Post #1 · Posted at 2016-08-27 10:00:54am 7.6 years ago
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Hi all,
Would any of you know if it would be possible to switch announcer during game play?
I found this command, but I'm not sure how I would go about using it:
GAMESTATE:ApplyGameCommand()
Ideally I'd like to have it set one announcer at the start of a song in certain circumstances and then set the announcer back to the original one at the end of the song.
Hope someone can help me work this out!
Would any of you know if it would be possible to switch announcer during game play?
I found this command, but I'm not sure how I would go about using it:
GAMESTATE:ApplyGameCommand()
Ideally I'd like to have it set one announcer at the start of a song in certain circumstances and then set the announcer back to the original one at the end of the song.
Hope someone can help me work this out!
Post #2 · Posted at 2016-08-27 03:40:37pm 7.6 years ago
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ANNOUNCER
etCurrentAnnouncer should change it.
etCurrentAnnouncer should change it.Post #3 · Posted at 2016-08-27 08:46:16pm 7.6 years ago
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I tried doing that line in my code but it's just causing the whole .lua to error out/not run. Is there some special way I need to write this in? I'm fairly new to the .lua stuff for SM5, I've worked out most stuff now but this seems a bit more complicated than I understand right now.
ANNOUNCER:SetCurrentAnnouncer(Solo)
That's how I set it up, am I calling for the Solo announcer incorrectly?
If you could let me know how I should call it, that'd be great. Thanks for your help so far though!
ANNOUNCER:SetCurrentAnnouncer(Solo)
That's how I set it up, am I calling for the Solo announcer incorrectly?
If you could let me know how I should call it, that'd be great. Thanks for your help so far though!
Post #4 · Posted at 2016-08-27 09:22:09pm 7.6 years ago
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Do you know how to pass a string to a function? The SetCurrentAnnouncer function takes a string for the name of the announcer.
Post #5 · Posted at 2016-08-28 01:15:40am 7.6 years ago
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Not in terms of .lua functions (at least I don't think I do). Could you elaborate?
Post #6 · Posted at 2016-08-28 01:31:38am 7.6 years ago
ANNOUNCER:SetCurrentAnnouncer(Solo) is asking the game to set the current announcer to the contents of a Lua variable called Solo; in Lua, if you just type a name without any special punctuation around it and it's a valid variable name, it's treated as a variable name. Chances are, none of the code has put anything in that variable, and reading an unassigned Lua variable gives you nil. So, in essence you're trying to do ANNOUNCER:SetCurrentAnnouncer(nil), which causes an error. To create a string, you wrap it in double or single quotes, like so: ANNOUNCER:SetCurrentAnnouncer("Solo").
EDIT: Keywords are not variables, so there are a few things that are syntax errors if you try to use them like variable names (examples: if, for, else, function) and there are a few keywords that correspond to certain values, and you can't assign to them (nil, true, false).
EDIT: Keywords are not variables, so there are a few things that are syntax errors if you try to use them like variable names (examples: if, for, else, function) and there are a few keywords that correspond to certain values, and you can't assign to them (nil, true, false).
Post #7 · Posted at 2016-08-28 02:52:20am 7.6 years ago
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You guys are the BEST!!! I finally got it working properly 
I've coded a "DDR Solo Mode" if only a single side joins, with proper side of screen animations etc. Now when you join as a single player, the announcer changes too and if you run versus mode it changes back. I am so happy that worked! It was the final piece of the puzzle of doing it justice. When I'm finished I'll put up a video or something.
Thanks again for your help, I really appreciate it!
I've coded a "DDR Solo Mode" if only a single side joins, with proper side of screen animations etc. Now when you join as a single player, the announcer changes too and if you run versus mode it changes back. I am so happy that worked! It was the final piece of the puzzle of doing it justice. When I'm finished I'll put up a video or something.
Thanks again for your help, I really appreciate it!