2d Camera crossfade (minor bug)

JackMariani

I've found a few minor bugs. I've find way to avoid them, but maybe they are worth attention.

They appeared in a 2d game environment.

2dCamera crossfade fizzle

I've 2 locations in the same scene, each of them with its 2dcamera. I can switch from one to the other. Let's call them BlueRoomCam and GreenRoomCam.

I sometime use the Camera Fade Out and Camera Fade In actions to show the passing of time.

This progression of action raises a bug:

Starts with BlueRoomCam -> CameraCrossFade (transition time 0) to GreenRoomCam -> Camera Fade Out.

The bug: when I fade Out the camera it switches for a second to the starting camera (BlueRoomCam) it fades out and then it fades in back again to the right camera (GreenRoomCam).

This bugs doesn't show if I set the transition time to 1.

Xidore

I don't know why you would set a crossdfade time to 0.

If you want an instant cut between cameras then you can set CameraSwitch to 0.

I don't think this is so much a bug as you are trying to fade between two cameras in 0 time, which isn't really possible is it?

JackMariani

Yes. I don't want to corssfade time 0. It's not a thing I need.

To be clear the bug is not raised when I switch the camera it's raised after when I fade out.

I was doing the following:

- Switch camera, crossfade time set to 0. -> it works.

- I Fade Out the camera -> this raises the bug: the camera switches for a second to the previous camera (and then switch back to the current camera). I don't know why.

I solved doing the following (and I prefer this solution):

- Switch camera, crossafade set to 1 -> it works.

- I fade out the camera -> it works.

I surely prefer the second option. And I don't need this to be solved.

I'm just reporting, maybe it could be related to other more important things. Or maybe it's just a very minor bug.

ChrisIceBox

And this happens even when using the Camera: Switch Action, rather than Crossfade?

JackMariani

No. The switch doesn't raise the bug (btw, I changed the title of this thread to avoid confusion).

If I use the Camera: Switch Action (with transition time set to 0) it works correctly.

Just to be sure I retried that with the Camera Crossfade (transition time set to 0) and the issue is still there.

ChrisIceBox

Fixed for 1.38.

Xidore

ooh, so the teasers for 1.38 have begun! Any time soon?

Xidore

What the deuce- double post?