Color Flicker?

[FiBzY]

Hello, i'm trying to make a flicker color thing, like flicker on "light" on hammer something like that this doesn't work

 Color(0, 255, 0, math.random( 255, 230 ))

How do I get that it work or something like that.

[MysteryPancake]

Well, in your example I think

math.random( 255, 230 )

should be

math.random( 230, 255 )

instead. You could also try doing some gradual number changes based on the RealFrameTime (but I have no clue how to)

[NiandraLades]

Are you doing this in a function or hook that is called repeatedly, or just once?

[FiBzY]

[QUOTE=NiandraLades;49219964]Are you doing this in a function or hook that is called repeatedly, or just once?[/QUOTE]

only once

[solid_jake]

[QUOTE=FiBzY;49222038]only once[/QUOTE]

If you want the color to change it needs to be attached to a function that is constantly being updated.

If it's a swep, set the color through it's think function.

[NiandraLades]

Well, that'll be why then :v:

math.random won't be called constantly while it's in that color, unless color itself is being frequently used

Something like this would constantly change it:

local variable = nil
hook.Add("Think", "asd", function()
	variable = math.random(230,255)
end)

[FiBzY]

local speed = 5
local glow = math.random(speed*CurTime()) * 1 + 128
local Flicker = Color(0,255,0,glow)

I coded this I guess this is the best I can get, is there away I can make it higher then (0,0,0,255) like 300 doesn't work how can I make it glow more?

[Kevlon]

[QUOTE=FiBzY;49224128]is there away I can make it higher then (0,0,0,255) like 300 doesn't work how can I make it glow more?[/QUOTE]

You don't.

[FiBzY]

[QUOTE=Kevlon;49224155]You don't.[/QUOTE]

Uh well how can I make it glow?

[Kevlon]

[QUOTE=FiBzY;49224173]Uh well how can I make it glow?[/QUOTE]

For a start, make it white

[FiBzY]

[QUOTE=Kevlon;49224185]For a start, make it white[/QUOTE]

?

[zamboni]

By glow do you mean glow like the light/lamp does when you look at it, or have a lot of bloom when looking at it?

[FiBzY]

[QUOTE=Z0mb1n3;49224196]By glow do you mean glow like the light/lamp does when you look at it, or have a lot of bloom when looking at it?[/QUOTE]

Yea..

[zamboni]

There were two questions there... which one is that a yes to?

[FiBzY]

[QUOTE=Z0mb1n3;49224205]There were two questions there... which one is that a yes to?[/QUOTE]

Like glow meaning have some bloom from it

[zamboni]

Well this probably isn't the best way, but you can look into using [img]http://wiki.garrysmod.com/favicon.ico[/img] [url=http://wiki.garrysmod.com/page/halo/Add]halo.Add[/url] to mimic the effect of bloom.

[FiBzY]

[QUOTE=Z0mb1n3;49224218]Well this probably isn't the best way, but you can look into using [img]http://wiki.garrysmod.com/favicon.ico[/img] [url=http://wiki.garrysmod.com/page/halo/Add]halo.Add[/url] to mimic the effect of bloom.[/QUOTE]

thats kinda what I want but I don't see how I can add that to my code.

[editline]2nd December 2015[/editline]

I also looked up CreateMaterial() , ["$additive"] = 1 might be what I want

[zamboni]

Add a hook in a clientside file and do something like

hook.Add("PreDrawHalos", "glowingstuff", function()
    halo.Add(ents.FindByClass("your_entity's_class_name_here"), YourColorHere)
end)

[FiBzY]

local glow = math.random(190, 255)
local Rb = Color(0,glow,0)
		
print(Rb)

How do I add a create.timer on to this?

[MysteryPancake]

[QUOTE=FiBzY;49224400]How do I add a create.timer on to this?[/QUOTE]

You could just use a hook rather than a timer - e.g.

hook.Add( 'Think', 'DoGlowUpdate', function()
    local glow = math.random(190, 255)
    local Rb = Color(0,glow,0)
end )

What are you going to use the variable in/for? Is it already in a hook or something?

[editline]3rd December 2015[/editline]

Also, you could make it get closer to white rather than closer to bright green by doing something like

local MoreThanZero = math.random( 0, 20 )
local Rb = Color(MoreThanZero,glow,MoreThanZero)

That'd make the red and blue channels go above zero, meaning it'd be closer to white, and probably look brighter.

The math.random( 0, 20 ) was just an example though, change 20 and 0 to whatever you want, but keep it close to 0 to keep the color looking green-ish.