red
write_byte ( 60 );   // green
write_byte ( 60 );   // blue
write_short ( 50 );  // Start distance
write_short ( 500 ); // End distance
message_end();

[MPNumB]

thx. but 1 more question - what is start distance and end distance?

[Arkshine]

Ok, I've found ! That's just reversed.

        message_begin ( MSG_ALL, get_user_msgid ( "Fog" ) ); 
        write_short ( 50 );  // Start distance
        write_short ( 500 ); // End distance
        write_byte ( 60 );   // red
        write_byte ( 60 );   // green
        write_byte ( 60 );   // blue
        message_end();

It works fine for me, now.

By the way :

Start Distance = This value defines how far away from the player the fog will start. At this range, the fog is completely transparent.
End Distance = This value defines how far away from the player the fog will end. At this point, the fog becomes 100% opaque

MSG_ONE works too.


EDIT : strange. 60 60 60 should give me grey color, not blue. -_-'

EDIT2 : Hmm, I'm probably wrong. But I didn't yet figure out.

[MPNumB]

Works, but colors... color has a problem...
1 - red
2 - green
3 - blue
4 - startdist (distance from enddist to you)
5 - enddist (distance from you)

in hlsdk evrything is write_short() but it gives an byte number error...

[Arkshine]

Ok, actually this message is called when there is already an entity fog on the map and that you're connecting to the server.

L 05/30/2008 - 17:53:54: [shptool.amxx] message_begin(MSG_ONE, get_user_msgid("Fog"), {0,0,0}, 1)
L 05/30/2008 - 17:53:54: [shptool.amxx] write_byte(60)  // red
L 05/30/2008 - 17:53:54: [shptool.amxx] write_byte(60)  // green
L 05/30/2008 - 17:53:54: [shptool.amxx] write_byte(60)  // blue
L 05/30/2008 - 17:53:54: [shptool.amxx] write_byte(111) // Start distance
L 05/30/2008 - 17:53:54: [shptool.amxx] write_byte(18)  // End distance
L 05/30/2008 - 17:53:54: [shptool.amxx] write_byte(3)   // Fog density ?
L 05/30/2008 - 17:53:54: [shptool.amxx] write_byte(59)  // Fog density ?
L 05/30/2008 - 17:53:54: [shptool.amxx] message_end()

So, I've removed the entity creation ( need for the test before ) and I've tried this message alone. It works perfectly into a command.

3 and 59 seems to be related to the fog density. I did not figure out how it works exactly. 0.001 give -125 and 58, for example.

[MPNumB]

Thx. By the way. Can you send me this shptool plugin please? =)

[Alka]

Originally Posted by MPNumB Thx. By the way. Can you send me this shptool plugin please? =)

http://forums.space-headed.net/viewtopic.php?p=490#490

[Arkshine]

Originally Posted by MPNumB Thx. By the way. Can you send me this shptool plugin please? =)

Would be nice if you can test deeply because I've tried to change 'Start Distance' or 'End Distance', and I've seen no changes... Weird.

Could be useful to fully understand this message.

[sbeaman]

I think there is an error in the message description. It does not make sense that end_distance is smaller than start_distance. Also fog densities do not appear anywhere in the SDK (so why would they suddenly appear in a message). Finally Fog end_distances need to be able to grow beyond 255. Because of this I think the last 4 entries are actually shorts. So the fog message looks like:

MESSAGE_BEGIN();
WRITE_BYTE(60); // Red
WRITE_BYTE(60); // Green
WRITE_BYTE(60); // Blue
WRITE_SHORT(0x126f); // Start distance
WRITE_SHORT(0x3b03); // End distance
MESSAGE_END();

I have tested this and it appears to work. Reducing the start distance makes the fog start sooner. If you want to look at it in byte form then:

message_begin()
write_byte(60) // red
write_byte(60) // green
write_byte(60) // blue
write_byte(111) // Start distance (Low Byte)
write_byte( 18 ) // Start distance (High Byte)
write_byte(3) // End Distance (Low Byte)
write_byte(59) // End Distance (High Byte)
message_end();