scripting commands list?

[adam12]

hey great product... stumbled onto this morning and pretty much wasted my whole day at work playing with it.

i'd like to learn more about customizing - i've been poking around the forums and browsing all the examples for hints, but is there a definitive commands list somewhere i can use for reference?

can't wait to get home to install on a better machine and plug it into my mixer...

[JayPro]

I don't believe there's anything you're looking per se for in the Customization section of the Web docs.

However, the program has a Scripts folder which of course contains examples of what you can do with this aspect of GF programming.

At first blush it may look like a mere repository of scripts; but some of the examples in the folder are heavily commented on to show you how to do carry forth the most important things you'll need to know.

[willrob]

I think a "G-Force For Dummies" is long overdue.

[adam12]

well i went ahead and purchased platinum this morning... so now i'm a registered user i can start making demands right?

the comments in the scripts folder are helpful, but the info is all spread out and not really easy to find at a quick glance... what i was hoping to get was just a small list of commands and what they do to help me get started... not necessarily an indepth tutorial on how to make your own waveshapes and such - although that would be nice too!

like the 'example script' is helpful, but does it contain all the commands that are available to me?

i can even start it...

stdout( "text" ); //prints text to screen - not really to be used, but helpful for seeing timing for scripts

SetSlideShow( CONFIG_WAVESHAPE | CONFIG_COLORMAP | CONFIG_FLOWFIELD | CONFIG_SPRITE | CONFIG_PARTICLE, false ); //turns slideshows on and off

SetWaveShape( "Simple Vertical", 0 ); //what do the numbers do?

SetColorMap( "Hero", 0 );

SetFlowField( "Right Turn", 0 );

SetNextFlowField( "Noise", "", 34, 5 ); //see CTRL 3.txt

SetWaveShape( "Rotating Arcs", 6 + rnd(4) ); //oooooo, math...

StartParticle( "Spinning Plane" );

StartRandomParticle();

StartSprite( "sprite" ); //is there a corresponding StopSprite?

StartOverlayText( "text", 18, 10, 3, 0, -.8 ); //this one doesn't actually work...

what else is there?

[chkman]

what else is there?

You've covered most of the bases. There is the run script command.
Run("Example",0)
Put it in a script that you can run, say "CTRL 1.txt" and that's how you run the example script. You can also put it at the end of a script to start itself over again and again. I use it in a script to call separate scripts for colors, waves etc.

what do the numbers do?

For flows it controls how long G-Force has to calculate in the background before changing to that flow. If the time is too short it can cause a pause in the display. For the wave I think it's how long to morph into the next wave. For the sprites and particles it's how long they will display (no StopSprite).

6 + rnd(4) ); //oooooo, math...

That didn't work for me when I tried it. I should try it again.

Never tried StartOverlayText. But you can make a text sprite to display words.

SetNextFlowField( "Noise", "", 34, 5 );

You can put the name of a flowfield union in between the "" and the 2nd number determines how long it will take to morph into the new flowfield.

For StartSprite there is a third parameter. Please see this topic for the details. http://forums.soundspectrum.com/viewtopic.php?t=746

[titofromtx]

I think a "G-Force For Dummies" is long overdue.

I totaly agree with you