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Sprite Blender - Distance

Added on 6/10/1999

Compatibilities:
behavior D6_5 Mac

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Sprite Blender

-- gerry orkin
--gorkin@coombs.anu.edu.au
--if you use this let me know and acknowledge in your credits
--if you improve it, send me a copy :)
-- initial blend for the sprite
property startBlend

-- how far away should the fade begin?
property StartFadePoint

-- how far away should the fade stop
-- (at which point the blend should = 100) ?

property EndFadePoint

on beginSprite me -- sets initial blend
  puppetsprite  the spriteNum of me, 1
  set the blend of sprite the spriteNum of me = startBlend
  updatestage
end

on exitFrame me -- provides the trigger for the blend updates
  sendSprite  (the spritenum of me, #blendit)
end

on blendSprite which, what -- does the blending :)
  set the blend of sprite which = what
  updatestage
end

on blendit me
  set dv = abs((the locV of sprite the spriteNum of me) - the mousev)
  set  dH = abs((the locH of sprite the spriteNum of me) - the mouseh)
  set distance = sqrt( dV * dV + dH * dH )
  if distance < EndFadePoint then
    blendSprite the spriteNum of me,100
    exit
  end if
  if distance < StartFadePoint then
    set percentage = (distance*100/StartFadePoint)
    set blendToValue =  (100-percentage)
    if blendToValue < startBlend then set blendToValue =  startBlend
    blendSprite the spriteNum of me,blendToValue
  else
    blendSprite the spriteNum of me,startBlend
  end if
  updatestage
end

on getPropertyDescriptionList
  set p_list = [¬
                          #startBlend: [ #default:0, #format:#integer, #comment:"Initial Blend",#range: [#min:0,#Max:100]] ,¬
                             #StartFadePoint: [ #default:100, #format:#integer, #comment:"Trigger Point", #range:[#min:0,#Max:500]],¬
                             #EndFadePoint: [ #default:0, #format:#integer, #comment:"End Trigger Point", #range:[#min:0,#Max:50]] ¬
                          ]
  return p_list
end

on getBehaviorDescription
  return  "Creates sprites that fade in and out (using the sprite blend property) depending how far they are from the mouse. " &return&return&¬
                          "Try different inks for your sprites - different images require different settings. Also, there appears to be a bug in Director 6 that prevents sprites with a blend of 0 from being totally hidden. "
end

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