Animations

A definition of a HUD animations file contains event names and values, where each value contains a list of HUD animation objects.

The main properties for writing a standard HUD animation are:

• Type
• Element
• Property
• Value
• Interpolator
• Delay
• Duration

caution

Unlike HUD files, animation events are not merged, and each time an event is written, it overwrites the other occurences of that event (in the current file). This is to prevent animations from breaking.

Interpolator Parameters

The frequency parameter of a HUD animation with the interpolator Pulse can be passed via the Frequency property

The bias parameter of a HUD animation with the interpolators Gain and Bias can be passed via the Bias property

The randomness parameter of a HUD animation with the interpolator Flicker can be passed via the Randomness property

Example HUD Animation

"Files": {
  "scripts/hudanimations_examplehud.txt": {
    "HudHealthBonusPulse": [
      {
        // Animate  PlayerStatusHealthBonusImage    Alpha       255     Linear 0.0 0.2
        "Type": "Animate",
        "Element": "PlayerStatusHealthBonusImage",
        "Property": "Alpha",
        "Value": "255",
        "Interpolator": "Linear",
        "Delay": "0.0",
        "Duration": "0.2"
      },
      {
        // Animate  PlayerStatusHealthBonusImage    Alpha       0           Linear 0.2 0.4
        "Type": "Animate",
        "Element": "PlayerStatusHealthBonusImage",
        "Property": "Alpha",
        "Value": "0",
        "Interpolator": "Linear",
        "Delay": "0.2",
        "Duration": "0.4"
      },
      {
        // RunEvent HudHealthBonusPulseLoop 0.4
        "Type": "RunEvent",
        "Event": "HudHealthBonusPulseLoop",
        "Delay": "0.4"
      }
    ]
  }
}