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save_config

save_config objects created in scripts are internally represented by the SaveConfig class from the Stipple Effect source code.

Functions

For an arbitrary save_config object named SC, functions of the form SC.func_name(parameters) -> return_type are value-returning functions, while functions of the form SC.func_name(parameters); are void functions, which perform an action but return nothing.

set_folder

SC.set_folder(string[] folder);

Sets the file path of the parent folder for SC to folder. Each directory must be included as a unique string element in folder.

For example, an intended save destination of C:\Desktop\game\assets\ should be expressed as an argument for folder as:

[ "C:", "Desktop", "game", "assets" ]

Fails:

Any of the following will cause the function not to execute:

  • if folder is empty; i.e. #|folder == 0
  • if folder is not a valid directory in the file system

set_filename

SC.set_filename(string filename);

Sets the filename of SC to filename. Note that filename refers only to the base name of the file. For a file saved to C:\Desktop\example.png, filename would be "example", omitting the file type extension and the folder path.

Fails:

Any of the following will cause the function not to execute:

  • If filename is empty; i.e. #|filename == 0
  • If filename contains any of the following characters: 
      { '/', '\\', ':', '*', '?', '"', '<', '>', '|', '{', '}' }

set_save_type

SC.set_save_type(int save_type);

Sets the save type of SC to save_type.

An invalid save_type will result in a runtime error.

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set_scale_up

SC.set_scale_up(int scale_up);

Sets the scale factor of SC to scale_up.

Fails:

Any of the following will cause the function not to execute:

  • scale_up <= 0
  • scale_up > 20

Note:

This is an export option. It is irrelevant when the save type of SC is $SE.NATIVE.

set_fps

SC.set_fps(int fps);

Sets the playback speed for SC to fps frames per second.

A project’s frame’s duration property will be divided by fps to determine how long each frame should be displayed for. For example, a frame with a duration factor of 1.5 will be displayed for 0.15 seconds when exported with an fps of 10, as 1.5x / 10 Hz = 0.15 s.

Note:

This is an export option for animated media that is only relevant if the save type of SC is $SE.GIF or $SE.MP4.

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set_dim

SC.set_dim(bool dim);

Sets the sequencing order of SC to dim:

  • If dim is true, the sequencing order is horizontal; frames are sequenced per row - left to right, top to bottom.
  • If dim is false, the sequencing order is vertical; frames are sequenced per column - top to bottom, left to right.

Note:

This is an export option that is only relevant when the save type of SC is $SE.PNG_SHEET.

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set_frames_per_dim

SC.set_frames_per_dim(int frames_per_dim);

Sets the number of frames to be sequenced on each row or column of an exported sprite sheet by SC to frames_per_dim.

Fails:

Any of the following will cause the function not to execute:

  • frames_per_dim <= 0

Note:

This is an export option that is only relevant when the save type of SC is $SE.PNG_SHEET.

unbounded

SC.unbounded();

If SC is configured to only export a subset of a project’s frames, calling unbounded() will disable that configuration and set SC to export all project frames.

Note:

This is an export option. It is irrelevant when the save type of SC is $SE.NATIVE.

set_lower

SC.set_lower(int lower_bound);

Sets SC to only export a subset of a project’s frames, with the lower bound frame index (inclusive) marked by lower_bound.

Fails:

Any of the following will cause the function not to execute:

  • lower_bound < 0

Note:

This is an export option. It is irrelevant when the save type of SC is $SE.NATIVE.

set_upper

SC.set_upper(int upper_bound);

Sets SC to only export a subset of a project’s frames, with the upper bound frame index (inclusive) marked by upper_bound.

Fails:

Any of the following will cause the function not to execute:

  • upper_bound < 0

Note:

This is an export option. It is irrelevant when the save type of SC is $SE.NATIVE.

set_prefix

SC.set_prefix(string prefix);

If SC is configured to export frames separately, each frame file that is exported will carry a prefix (infix) of prefix before the frame number.

File name format: folder + filename + prefix + frame_number + suffix + type_extension

Fails:

Any of the following will cause the function not to execute:

  • #|prefix > 5
  • If prefix contains any of the following characters: 
      { '/', '\\', ':', '*', '?', '"', '<', '>', '|', '{', '}' }

Note:

This is an export option that is only relevant when the save type of SC is $SE.PNG_SEPARATE.

set_suffix

SC.set_suffix(string suffix);

If SC is configured to export frames separately, each frame file that is exported will be appended with a suffix of suffix after the frame number.

File name format: folder + filename + prefix + frame_number + suffix + type_extension

Fails:

Any of the following will cause the function not to execute:

  • #|suffix > 5
  • If suffix contains any of the following characters: 
      { '/', '\\', ':', '*', '?', '"', '<', '>', '|', '{', '}' }

Note:

This is an export option that is only relevant when the save type of SC is $SE.PNG_SEPARATE.

set_count_from

SC.set_count_from(int count_from);

If SC is configured to export frames separately, each frame file that is exported will be numbered incrementally starting from count_from.

Note:

This is an export option that is only relevant when the save type of SC is $SE.PNG_SEPARATE.