[Help]LUA - Scaleform functions before & after a Wait() but only the second one plays

Roushyy · 2018-07-29T16:50:16.558Z

Hi! I’m working on some basic missions, and trying to do the UI Rockstar style with scaleform.
Running the below code, the first scaleform function (SHOW_SHARD_WASTED_MP_MESSAGE) doesn’t work. However, the second one (SHARD_ANIM_OUT) does. The end result is that the shard only appears once it’s begun animating out, which means you can’t read it. The sounds play though, so the code HAS to be executing… I don’t understand.

I’ve edited this a few times as the problem has evolved.

Citizen.CreateThread(function()
    function Initialize(scaleform)
        local scaleform = RequestScaleformMovie(scaleform)
        while not HasScaleformMovieLoaded(scaleform) do
            Citizen.Wait(0)
        end
        PushScaleformMovieFunction(scaleform, "SHOW_SHARD_WASTED_MP_MESSAGE")
        PushScaleformMovieFunctionParameterString("HITMAN")
        PushScaleformMovieFunctionParameterString("~w~Kill the marked ~r~Target ~w~for ~g~$45,000~w~.")
        PopScaleformMovieFunctionVoid()
        PlaySoundFrontend(-1, "UNDER_THE_BRIDGE", "HUD_AWARDS", 1)
        Citizen.Wait(1500)
        PushScaleformMovieFunction(scaleform, "SHARD_ANIM_OUT")
        PushScaleformMovieFunctionParameterInt(1)
        PushScaleformMovieFunctionParameterFloat(0.33)
        PopScaleformMovieFunctionVoid()
        PlaySoundFrontend(-1, "1st_Person_Transition", "PLAYER_SWITCH_CUSTOM_SOUNDSET", 1)
        return scaleform
    end

    scaleform = Initialize("mp_big_message_freemode")
    
    while true do
        Citizen.Wait(0)
        DrawScaleformMovieFullscreen(scaleform, 255, 255, 255, 255, 0)
    end
    
end)

Nick78111 · 2018-07-29T21:25:06.032Z

You only begin drawing the scaleform after the 1500 ms wait.

Roushyy · 2018-07-29T21:28:50.284Z

Alright, so how would I go about correcting that? I tried putting the second scaleform push in its own function and it produced the exact same result as it does now.

Nick78111 · 2018-07-29T21:48:37.493Z

Something like this could work

Citizen.CreateThread(function()
    local scaleform = RequestScaleformMovie(scaleform)

    while not HasScaleformMovieLoaded(scaleform) do
        Citizen.Wait(0)
    end

    PushScaleformMovieFunction(scaleform, "SHOW_SHARD_WASTED_MP_MESSAGE")
    PushScaleformMovieFunctionParameterString("HITMAN")
    PushScaleformMovieFunctionParameterString("~w~Kill the marked ~r~Target ~w~for ~g~$45,000~w~.")
    PopScaleformMovieFunctionVoid()
    PlaySoundFrontend(-1, "UNDER_THE_BRIDGE", "HUD_AWARDS", 1)
    
    local start = GetGameTimer()

    while true do
        Citizen.Wait(0)

        if start and GetGameTimer() - start >= 1500 then
            start = nil
            
            PushScaleformMovieFunction(scaleform, "SHARD_ANIM_OUT")
            PushScaleformMovieFunctionParameterInt(1)
            PushScaleformMovieFunctionParameterFloat(0.33)
            PopScaleformMovieFunctionVoid()
            PlaySoundFrontend(-1, "1st_Person_Transition", "PLAYER_SWITCH_CUSTOM_SOUNDSET", 1)
        end

        DrawScaleformMovieFullscreen(scaleform, 255, 255, 255, 255, 0)
    end
end)

Roushyy · 2018-07-29T21:55:25.406Z

I was able to fix it by using Citizen.SetTimeout() in place of Citizen.Wait(), with the second scaleform inside like this:

Citizen.SetTimeout(2500, function()
            PushScaleformMovieFunction(scaleform, "SHARD_ANIM_OUT")
            PushScaleformMovieFunctionParameterInt(2)
            PushScaleformMovieFunctionParameterFloat(0.33)
            PopScaleformMovieFunctionVoid()
            PlaySoundFrontend(-1, "1st_Person_Transition", "PLAYER_SWITCH_CUSTOM_SOUNDSET", 1)
        end)

Thank you very much for the help, though - it gave me some idea of how to use the native timers, which I have no doubt will be invaluably handy.