Effekseer (effect)

This is used to play effects in VCI.
For the details of how to use the component, refer to Effekseer (for VCI).

For the latest list of the methods, refer to “types.lua” file in “EmbeddedScriptWorkspace” folder.

The methods with _ALL_ are synchronized and run on other clients as well.
If you want the result to be the same in all clients, use methods with _ALL_ prefix.

1. Attach an EffekseerEmitter component on a SubItem.
2. Execute vci.assets.GetEffekseerEmitter(“SubItem”) or
   vci.assets.GetEffekseerEmitters(“SubItem”) to store the effect from SubItem into a variable. For the argument, specify the name of the target gemeobject with string.
   
3. Execute functions against the variable storing the effect to play, store and execute other actions.

*For the details on the component and how to set it up, refer to Effekseer (for VCI).

Example

main.lua

-- Specify the name of the GameObject with the effect attached to store the effect.
-- Store the effect attached to the GameObject named "Effect" in a variable "effect"
local effect = vci.assets.GetEffekseerEmitter("Effect")
 
-- Print the effect name
print(effect.EffectName)
 
function onUse()
    -- Play the stored effect once
    effect.PlayOneShot()
end

The result

(The effect is played once when the subitem is used)

Return value: string

• Acquire the file name of the effect assigned to the EffectAsset of the EffekseerEmitter.

main.lua

-- Store the effect attached to the GameObject
local _Effect = vci.assets.GetEffekseerEmitter("EffectItem")
 
-- Print the name of the effect to play
print("Play the effect: ".._Effect.EffectName)
 
-- Start playing the effect
_Effect._ALL_Play()

The result

Play the effect: Effect
(The effect stored in _Effect starts to play)

Argument: none

• Start playing the effect
• If the effect is set to loop, it will continue to play until Stop() is called.
• If the loop is not set, the effect will stop playing when the duration of the effect has ended.

main.lua

-- Store the effect attached to the GameObject
local _Effect = vci.assets.GetEffekseerEmitter("EffectItem")
 
function onUse()
    -- Start playing the effect when used
    _Effect._ALL_Play()
    print("Start playing the effect: ".._Effect.EffectName)
end
 
function onUnuse()
    -- Stop playing the effect when unused
    _Effect._ALL_Stop()
    print("Stop playing the effect: ".._Effect.EffectName)
end

The result

(The effect starts to play when used)
(The effect stops playing when unused)

Argument: none

• Play the effect once even when the effect is set to loop.
• Executing this while the effect is playing will stop the currently playing effect and start over.

main.lua

-- Store the effect attached to the GameObject
local _Effect = vci.assets.GetEffekseerEmitter("EffectItemLoop")
 
function onUse()
    -- Play the effect once  
    _Effect._ALL_PlayOneShot()
end

The result

(The effect is played once)

Argument: none

• Stop the effect being played with Play().

main.lua

-- Store the effect attached to the GameObject
local _Effect = vci.assets.GetEffekseerEmitter("EffectItem")
 
function onUse()
    -- Start playing the effect when used
    _Effect._ALL_Play()
    print("Start playing the effect: ".._Effect.EffectName)
end
 
function onUnuse()
    -- Stop playing the effect when unused
    _Effect._ALL_Stop()
    print("Stop playing the effect: ".._Effect.EffectName)
end

The result

(The effect starts to play when used)
(The effect stops playing when unused)

Argument: none

• tips1
• tips2

main.lua

The result

Argument: none

• tips1
• tips2

main.lua

The result

1st argument: color (color)

• When using SetAllColor(), use white for the texture color.
• Specify the color with Color type.
• The color returns to the original color when the effect stops playing.

main.lua

-- Store the effect attached to the GameObject
local _Effect = vci.assets.GetEffekseerEmitter("EffectItem")
-- Start playing the effect
_Effect._ALL_Play()
 
function onUse()
    -- Create a random color
    local color = Color.__new(math.random(0,100) * 0.01, math.random(0,100) * 0.01, math.random(0,100) * 0.01, 1)
    _Effect.SetAllColor(color)
end

The result

(The color of the effect changes randomly when used)

main.lua

-- Store the effect attached to the GameObject
local _Effect = vci.assets.GetEffekseerEmitter("EffectItem")
-- Start playing the effect
_Effect._ALL_Play()
 
function onUse()
    -- Change the color of the effect to blue
    _Effect.SetAllColor(Color.blue)
end
 
function onUnuse()
    -- Change the color of the effect to red
    _Effect.SetAllColor(Color.red)
end

The result

(The color of the effect changes to blue when used)
(The color of the effect changes to red when unused)

1st argument: targetLocation (Vector3)

• tips1
• tips2

main.lua

The result

1st argument: paused (bool)

• true to pause the effect, false to resume the effect.

main.lua

-- Store the effect attached to the GameObject
local _Effect = vci.assets.GetEffekseerEmitter("EffectItemLoop")
-- Start playing the effect
_Effect._ALL_Play()
 
function onUse()
    -- Pause the effect
    _Effect._ALL_SetPause(true)
end
 
function onUnuse()
    -- Resume the effect
    _Effect._ALL_SetPause(false)
end

The result

(Spawn the item to play the effect)
(The effect pauses when used)
(The effect resumes when unused)

1st argument: shown (bool)

• True will show the effect, false will hide the effect.
• When the effect ended with the false state, re-playing the effect will turn state back to the show state.

main.lua

-- Store the effect attached to the GameObject
local _Effect = vci.assets.GetEffekseerEmitter("EffectItemLoop")
-- Start playing the effect
_Effect._ALL_Play()
 
function onUse()
    -- Hide the effect
    _Effect._ALL_SetShow(false)
 
end
 
function onUnuse()
    -- Show the effect
    _Effect._ALL_SetShow(true)
end

The result

(Spawn the item to play the effect)
(When used, the effect will be hidden)
(When unused, the effect will be shown)

1st argument: Speed(number)

• Change the play speed of the effect.

main.lua

-- Store the effect attached to the GameObject
local _Effect = vci.assets.GetEffekseerEmitter("EffectItem")
 
function onUse()
    -- Assign a random value between 1.0 and 3.0 into the speed
    local speed = 0.1 * math.random(10, 30)
 
    -- Change the play speed of the effect
    _Effect._ALL_SetSpeed(speed)
 
    -- Play the effect only once
    _Effect.PlayOneShot()
end

The result

(When used, play the effect once with a random speed between 1x and 3x)

1st argument: isLoop (bool)

• true will set the effect to play in a loop, false will disable the loop play.

main.lua

-- Store the effect attached to the GameObject
local _Effect = vci.assets.GetEffekseerEmitter("EffectItem")
 
function onGrab()
    -- Set the effect to play in loop
    _Effect._ALL_SetLoop(true)
    -- Start playing the effect
    _Effect._ALL_Play()
end
 
function onUse()
    -- Disable the loop play of the effect
    _Effect._ALL_SetLoop(false)
    -- Start playing the effect
    _Effect._ALL_Play()
end

The result

(Grab will start the loop play of the effect)
(Use will play the effect only one and ends)