Sanity hit when looking at area

[Kyzer]

I need a better explanation as to how this works and what I need to do to make it work

I also want a specific thing to happen for this, like in the storyline when Daniel sees something surprising and unnerving, he makes a gasp noise and (from what I remember) the screen FOV goes through a sudden change and back to normal.



I've been doing level design for years, just not for Amnesia. It's far different from hammer. I'm used to everything being a specific function done in the program :p (I mean I'm not used to scripting)

[PutraenusAlivius]

I think that you could use AddEntityCollideCallback that binds to the area and use the Sepia and Trail screen effects with PlaySound and some Sanity damage to do sort of the same thing although I'm not quite sure.

Example:

Spoiler below!

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void OnStart()
{
AddEntityCollideCallback("Player", "AreaName", "Sanity", true, 1); //Command that tells the area what happens when you hit the area
}

void Sanity(string &in asParent, string &in asChild, int alState)
{
GiveSanityDamage(15.0f, true); //Command that damages the sanity. Let's just say 15. Let's put true in the effect because why not?
FadeSepiaColorTo(1.0f, 0.3f); //Command that turns the screen red. Let's set the time to full effect to 0.3 seconds.
FadeImageTrailTo(1.0f, 0.3f); //Command that sort of gets a trail effect. Let's put the same thing as FadeSepia but you can edit that.
PlayGuiSound("gasp.snt", 1.0f); //Command that gives the sound. Now I AM NOT SURE WHAT THE FILE IS, but you can search the Amnesia sound directory to find the appropriate sound. Make sure you put .snt after the name as the original command demands it.
} 


This is just an example as I haven't tested it out yet and I made this on the spot.

[Mudbill]

The GiveSanityDamage is all that is required for the FOV, sound, and loss of sanity. Anyway, I answered your other thread. You should stick to one and not make duplicates.

For the sake of it, I'll just quote my reply here for now.

Ah, yes here it is:

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SetEntityPlayerLookAtCallback(string& asName, string& asCallback, bool abRemoveWhenLookedAt); 


The callback syntax is void MyFunc(string &in asEntity, int alState)

If you're not familiar with scripting, this should look like so:

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void OnStart()
{
    SetEntityPlayerLookAtCallback("NAME_OF_AREA", "NAME_OF_CALLBACK", true);
}

void NAME_OF_CALLBACK(string &in asEntity, int alState)
{
    GiveSanityDamage(15.0f, true);
} 


[Kyzer]

The GiveSanityDamage is all that is required for the FOV, sound, and loss of sanity. Anyway, I answered your other thread. You should stick to one and not make duplicates.

For the sake of it, I'll just quote my reply here for now.

Ah, yes here it is:

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SetEntityPlayerLookAtCallback(string& asName, string& asCallback, bool abRemoveWhenLookedAt); 


The callback syntax is void MyFunc(string &in asEntity, int alState)

If you're not familiar with scripting, this should look like so:

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void OnStart()
{
    SetEntityPlayerLookAtCallback("NAME_OF_AREA", "NAME_OF_CALLBACK", true);
}

void NAME_OF_CALLBACK(string &in asEntity, int alState)
{
    GiveSanityDamage(15.0f, true);
} 


I'm getting the effect but I'm not getting the gasping sound. (using 50)

[Mudbill]

The gasp is not part of this line. If you want that, you'll need to add it separately. You can do so with

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PlayGuiSound("filename.snt", 1.0f); 


I don't remember what the file name is, but you will find it in the sounds folder somewhere, likely under player.