Running intro before physics start

[pixel_legolas]

I am adding a intro with this command:

LoadCinematicScript( "cinematics/intro.gsl");
WaitForCinematicToEnd();

The problem is that the game is not waiting for cinematic to end. When the camera switches over to character it has already started to fall (I am trying everything on my game demo RAGMAN now).

So physics and everything is not waiting for cinematics. I am putting this in main.gsl but I guess I need to do something more.

I found scripts for pausing game when in menu that has these commands:

bool gameActive = false;

if (!gameActive)
    return false;

f (key == "KeyEsc")
{
ShowForm( "MainMenu");
SetRelativeMouseMode( false);
gameActive = false;
return true;
}
return false;
}

I don't know what to do

[Squat]

Try this instead:

GetGameManager().SetPaused( true);

[pixel_legolas]

well this pauses everything, and i really mean everything

i think what would be better is to have a spawner and make him spawn there after intro instead. I will try that

[pixel_legolas]

I tried looking at the powerups in the breakout game to see spawners, I modified code a bit and got this:

Object@ spawnPoint = null;



void Initialize( Object@ object)

{
   @player = object.GetWorld().GetObject("Push_Ball");//the player object
   @spawnPoint = object.GetWorld().GetObject("Spawn_Point");//the spawner
   Respawn( object );
}

void Respawn( Object @object )
{
   // move to spawner   
   player.SetPosition( spawnPoint.GetPosition() );
   
   
   
   // update the object's physics collision box pose with object pose
   player.UpdateCollisionObjectPositions();
}

but could you tell how to tackle things? Should I have the player from the beginning or had him in script? Where do I spawn him from, main.gsl or what? It's so hard without any reference where to put things. I have the separate intro.gsl should I add it there?

[pixel_legolas]

hm, looked at the old fps template and found player spawn that worked. Now it works for me

[gekido]

WaitForCinematicToEnd();

You are probably better to do something like this:

LoadCinematicScript( "cinematicscript.gsl");
      
while( IsCinematicRunning())
{
   WaitForRender();
   Delay(0.1);
}