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VAMStory

Plugins + Scripts VAMStory

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vertigoeighty said:
Which trigger command will launch the actions of that ID (as if you clicked the actual button)? I don't see that as an option.
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Not sure you can do that. If your just triggering the button copy what you want to trigger to a Logic Bricks relay then trigger that maybe.
 
hazmhox updated VAMStory with a new update entry:

New Tool & Feature

VAMStoryDirector
  • Added "Count Trigger" feature to triggers, which allows you to set a threshold (value) at which the trigger will be executed.

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    • Define your number in the field
    • Click on Edit Count Trigger to define what will happen when reaching that value
    • During playthrough, use the action called Increment Trigger Count on anything (button, trigger, animation) to add 1 to the current...
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hazmhox updated VAMStory with a new update entry:

New Tool, Features & Bug Fixes

VAMStoryActions
  • Added a background option for the whole UI, it is available in the tab now called "Background/Header/Footer options" (was "Header/Footer options" previously), you can set a color and opacity.

Tools
  • "Appearance Swapper" now has a "OnCancel" trigger to help controlling better the UI flow if needed.
  • Added "Mini saves" tool. This is a simple way of storing a "flag" (no data is stored besides a file) if for instance the...
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Can you please share how you fixed the postmagick making world space UI (actions in your case) be rendered on top of everything else? I have my own script that adds world space UIs objects and I've been unable to figure it out. It's driving me crazy :)
 
Hi @hazmhox, Firstly great plug in! amazing work, secondly .. how can I trigger the story to start upon scene load? I can't see to work it out

thanks in advance
 
Sorry guyz! I don't know why I'm not receiving some notifications :eek:

VAMFantasy said:
Hi! Is it possible to update VAMStory that is already present in the scene?
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Yes! Update the plugin, be sure VAM is resetted, delete all the previous version of VAMS, load your scene (then save it again if it's for one of your scene). : )


qdaro said:
Can you please share how you fixed the postmagick making world space UI (actions in your case) be rendered on top of everything else? I have my own script that adds world space UIs objects and I've been unable to figure it out. It's driving me crazy :)
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Sure!
Be sure to have a proper default UI material if it's not already the case. Move everything single objects of your UI structure to the Default layer ( ID 0 ).
And voilà!


BritishScenes said:
Hi @hazmhox, Firstly great plug in! amazing work, secondly .. how can I trigger the story to start upon scene load? I can't see to work it out

thanks in advance
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Thank you!
You have two possibilities :
  • In the global options of VAMStory, you have a button "Edit Story Trigger". This is fired upon VAMStory being ready (after scene load and everything). Add here your action to start your first group
  • Add VAMStory Director, and control the whole scene logic with it, and use the "start trigger" option : )
I'd suggest to learn and shift your scene logic to VAMStoryDirector, this is very powerful to sort/manage your whole story.
 
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Excellent, thanks for your quick reply.

I will check out StoryDirector, I haven't done much with it yet.
 
@fafaworld
just a question is possible to have an "auto-click"with timer? for let the story run alone and let enough time for read the text between each dialogue? exemple i have dialogue "0" and i want a 10 sec delay before dialogue "1" start automatically.
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At the moment no, but this is a feature I have in mind since a long time now. It's probably gonna get added soon : )
 
hazmhox updated VAMStory with a new update entry:

New module, features & Bug fixes

VAMStoryPanels
  • New module VAMStoryPanels allowing the creation of panels animations. Kind of like a slideshow. It can be used to create credit screens, image slideshow, "fake" ad boards, whatever you can imagine!

VAMStory
  • Added the new auto-skip delay to dialogs. This will force to play the next dialog after a defined amount of time and display a countdown icon at the right of the dialog box.
    • When auto...
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@TdotONY

i love it except there is a bug where all the actions in vamstory actions module don't load any of the trigger targets when the plugin is part of a subscene and you load that subscene into your scene. None of the things I have set up in my base/original scene where I set up the subscene and this plugin are working. When I open the triggers, the line is there, but when I go into it to look at the targets, they all say "none"
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This might be something I should put in the documentation in huge bold red letters lol: VAMStory and all my plugins in general are not tested in subscenes nor will be updated to support subscenes if they fail in that situation.

The way subscenes are saved, the way subscenes are asynchronously loaded, and the way subscenes are handled overall is sub-optimal at best. After dozens of hours (if not hundreds) inside VAM prior to subscenes being implemented, I can safely say you should not use them beyond loading assets and set pieces.

They are very unreliable when it comes to plugins / scene scripting and overall scene flow.

Anyway.
So just to be crystal clear: VAMStory will not handle subscenes... ever.

I'm sorry if your way of doing things relies on them. But I would suggest to find other ways to load your actions, like using the included backup system, or using presets.
 
hazmhox said:
@TdotONY



This might be something I should put in the documentation in huge bold red letters lol: VAMStory and all my plugins in general are not tested in subscenes nor will be updated to support subscenes if they fail in that situation.

The way subscenes are saved, the way subscenes are asynchronously loaded, and the way subscenes are handled overall is sub-optimal at best. After dozens of hours (if not hundreds) inside VAM prior to subscenes being implemented, I can safely say you should not use them beyond loading assets and set pieces.

They are very unreliable when it comes to plugins / scene scripting and overall scene flow.

Anyway.
So just to be crystal clear: VAMStory will not handle subscenes... ever.

I'm sorry if your way of doing things relies on them. But I would suggest to find other ways to load your actions, like using the included backup system, or using presets.
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thanks Hazmhox for the explanation. I moved away from subscene after finding one of your other comments.

What I ended up doing was saving 4 versions of my scene, since it's essentially a toolset I want to come along with every Person I add to the scene. So I saved 4 versions with all the Atom's renamed so I can merge-load them without issue. P1, P2 male and female versions.

This works, maybe there's a better way, idk.
 
Merge load is a perfect alternative : )

You know, there are always several way to achieve a result anyway ^^
 
Sorry if this was asked before. I don't know if it's intentional.
Previously the buttons weren't affected by Depth of Field or chroma key. You could always clearly see the buttons.
Is it possible to change that in the menu?

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ispinox said:
Sorry if this was asked before. I don't know if it's intentional.
Previously the buttons weren't affected by Depth of Field or chroma key. You could always clearly see the buttons.
Is it possible to change that in the menu?
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Nope. This was changed because a lot of player/creators complained that it wasn't working / glitching with post process.
There is no option to change that.
 
hazmhox said:
Nope. This was changed because a lot of player/creators complained that it wasn't working / glitching with post process.
There is no option to change that.
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Actually, the fact that the previous VAMSTORY was unaffected by depth of field and other PostMagic effects was a really great—and arguably very important—feature. Having the UI interface that interacts with the user in a scene blurred by depth of field or affected by bloom is a terrible issue that’s very hard to deal with.

Let me give a practical example: you can’t, and shouldn’t, expect creators to restrict all UI interaction components within the effective range of depth of field, especially since some creators, in pursuit of a more cinematic feel, often use dynamically adjusted depth of field. If users can’t even see the UI clearly, what’s the point of having it? The issues caused by bloom are even worse—it can make the UI glow or even become glaringly bright.

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I remember that one of VAM’s updates specifically included a modification to make the native game UI unaffected by PostMagic effects (although, for some reason, this feature doesn’t seem to work properly). There were solid reasons for implementing this, and I hope you can reconsider this issue.
 
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Take the new scene I’m currently working on as an example—this is the actual difference between in-focus and out-of-focus areas with depth of field applied. As you can see, the atom hosting VAMSTORY and the AUTOFOCUSPOINT are actually quite close in distance. So here’s the problem: where exactly am I supposed to place the UI?
 
hazmhox said:
Nope. This was changed because a lot of player/creators complained that it wasn't working / glitching with post process.
There is no option to change that.
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I personally don’t quite understand why UI interaction elements need to be affected by post-processing effects—it just doesn’t make any sense. It’s like in film post-production, where you color grade and apply various effects to the footage, but would you include the subtitles in that process? Of course not.

Now it’s like applying motion blur, bloom, or color filters to subtitles during film post-production. No, the purpose of subtitles is to provide information to the audience in the most straightforward and clear way, isn’t it? The powerful and useful features provided by VAMSTORY are just as important, if not more so, because it not only needs to be straightforward and clear but also has to interact with the user.

You would never, nor should you ever, expect to rely on post-processing to make your subtitles look prettier. The same principle applies to the UI interaction interface and features provided by VAMSTORY.
 
@hazmhox Quick question.
Since disabling/enabling empty atom breaks VAMStory I thought maybe loading multiple empty atom presets might also be bad practice but it seems to work, at least in the one experiment I ran.
My hope is to use a single atom for multiple menu variations. It must also support different director triggers, possibly with same name. (I'm assuming both the Action and Director plugins are in the same Empty to be restored by the preset load.)
My question is would loading presets work for this or do you recommend creating multiple empty's for each menu? i.e. is there a potential for bad behavior from loading presets?
Thanks
 
CheersMate said:
@hazmhox Quick question.
Since disabling/enabling empty atom breaks VAMStory I thought maybe loading multiple empty atom presets might also be bad practice but it seems to work, at least in the one experiment I ran.
My hope is to use a single atom for multiple menu variations. It must also support different director triggers, possibly with same name. (I'm assuming both the Action and Director plugins are in the same Empty to be restored by the preset load.)
My question is would loading presets work for this or do you recommend creating multiple empty's for each menu? i.e. is there a potential for bad behavior from loading presets?
Thanks
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I can’t speak for Hazmhox, but from my own experience, this approach doesn’t have any negative effects. I’ve used this method extensively in extremely complex scenes, and I’ve never encountered any issues.
 
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