//in most cases we should pass in our scene number, current color, available colors, and index
public LoadSceneData(string _s, ColorIDs.Colors _currC, List <ColorIDs.Colors> _avC, int _i, Vector3 pos)
{
sceneName = _s;
saved_CurrentColor = _currC;
saved_AvailableColors = new List <ColorIDs.Colors>();
saved_StartPos = new Vector3(pos.x, pos.y, pos.z);
foreach (ColorIDs.Colors c in _avC)
{
saved_AvailableColors.Add(c);
}
saved_index = _i;
}
//adds the color specified, switches to it, special case for first color added
public static void AddColor(ColorIDs.Colors c)
{
if (!AvailableColors.Contains(c))
{
AvailableColors.Add(c);
SwitchColor();
}
if (AvailableColors.Contains(ColorIDs.Colors.NONE))
{
//special case: for the first color added, remove NONE from the available colors
//list and force the index back down to the first element (which is now our color)
AvailableColors.Remove(ColorIDs.Colors.NONE);
index = 0;
}
}
//this is just a switch statement. return the right Color for the right ColorIDs.Colors value
public static Color MakeColor(ColorIDs.Colors c)
{
switch (c)
{
case ColorIDs.Colors.Green:
return(Color.green);
case ColorIDs.Colors.Blue:
return(Color.blue);
case ColorIDs.Colors.Red:
return(Color.red);
default:
return(Color.gray);
}
}
//take the passed ColorIDs.Colors value, make it an actual Color, generate a godforsaken Gradient
//from it with full opacity to full transparency, and set that Gradient to the particle system's
//official "color over lifetime" value for the particles
public void UpdateColor(ColorIDs.Colors c)
{
Color newColor = PlayerManager.MakeColor(c);
Gradient grad = new Gradient();
//what's with this indenting, you ask? yeah, it's weird, but there's a reason
grad.SetKeys(new GradientColorKey[] { new GradientColorKey(newColor, 0.0f), //incomplete array
new GradientColorKey(newColor, 1.0f) }, //completed first-argument array
new GradientAlphaKey[] { new GradientAlphaKey(1.0f, 0.0f), //incomplete array
new GradientAlphaKey(0.0f, 1.0f) }); //completed second-argument array
var col = partSys.colorOverLifetime; //"We CaN't ChAnGe ThE cOlOr UnLeSs YoU mAkE tHiS a VaR" -Unity
col.color = grad;
newColor.a = sphereTransparency;
_material.SetColor("_Color", newColor);
}
