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Asked By | Diet Estus |
I am using OpenSimplexNoise.get_noise_2d() to achieve screenshake.
It works like this. My camera has the following variables: trauma, max_offset_x, max_offset_y.
Each frame, I calculate offset.x = trauma * max_offset_x * smooth_noise.get_noise2d(elapsed_game_time, elapsed_game_time).
Similarly for offset.y.
I decrement trauma using a Timer. As trauma decrements, the screenshake slows. When trauma == 0, the shake stops.
Moving through the smooth noise makes the camera shake smoothly, rather than discretely. This works really well.
The problem is that when I initially set a new trauma value to start the shake, I’d like to be able to set the initial direction of the shake. For example, I may want the camera to initially move to the right, before continuing its shake moving left.
How can I alter my system to allow for a specification of original direction?
extends Camera2D
# references below
onready var timer = get_node("Timer")
# attribues
var trauma_y = 0 setget set_trauma_y
var trauma_x = 0 setget set_trauma_x
var shake_x = 0
var shake_y = 0
var max_offset = 8
var smooth_noise
var constant_trauma = false
func set_trauma_y(value):
trauma_y = value
if timer.is_stopped():
timer.start()
set_physics_process(true)
func set_trauma_x(value):
trauma_x = value
if timer.is_stopped():
timer.start()
set_physics_process(true)
func _ready():
# creating noise
smooth_noise = OpenSimplexNoise.new()
smooth_noise.seed = randi()
smooth_noise.octaves = 4
smooth_noise.period = 0.1
#smooth_noise.persistence = 0.8
func _physics_process(delta):
# shake is a function of trauma
shake_y = trauma_y * trauma_y
shake_x = trauma_x * trauma_x
# use perlin noise for screen shake -- vertical
offset.y = max_offset * shake_y * smooth_noise.get_noise_2d(Globals.now, Globals.now) * 10
# use perlin noise for screen shake -- horizontal
offset.x = max_offset * shake_x * smooth_noise.get_noise_2d(Globals.now * 2, Globals.now * 2) * 10
if trauma_y == 0 and trauma_x == 0:
timer.stop()
set_physics_process(false)
func _on_Timer_timeout():
trauma_y -= 0.025
if trauma_y < 0:
trauma_y = 0
trauma_x -= 0.025
if trauma_x < 0:
trauma_x = 0
Would you mind share the script/node? I’ll see if I can help.
Dlean Jeans | 2019-06-09 03:31
Perhaps if you want direction in your screenshake, you shouldn’t use noise at all. This is what I expect to get from a noise-based screenshake algorithm: YouTube video.
Dlean Jeans | 2019-06-09 04:51
Updated to share the code. That talk is where I learned the technique, haha. Maybe I’ll have to scrap it if I want an initial direction. But I was hoping to build it in some way.
Diet Estus | 2019-06-09 04:54