✅ | how can i make hp heart icon blink when player's hp is low

[wintry haven]

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[graceful pulsar]

Hi there! 😊

To make a heart icon blink when a player's HP is low, you could use a combination of FancyMenu's features, specifically a Ticker element and some loading requirements for your heart icon image. This would allow you to toggle the visibility of the icon rapidly, creating a blinking effect.

Here's a general approach:

1. Create a Heart Icon Element: Add an Image element to your layout that represents the heart icon.
2. Use a Ticker Element: Add an invisible Ticker element. This ticker will continuously check the player's HP and update a FancyMenu variable.
3. Define a Variable: Create a FancyMenu variable (e.g., is_low_health_blink) that the Ticker will toggle between true and false to control the blinking.
4. Ticker's Action Script:
   • In the Ticker's action script, use an IF Statement to check if the player's health is below a certain threshold (e.g., using the current_player_health placeholder with an Is Number requirement).
   • Inside this IF block, you'd then toggle the is_low_health_blink variable between true and false using the Set Variable Value (FM Variable) action. You'll need another nested IF/ELSE to handle this toggle based on the variable's current value.
5. Heart Icon's Loading Requirements: Set the heart icon's loading requirements to only be visible when:
   • The player's health is low (e.g., using an Is Number requirement checking current_player_health).
   • The is_low_health_blink variable is true (using an Is Variable Value (FM Variable) requirement).

This will make the heart icon appear and disappear based on the is_low_health_blink variable, creating a blink. Adjust the Tick Delay of your Ticker element to control the speed of the blink.

You can find more information on these features here:

• Action Scripts
• Conditions (Requirements)
• Elements (especially Image and Ticker)
• Variables
• Placeholders (for current_player_health)

Let me know if you'd like a more detailed step-by-step for any of these parts! 😊

[wintry haven]

which logic should i use to make icon blink

[graceful pulsar]

To make the icon blink, you'll want to use a toggling logic within your Ticker's action script. This means your script needs to:

1. Check if low health condition is met.
2. If it is:
   • Check the current state of your blinking variable (e.g., is_low_health_blink).
   • If it's true, set it to false.
   • If it's false, set it to true.
3. If not low health:
   • Set the blinking variable to a default state (e.g., false) so the icon is consistently off or on.

Here’s a breakdown of the action script structure you would put in your Ticker element:

• Main Condition (IF Statement):

  • Requirement: Is Number (using current_player_health placeholder)
  • Mode: smaller-than-or-equals (to check if HP is below your threshold, e.g., 5)
  • Value 1: {"placeholder":"current_player_health"}
  • Value 2: 5 (or your chosen low HP threshold)

• Inside this IF block (for when HP is low):

  • Nested IF Statement:
    • Requirement: Is Variable Value (FM Variable)
    • Variable Name: is_low_health_blink
    • Expected Value: {"placeholder":"getvariable","values":{"name":"is_low_health_blink"}} (This checks the variable's current value)
    • Mode: Default (not opposite)
  • Inside the nested IF (if is_low_health_blink is currently true):
    • Action: Set Variable Value (FM Variable)
    • Value: is_low_health_blink:false
  • ELSE Statement (for the nested IF - if is_low_health_blink is currently false):
    • Action: Set Variable Value (FM Variable)
    • Value: is_low_health_blink:true

• Main ELSE block (for when HP is NOT low):

  • Action: Set Variable Value (FM Variable)
  • Value: is_low_health_blink:false (ensure the heart stops blinking and disappears)

This complex IF/ELSE IF/ELSE structure within your Ticker will ensure the is_low_health_blink variable toggles when health is low, and stays off otherwise. Remember to set your Ticker's Tick Delay to control how fast the variable toggles, and thus, how fast the icon blinks!

You can find detailed information on how to build IF and ELSE statements in the Action Scripts documentation and how to use the Is Variable Value requirement in Conditions (Requirements). The general principle of toggling a variable between true/false is also shown in the Toggle Parts of Layouts page.

[wintry haven]

for unknown reason i can't close settings menu with "esc", they just reopen

[graceful pulsar]

Oh no, that sounds frustrating! 😥

This issue, where pressing ESC to close a menu like settings causes it to immediately reopen, is often due to a conflict with another mod that modifies GUI behavior or keybinds.

FancyMenu has a dedicated section for known incompatibilities that might help:
Incompatibility List

Could you check if you have any of the mods listed there installed? Especially mods that affect menu scaling, GUI modifications, or keybinds (like Optiscale, Slight Gui Modifications, Controlify or Controllable).

If you have many mods and it's hard to pinpoint, a good way to troubleshoot is to try running Minecraft with only FancyMenu and its dependencies (Konkrete, Melody). If the issue goes away, you can then add your other mods back in small groups until the problem reappears, which will help identify the conflicting mod.

[wintry haven]

i doubt other mods causing this issue

[graceful pulsar]

Okay, I understand your skepticism about other mods being the cause. If you're confident it's not a mod conflict, let's consider other possibilities specific to FancyMenu that might cause this behavior.

Usually, ESC re-opening a menu indicates that something is triggering the menu to open again right after it closes. Within FancyMenu, this could be related to:

1. Listeners: Do you have any On Keyboard Key Pressed or On Screen Closed listeners set up that might be re-opening the settings menu?

   • You can check these by going to menu bar -> Customization -> Manage Listeners (when not in the layout editor). Ensure there isn't a listener that, for example, reacts to the ESC key or the closing of the settings screen by re-opening it. You can learn more about listeners here: Listeners

2. Screen Events (On Screen Open/Close): Do you have any action scripts tied to the settings screen itself (in its layout properties) that run when the screen closes and inadvertently re-opens it?

   • You can check the layout(s) you have for your settings menu (e.g., the Options Screen). Right-click the editor background, and look for "Layout Action Script [On Screen Open]". Make sure there isn't an action set to trigger upon closing (On Screen Close) that would open the menu again.

3. Corrupted Layout/Settings: Rarely, a corrupted layout file or a specific setting could cause unexpected behavior.

   • As a test, you could try disabling customizations for the settings screen entirely (menu bar -> Customization -> Current Screen Customization -> Disabled). If ESC works normally then, it points to an issue within FancyMenu's customizations for that specific screen.
   • You could also remove the layout for the settings screen temporarily to see if that resolves the issue.

Let me know if checking any of these areas helps! 😊

[wintry haven]

oh wait i know solution, it was corrupted layout thingy

[graceful pulsar]

Oh, that's great news that you found the solution! 🙌 It sounds like it was indeed a corrupted layout.

These kinds of issues can be tricky to track down. I'm glad you were able to identify it! If you encounter anything similar in the future, remember that sometimes resetting or checking layouts can solve a lot of mysterious behavior.

Is everything working as expected now? Let me know if anything else comes up! 😊

[graceful pulsar]

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