Dialog on black screen

[Gruntage]

Ello guys

Does any1 know how to get a dialog to appear on a black out? I've tried doing:

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titlecut ["","BLACK IN",99999]
 but my dialog won't appear. Heres an extract from my description where my dialog is defined:

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class DIFFICULTY
{
  idd = -1;
  movingEnable = true;
  controlsBackground[] = {DLG_BACK1};
  objects[] = { };
  controls[] = {FRAME1, TEXT2, BUTTON3, BUTTON3_4, BUTTON3_5};

  class DLG_BACK1: RscText
  {
     colorBackground[] = {0.4, 0.4, 0.4, 0.75};
     text = ;
     x = 0.15875;
     y = 0.20907;
     w = 0.66375;
     h = 0.42406;
  };
 class FRAME1 : RscText
 {
  x = 0.15875
  y = 0.20907
  idc = -1
  w = 0.66375
  h = 0.42406
  style = ST_FRAME
  colorText[] = {0, 0, 0, 1};
  colorBackground[] = {0.4, 0.4, 0.4, 0.75};
  SizeEX = 0.025
 text = ""
  };
 class TEXT2 : RscText
 {
  x = 0.28875
  y = 0.26036
  idc = -1
  w = 0.40125
  h = 0.09901
  style = ST_LEFT
  colorText[] = {1, 1, 1, 1};
  colorBackground[] = {0, 0, 0, 0};
 font = "TahomaB36"
  SizeEX = 0.7
 text = "Select Difficulty"
  };
 class BUTTON3 : RscButton
 {
  x = 0.2
  y = 0.43984
  idc = -1
  w = 0.162
  h = 0.094
  style = ST_CENTER
  colorText[] = {0, 0, 0, 1};
 font = "CourierNewB64"
  SizeEX = 0.04
 text = "Easy"
 action = "easyselected = true"
 default = false
  };
 class BUTTON3_4 : RscButton
 {
  x = 0.41375
  y = 0.43984
  idc = -1
  w = 0.162
  h = 0.094
  style = ST_CENTER
  colorText[] = {0, 0, 0, 1};
 font = "CourierNewB64"
  SizeEX = 0.04
 text = "Normal"
 action = "normalselected = true"
 default = false
  };
 class BUTTON3_5 : RscButton
 {
  x = 0.62375
  y = 0.43787
  idc = -1
  w = 0.162
  h = 0.094
  style = ST_CENTER
  colorText[] = {0, 0, 0, 1};
 font = "CourierNewB64"
  SizeEX = 0.04
 text = "Hard"
 action = "hardselected = true"
 default = false
  };
};
Any help would be appreciated 

Regards,

Gruntage

[RKurtzDmitriyev]

I believe THobson's Abandoned Armies has a dialog over a black out at the very beginning. Maybe unPBO it to see how it works.

[Gruntage]

lol ive looked at that mission but i cant get my head around it. The scripting is complicated and my dialog is different to his.

Thx anyway

Gruntage

[RKurtzDmitriyev]

Could you maybe work-around by skiptime-ing to the middle of the night and pointing the camera at something dark like empty ground?

[Gruntage]

Good idea ill try that later

[Clayborne]

I've tried doing:

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titlecut ["","BLACK IN",99999]
 but my dialog won't appear.

You're calling up the dialog as well though, right? Like this?

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titlersc ["Difficulty", "plain", 0]
I just tested it and it works (at least the box and text appears, not an interactive dialog), though I had to add a duration, eg

class DIFFICULTY
{
  idd = -1;
  movingEnable = true;
  duration=5;
  controlsBackground[] = {DLG_BACK1};
  objects[] = { };
  controls[] = {FRAME1, TEXT2, BUTTON3, BUTTON3_4, BUTTON3_5};

[Gruntage]

im able to get non-interactive dialogs to appear but not interactive. I basically want the player to select a difficulty before the mission begins, ideally on a black out screen.

Thx for ur help so far

Gruntage

[bedges]

What you need, as RKurtzDmitriyev suggested, is to make the screen dark some other way. Luckily BIS has included a black cube object which avoids the need for skipping to night-time or finding someplace with no graphical details. See attached missionette.

Looking at your description.ext code I would suggest you get into the habit of terminating each line with a semicolon ; Also, give your dialog components unique idds - this will give you a lot more flexibility in how you access them with scripts.

Good luck with the project  

[Gruntage]

Thx for all ur help guys. Ive come up with a solution that seems to work ok 

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;OpeningDialogue.sqs
;Handles the immediate start of the mission as experienced by the player
;Run from init.sqs

0 fadeSound 0

EasySetting = true

if DeBug then {titlecut ["","BLACK IN",0];goto"end"}
~0.5
;The delay above is needed to prevent the dialogue opening in the Briefing
titlecut ["","BLACK IN",1]

;=============== Dialogue ========================================================
DifficultySelected = false
#CreateDialogue
if (not CreateDialog "SELECT_DIFFICULTY") then {hint"Problem opening Dialog";DifficultySelected = true}
#GetSelection


~0.01
;The next line is to help randomise the mission by selecting a random number of random numbers at the start
_r = random 1
if (ctrlVisible 30 and not DifficultySelected) then {goto"GetSelection"}
if (not DifficultySelected) then {goto"CreateDialogue"}
~0.25
Closedialog 0
DifficultySelected = nil


titlecut ["","BLACK IN",9999]

;next line determines what message appears. a loop was the only solution
#msg

if hardsetting then {hardrsc=true;goto "end"}
if normalsetting then {normalrsc=true;goto "end"}
if easysetting then {easyrsc=true;goto "end"}

goto "msg"

#end

~6
titleRsc ["Radio_Save_msg","plain",6]
~14


0 setRain RainLevel
5 fadeSound 1
if (not DeBug) then {titlecut ["","BLACK IN",5]}

~10 + random 30


exit

Thx again for ur help

Regards,

Gruntage