Complete handler for object:to() in Lua

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• #1, by trepn Wednesday, 20. December 2017, 18:15 9 years ago

  I'm trying to fadeout my inventory interface and set its visibility to false when done. I am able to fade out but then the buttons stay active on the invisible interface so I need to hide it completely. Is there a onComplete handler or something to achieve this?

  
  

  
  

  function Main.hideInventory()
    if inventoryOpen == true then
      local inventory = getObject("Interfaces[inventory]")
      inventory:to(inventoryTransitionDuration, {InterfaceVisibility = 0})
      -- this needs to be done in oncomplete
      -- inventory.InterfaceVisible = false
      inventoryOpen = false
    end
  end

  
  
  
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• #2, by afrlme Wednesday, 20. December 2017, 18:31 9 years ago

  Probably best to add that line inside of an execute a script action part inside of a called by other action block.
  
  create a called by other action block somewhere, then add this to them...
  
  pause for value "example" duration
  execute a script >
  

  Interfaces["inventory"].InterfaceVisible = false
  inventoryOpen = false

  
  
  "example" woud be a vs value that you stored the fade time inside of. Anyway, rename the called by other action block to something like "hide_inventory".
  
  Now edit your function script to call the called by other action you have created...
  

  function Main.hideInventory()
    if inventoryOpen == true then
      local inventory = Interfaces["inventory"]
      inventory:to(inventoryTransitionDuration, {InterfaceVisibility = 0})
      startAction(Actions["hide_inventory"]) -- call the called by other action that handles when to hide the inventory
    end
  end

  
  

• #3, by SimonS Wednesday, 20. December 2017, 18:33 9 years ago

  There is no onComplete handler, but there is a setDelay:

  
  

  http://www.visionaire-studio.com/luadocs/#tweening

  
  

  function Main.hideInventory()
  
    if inventoryOpen == true then
  
      local inventory = getObject("Interfaces[inventory]")
  
      inventory:to(inventoryTransitionDuration, {InterfaceVisibility = 0})
  
      -- this needs to be done in oncomplete
  
      setDelay(inventoryTransitionDuration, function()
         inventory.InterfaceVisible = false
      end)
  
      inventoryOpen = false
  
    end
  
  end

• #4, by trepn Thursday, 21. December 2017, 10:43 9 years ago

  Tnx both of you. @AFRLme I prefer to keep everything in the code instead of adding another action part. So setDelay it is. I don't see anywhere in the documentation that it is possible to cancel a setDelay, are there any options for doing this?  You might want to cancel a delayed method to be excecuted when a user action like show menu or something pops up.

  
  

• #5, by afrlme Thursday, 21. December 2017, 13:19 9 years ago

  I don't think you can cancel it, but you could wrap the code inside of the function in an if query. Maybe you could query if the current scene is not the menu or if a condition/value does not equal x. Should do the trick.
  
  

  setDelay(inventoryTransitionDuration, function()
   if not Conditions["example"].ConditionValue then
     inventory.InterfaceVisible = false
   end
  end)

  
  

• #6, by trepn Thursday, 21. December 2017, 15:05 9 years ago

  Tnx!