Creating Custom Scene Transitions

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Creating Custom Scene Transitions

#1 Post by SuperLexxx » Sat Jul 02, 2016 5:39 pm

Hello hello! I'm working on my project, Heavenly Soul, and I'd like to make some custom scene transitions but I'm not sure how. I've looked through a lot of tutorials but I don't know exactly what to look for. Right now, when I switch to another scene of the game, the screen just fades to and from black during the transition. I would like to learn how to instead do one of two things:

1: Use a splash image. Similar to the splash images used in Amnesia; Memories, if any of you have played that and know what I mean. I love the cute images they use when transitioning to a different scene in that game and would like to try something similar.

2: Creating a custom animated transition. I use hexagons as a motif a lot in Heavenly Soul and I think it would be cool to create an animated transition where a hexagonal pattern splashes across the screen and then fades away to the next scene. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJNJtRTJ2IE <- Something similar to this (though I doubt my version would look nearly as pretty).

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Re: Creating Custom Scene Transitions

#2 Post by chocoberrie » Sat Jul 02, 2016 7:07 pm

I found a Creative Commons thread for free-to-use transitions that are all custom made! :) Maybe the coding for them will help you develop your hexagonal patterned one :D

Here is the thread: viewtopic.php?f=52&t=37628

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Re: Creating Custom Scene Transitions

#3 Post by Donmai » Sun Jul 03, 2016 1:07 am

Yes, you want image dissolve transitions.
https://www.renpy.org/doc/html/transiti ... geDissolve
You will also find some demonstrations on the Ren'Py tutorial game.
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Re: Creating Custom Scene Transitions

#4 Post by trooper6 » Sun Jul 03, 2016 1:51 am

SuperLexxx, there is an example of an image transition in the code that I wrote for you for Heavenly Soul...it is in the place where the MC opens her eyes after falling off the roof. That can be a starting spot for your own work on image transition.
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Re: Creating Custom Scene Transitions

#5 Post by SuperLexxx » Thu Jul 14, 2016 12:11 am

Oh, an image dissolve! Yes, that's what I've been looking for, I just didn't realize it. Thank you!

Trooper, I just looked through my old files and I see yes, that transition you included was one. Been a while since I looked through that file. I will use that as a jumping off point for my custom transition. Thanks a bunch!

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