is it possible to use a animated gif or play an avi on the game main menu? i have a menu code, and it works fine, but i would like animate the actual game logo panel. i dont know where to start.

ok, forget about the avi or animated panel. is it possible to make a panel blink(no pun intended)? i have a logo panel, and i just want a separate panel to blink next to it, adding a number to the title. can someone help me with that?

update: ok, i got it to blink once, but how can i get it to continue to blink say evey 2 seconds?

Change this line
temp = 1 + int (random(2));

to:
temp = cycle(temp+1,1,3);

this will change the temp variable every two seconds (as you have a wait(-2) between 1 and 2 (3 = upper limit (not including))

it still doesnt work.

For an animated panel you could use the "window" function (have a look at the manual). For example if you had a 128x128px logo and 8 frames you could create a 1024x128px bitmap and display only the current frame by shifting the visible part via the window function for 128pixels - hard to explain in English.
To your code:

starter blink_pictures() {
var status = 0;
while (1) {
status = (status == 0);

if (status) { picture_pan.bmap = numb1_bmp; }
else { picture_pan.bmap = numb2_bmp; }
wait(-2);
}
}

or

starter blink_pictures() {
while (1) {

picture_pan.bmap = numb1_bmp;
wait(-2);
picture_pan.bmap = numb2_bmp;
wait(-2);
}
}

it's the same results as how i wrote the code. the picture blinks once and stays lit. i want it to blink off and on like a "no vacancy" sign. is that possible?

Hi,

I think the problem is:
-the temp will always be more than > 1(because it's not set to 0)

Here is my code:



Tested and worked fine. (Maybe rubbish)

I almost can't believe that, add a beep() to the while loop for testing purposes.

i will have a look when i get home from work. thanks for the suggestions.

Copy this into a new *.wdl file and run it, works fine...



var video_mode = 8;

string level_str = <test.WMB>;

function main() {
level_load(level_str);
}

bmap numb1_bmp = <pic1.bmp>;
bmap numb2_bmp = <pic2.bmp>;

panel picture_pan {
flags = visible, overlay;
layer = 10;
}



starter blink_pictures() {
var status = 0;
while (1) {
status = (status == 0);

if (status) { picture_pan.bmap = numb1_bmp; }
else { picture_pan.bmap = numb2_bmp; }
wait(-2);
}
}

/* this one works, too

starter blink_pictures2() {
while (1) {
picture_pan.bmap = numb1_bmp;
wait(-2);
picture_pan.bmap = numb2_bmp;
wait(-2);
}
}

*/