Aperture Cutscene Editor [RELEASED]

Thanks for the reply. I've tried it, but it still rewind all the way to the start and play the cutscene. This is my script, am I missing something here?

Code (csharp):

1.  
2.  
3.  
4. function Start ()
5. {
6.     var cutScene : Cutscene = Cutscene.Find ( "Cutscene0" );
7.     cutScene.Play();
8.    
9.     yield WaitForSeconds ( 1f );
10.    
11.     cutScene.Stop();
12.    
13.     yield WaitForSeconds ( 2f );
14.    
15.     cutScene.Play ();
16.  
17. }
18.  

 

Hmm ok it looks like there is a bug with that. You can work around it by manually setting the "startTime" field on the cutscene after calling Play(). Like this:

Code (csharp):

1.  
2. public class Tester:MonoBehaviour {
3.     public Cutscene cutscene;
4.     public float pausedTime = 0;
5.    
6.     IEnumerator Start () {
7.         cutscene.Play();
8.         yield return new WaitForSeconds(2.5f);
9.         PauseCutscene(cutscene);
10.         yield return new WaitForSeconds(1.0f);
11.         ResumeCutscene(cutscene);
12.     }
13.    
14.     public void PauseCutscene(Cutscene cs) {
15.         pausedTime = Time.timeSinceLevelLoad-cs.startTime;
16.         pausedTime = Mathf.Max(0.0f,Mathf.Min(pausedTime,cs.GetTotalTime()));
17.         cs.Stop();
18.     }
19.    
20.     public void ResumeCutscene(Cutscene cs) {
21.         cs.Play();
22.         cs.startTime = Time.timeSinceLevelLoad-pausedTime;
23.        
24.         //Add completed events so they dont get called again.
25.         for (int i = 0; i < cs.events.Length; i++) {
26.             if (cs.events[i].startTime < pausedTime) {
27.                 cs.finishedEvents.Add(cs.events[i]);
28.             }
29.         }
30.     }
31. }
32.  

EDIT:
updated the example to handle events properly.

 

in this tool camera switcher possible? like the animator?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uw0f5W9Bc-A

 

It working now! Thanks for the help

--TwisterK

 

Hi can I know please if it is compatible with Unity 4? Thanks.

 

Yes its compatible with Unity 4. Theres a deprecated api warning in one of the event scripts though.

 

Is there a build in way to exit from a playing custscene, ie. When you are using the cutscene a intro to a game and want the user to be able to cut it short if they have allready seen it and just want to get to the game?

Or should we just write a script to do that?

 

Hi Kurt,

We're using Aperture extensively on a project, and noticed 1 cutscene has an object shaking that doesn't exist in the object's movement curve (using Action_FollowCurve).

Have isolated the shaking to the Auto Look Direction flag; disabling removes the shake, but of course, then the object doesn't follow the curve's direction...

Object has several children, including some Rigidbodies, but all are flagged as isKinematic.

Do you know what causes this shaking / how to fix?

 

Okay so I'm just trying to make a simple movement curve for the Main camera.

I followed the instructional videos and I Ctrl+D'ed to make additonal paths for the camera to follow. But for some reason creating another path totally screws up the cutscene camera it is attached to. It is looking at some place weird totally opposite direction of where I want the camera to look at.
And it seems the only way to undo this is deleting the new path node, and detaching the curve off the cutscene camera. Plus I have to rerotate the cutscene camera to where I originally wanted it to look at.

All I want is the camera to pan across the in game field to give overview of the level to the player. Am I missing a step or is this intentional function in the Aperture plugin?

Also if I have multiple paths in the curve, how do I adjust the rotation of the camera at certain points in the curve? Once the cutscene camera is attached to a curve I cannot adjust the camera further so I tried rotating the path node itself and it does not seem to do anything,

please help thank you

 

Can you advice me on how the "Add extra target" works in Aperture?
I add another target but it is not affected by the curve clip :/

...what am I missing?

 

This tool is quite handy, thanks

Is there a way to tell if the playhead of the timeline is before or after the curve for a given Curve Track? I want to create an Action that basically works like iMovie where a GameObject's MeshRenderer is only enabled during the actual curve, and disabled otherwise. I find this to be a much more visually intuitive, user-friendly, and simply faster system compared to using two Events for the enabling and disabling.

Trying to get that to work has resulted in a pretty hacky and potentially delicate approach of checking in two locations for the CurveClip's lastValue within a threshold of the start and end. Is there a better way than this?

Code (csharp):

1. #pragma strict
2. @script AddComponentMenu("Cutscene/Actions/Show Renderer")
3.  
4. @script ExecuteInEditMode()
5.  
6. @CutsceneEventOverrideNameAttribute("Show Renderer")
7.  
8. class Action_ShowRenderer extends CutsceneAction
9. {
10.     var theClip : CurveClip = null;
11.    
12.     // if set as the Action, called every new frame inside the CurveClip
13.     @CutsceneActionAttribute("Show Renderer")
14.     function ShowRenderer(value:float)
15.     {
16.         if (renderer  !renderer.enabled)
17.         {
18.             // enable by default
19.             renderer.enabled = true;
20.         }
21.        
22.         if (renderer  renderer.enabled)
23.         {
24.             // disable if outside the clip bounds set below
25.             // NOTE: this is required in both locations to catch all edge cases
26.             if (isOutsideClip())
27.                 renderer.enabled = false;
28.         }
29.     }
30.    
31.     // called every new frame inside the CurveClip
32.     @CutsceneEventExclude()
33.     function OnTimeOverCurveClip(curveClip:CurveClip)
34.     {
35.         // set the clip so our Action can access its lastValue
36.         theClip = curveClip;
37.        
38.         if (renderer  !renderer.enabled)
39.         {
40.             // enable by default
41.             renderer.enabled = true;
42.         }
43.        
44.         if (renderer  renderer.enabled  isOutsideClip())
45.         {
46.             // disable if outside the clip bounds set below
47.             // NOTE: this is required in both locations to catch all edge cases
48.             renderer.enabled = false;
49.         }
50.     }
51.    
52.     function isOutsideClip():boolean
53.     {
54.         return theClip  (theClip.lastValue < 0.003f || theClip.lastValue > 0.97f);
55.     }
56. }

 

upgrade to unity4.1.2.In monodevelop to build, get aperture.all error.

Code (csharp):

1.  
2. Decompilation failed:
3. System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not resolve: UnityEngine, Version=0.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null
4.    In Mono.Cecil.BaseAssemblyResolver.Resolve(AssemblyNameReference name, ReaderParameters parameters) 於 c:\BuildAgent\work\f07246b5212f7be4\monodevelop\main\contrib\Mono.Cecil\Mono.Cecil\Mono.Cecil\BaseAssemblyResolver.cs: 行 155
5.    In Mono.Cecil.DefaultAssemblyResolver.Resolve(AssemblyNameReference name) 於 c:\BuildAgent\work\f07246b5212f7be4\monodevelop\main\contrib\Mono.Cecil\Mono.Cecil\Mono.Cecil\DefaultAssemblyResolver.cs: 行 57
6.    In MonoDevelop.Projects.Dom.DomCecilCompilationUnit.SimpleAssemblyResolver.Resolve(AssemblyNameReference name) 於 c:\BuildAgent\work\f07246b5212f7be4\monodevelop\main\src\core\MonoDevelop.Core\MonoDevelop.Projects.Dom\DomCecilCompilationUnit.cs: 行 178
7.    In ICSharpCode.Decompiler.Ast.Transforms.IntroduceUsingDeclarations.Run(AstNode compilationUnit) 於 c:\BuildAgent\work\f07246b5212f7be4\monodevelop\main\contrib\ICSharpCode.Decompiler\Ast\Transforms\IntroduceUsingDeclarations.cs: 行 66
8.    In ICSharpCode.Decompiler.Ast.Transforms.TransformationPipeline.RunTransformationsUntil(AstNode node, Predicate`1 abortCondition, DecompilerContext context) 於 c:\BuildAgent\work\f07246b5212f7be4\monodevelop\main\contrib\ICSharpCode.Decompiler\Ast\Transforms\TransformationPipeline.cs: 行 60
9.    In ICSharpCode.Decompiler.Ast.AstBuilder.RunTransformations(Predicate`1 transformAbortCondition) 於 c:\BuildAgent\work\f07246b5212f7be4\monodevelop\main\contrib\ICSharpCode.Decompiler\Ast\AstBuilder.cs: 行 116
10.    In MonoDevelop.AssemblyBrowser.DomMethodNodeBuilder.Decompile(TextEditorData data, ModuleDefinition module, TypeDefinition currentType, Action`1 setData) 於 c:\BuildAgent\work\f07246b5212f7be4\monodevelop\main\src\addins\MonoDevelop.AssemblyBrowser\MonoDevelop.AssemblyBrowser\DomMethodNodeBuilder.cs: 行 158
11.  

 

Does anyone have an opinion on how this compares to uSequencer?

 

Hi, I have purchased the Aperture Cutscene Editor , but I am a newbie for script, how can I stop the cutscene and jump to player camera use a key?

I have writed a java script but it complete not work D:

Can you help me? thanks.

 

You mentioned "I think having multiple selections would be a good way of implementing this. Draggable groups would be cool too." is this going to come in any version, because I love the tool but when having to move events (and especially many event to insert another curve in front of them it is hell to move them all!

Either way great tool!