1. Coding the Verse Device

In this section, you'll learn how to create the Verse device to manage timing and transitions for the camera views and UI elements. You can copy-paste the complete script at the end of this section.

Follow these steps to create your Title Sequence Verse device:

1. Create a new Verse device named title_sequence and add the device to your level. See Create Your Own Device Using Verse for steps.

2. Add the following fields to your Verse device:

   • An editable Fixed Point Camera device constant named SplashScreenGameCamera, which will be the camera to show the title screens against.

   • An editable Fixed Point Camera device named TitleGameCamera, which will be the camera to show the game title against.

   • An editable Popup Dialog device named StartGameDialog, which will show the dialog option for the player to choose to start the game.

   • An editable HUD Message device named TitleScreen, which will show the game title UI.

   • An editable float named GameMenuDelay, which defines how long the title screen should be shown before the game menu appears.

   • An editable array of HUD Message devices named SplashScreens, which will show all the splash screens before the title screen.

   • An editable HUD Controller device named IntroHUDController, which is the HUD Controller to hide all in-game UI elements during the intro.

   • An editable HUD Controller device named GameHUDController, which is the HUD Controller to show all in-game UI elements that appear when the game starts.

   • An editable Trigger device named GameStart, which you can use to notify any devices that the game is starting.

     Verse

                 using { /Fortnite.com/Characters }
                 using { /Fortnite.com/Devices }
                 using { /UnrealEngine.com/Temporary/Diagnostics }
                 using { /Verse.org/Simulation }
     
                 title_sequence:= class(creative_device):
     
                     # Game camera to show splash screens on top of.
                     @editable
                     SplashScreenGameCamera:gameplay_camera_fixed_point_device = gameplay_camera_fixed_point_device{}
     
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3. Create a method named ShowTitleAndGameMenu() that has the suspends specifier. This method will show the camera for the title, display the title screen, wait for GameMenuDelay seconds before showing the game start dialog, and wait for the player to press the Start Game button in the UI. # Shows the title screen and the Start Game option. ShowTitleAndGameMenu()<suspends>:void= # Add title camera to all players. TitleGameCamera.AddToAll() # Show the title screen. TitleScreen.Show() # Wait for GameMenuDelay seconds before showing the Start Game option. Sleep(GameMenuDelay) # Show the Start Game menu StartGameDialog.Show() # Wait for the player to press Start Game before doing anything else. StartGameDialog.RespondingButtonEvent.Await()

4. Create a method named HideTitleAndGameMenu(). This method will hide the title screen and remove the camera that's used for the title. ~~~(verse) # Hide the title screen and removes the camera from all players. HideTitleAndGameMenu():void= TitleScreen.Hide() TitleGameCamera.RemoveFromAll() ~~~

5. Create a method named ShowSplashScreens(). This method will iterate through all the HUD Message devices added to the SplashScreens array to show the splash screen, and wait for as long as the splash screen was set to display in its properties. After all the splash screens have been shown, the camera for the splash screens is disabled. # Show the series of splash screens. ShowSplashScreens()<suspends>:void= # Iterates through all splash screens. for (SplashScreen : SplashScreens): # Show each splash screen. SplashScreen.Show() # Wait for as long as the splash screen should be shown. Sleep(SplashScreen.GetDisplayTime()) # Remove game camera that's used to show the splash screens. SplashScreenGameCamera.Disable()

6. Create a method named ToggleStasisForAllPlayers(). This method will iterate through all the players and put them in stasis (so they can't move) if the ShouldFreeze argument is true, and release them from stasis (so they can move again) if the ShouldFreeze argument is false. # Toggle player stasis. # When ShouldFreeze is true, all players will be put in stasis. # When ShouldFreeze is false, all players will be released from stasis. ToggleStasisForAllPlayers(ShouldFreeze:logic):void= for: Player : GetPlayspace().GetPlayers() Character := Player.GetFortCharacter[] do: if (ShouldFreeze?): # Put player in stasis and not allow them to turn or emote, either. Character.PutInStasis(stasis_args{AllowFalling := true, AllowTurning := false, AllowEmotes := false}) else: # Release player from stasis. Character.ReleaseFromStasis()

7. Update OnBegin() to:

   • Enable the HUD Controller for the intro to hide all in-game UI elements with IntroHUDController.Enable().

   • Put players in stasis so they can't move during the intro with ToggleStasisForAllPlayers(true).

   • Show the sequence of splash screens with ShowSplashScreens().

   • Hide the title and game menu at the very last second of this OnBegin() function by using the defer expression and calling HideTitleAndGameMenu().

   • Show the title and game menu with ShowTitleAndGameMenu().

   • Release the players from stasis with ToggleStasisForAllPlayers(false).

   • Swap out the HUD Controllers from the intro HUD to the actual game HUD.

   • Finally, call GameStart.Trigger() to notify any devices that are listening that the game is starting. # Runs when the device is started in a running game OnBegin<override>()<suspends>:void= IntroHUDController.Enable() # Wait one simulation update for everything to initialize. Sleep(0.0) # Put players in stasis so they can't move. ToggleStasisForAllPlayers(true) # Show the series of splash screens. ShowSplashScreens() # Hide the title and game menu at the very last second. # This defer executes when the current code block exits, # which is the end of this OnBegin function, after GameStart.Trigger(). defer: HideTitleAndGameMenu() # Show the title and game menu. ShowTitleAndGameMenu() # Release players from stasis so they can move again. ToggleStasisForAllPlayers(false) # Change HUD controllers to the actual game HUD. IntroHUDController.Disable() GameHUDController.Enable() # Notify any devices that are listening that the game should now start! GameStart.Trigger()

8. Save your Verse file and compile your code to update your Verse device in the level.

Complete Script

The following is the complete code for the Title Sequence Verse device.

using { /Fortnite.com/Characters }
using { /Fortnite.com/Devices }
using { /UnrealEngine.com/Temporary/Diagnostics }
using { /Verse.org/Simulation }

title_sequence := class(creative_device):

    # Game camera to show splash screens on top of.
    @editable
    SplashScreenGameCamera:gameplay_camera_fixed_point_device = gameplay_camera_fixed_point_device{}

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  2. Customizing the Splash Screens

  Create custom images to show on the HUD Message devices for the splash screens.