pvphud.swf

The heads-up display overlay shown during PvP matches in Trove. It displays a countdown timer, team scores, a personal score panel, an engine-written counter with its person and red-cross icons, a broadcast message area, and a scrolling message queue for kill-feed or event notifications.

Document/main class: PVPHUD (extends _kiwi.Core.UIComponent) SWF-specific classes: 5 (excluding framework; 2 are PVPHUD_fla timeline symbols)

Main class: PVPHUD

PVPHUD extends UIComponent and acts as the top-level controller for the PvP HUD. Its constructor calls reset() immediately. All Iggy callbacks are registered inside configUI() (framework lifecycle, called on first render) rather than the constructor, ensuring the stage is available before callbacks are wired.

The class manages two score display modes — SCORE_INTEGER (0) and SCORE_TIME (1) — via scoreType and scoreIcon state fields, though the mode is stored but not yet visually distinguished beyond icon frame selection.

Public methods

  • reset() : void — clears all text fields, resets timeRemaining color to white (0xFFFFFF), hides scoreContainer, teammateDeadIcon, killCounterIcon; resets scoreType and scoreIcon to −1.
  • setMessage(text:String) : void — sets broadcastContainer.broadcastText.htmlText with full alpha.
  • addImmediateMessage(text:String) : void — clears the message queue and directly sets messageQueue.textfield.htmlText; bypasses queue ordering.
  • updateCountdown(seconds:int) : void — displays the countdown integer in broadcastText, then launches three IggyTweens on broadcastContainer (scaleX, scaleY grow from 2+(10−n)/2→1; alpha fade 1→0 over 1 s); also calls messageQueue.reset(). Scale start size varies with remaining time, making later countdown ticks appear larger.
  • prepareForBattle() : void — clears the timer text and calls setMessage(IggyFunctions.translate("$PVP_Prepare")).
  • beginMatch() : void — calls setMessage(IggyFunctions.translate("$PVP_Begin")), fades broadcastContainer alpha to 0 over 2 s via IggyTween, resets message queue.
  • updateTeamScore(teamIdx:int, color:uint, score:int, maxScore:int) : void — looks up the child PVPScore named "team" + teamIdx inside scoreContainer (only team1 and team2 exist); calls init(maxScore, color) then updateScore(score). init never reads maxScore and applies the colour only on its first call.
  • updatePersonalScore(current:Number, max:Number) : void — if max == 0 shows int(current), otherwise shows "int(current)/int(max)" in personalScoreContainer.score.
  • setPersonalScoreType(type:int) : void — stores scoreType; no visual change beyond caching.
  • setPersonalScoreIcon(icon:int) : void — sends personalScoreContainer.icon to frame icon + 2. The icon clip (chid 17) is blank on frame 1 (the reset() state), a gold coin on frame 2 and a red ring on frame 3, so 0 = coin and 1 = ring.
  • updateTick(timeStr:String, msRemaining:uint, counting:Boolean) : void — always makes scoreContainer visible and writes timeStr to timeRemaining.textField. Only when the third argument is true and the text has changed with time left: a 1.5→1 scale pulse under 10 s, red 0xCC0033 under 30 s, yellow 0xFFCC00 under 60 s; an unchanged string (or zero time) resets timeRemaining.alpha to 1 instead.

Key fields

  • SCORE_INTEGER : int = 0 / SCORE_TIME : int = 1 — score-mode constants.
  • timeRemaining : MovieClip — timer display; child textField receives the formatted time string.
  • scoreContainer : MovieClip — holds two PVPScore children named "team1" and "team2".
  • broadcastContainer : MovieClip — center-screen message area; child broadcastText (TextField) shows countdown/phase messages.
  • personalScoreContainer : MovieClip — holds icon (MovieClip, multi-frame) and score (TextField); its own frames are labelled coin and rings, and it stays on coin.
  • teammateDeadIcon : MovieClip — a red-cross bitmap (chid 27); shown/hidden by the engine, which sets it by name (reset hides it).
  • killCounterIcon : MovieClip — a person-figure bitmap (chid 24) beside counterText; shown/hidden by the engine, which sets it by name (reset hides it).
  • counterText : TextField — numeric count text written by the engine by name; the SWF only clears it in reset().
  • messageQueue : MessageQueue — framework scrolling message queue for kill-feed entries.
  • dropShadowFilter : DropShadowFilter — shared drop-shadow (offset 2, 45°, low quality) applied to timeRemaining.

Runtime dependencies & integration

ExternalInterface callbacks registered (Iggy → Flash):

Callback Method
reset reset
setMessage setMessage
updateCountdown updateCountdown
prepareForBattle prepareForBattle
beginMatch beginMatch
updateTick updateTick
updateTeamScore updateTeamScore
updatePersonalScore updatePersonalScore
setPersonalScoreType setPersonalScoreType
setPersonalScoreIcon setPersonalScoreIcon
addMessage messageQueue.addMessage (delegated directly)
addImmediateMessage addImmediateMessage

IggyFunctions usage:

  • IggyFunctions.translate("$PVP_Prepare") — localisation key for pre-battle message.
  • IggyFunctions.translate("$PVP_Begin") — localisation key for match-start message.
  • IggyFunctions.inIggy — gates all callback registration.

IggyTween usage:

  • Countdown scale pulse on broadcastContainer (scaleX, scaleY, alpha).
  • Per-tick pulse on timeRemaining (scaleX, scaleY) when under 10 s.
  • Match-start alpha fade on broadcastContainer.

Other game-specific classes

  • PVPScore — [Embed symbol="symbol7"] MovieClip; displays a single team's score with animated scale-bounce and glow-filter flash on score change (Strong easeIn out, Elastic easeOut back). Holds scalar (MovieClip with textField) and applies GlowFilter/DropShadowFilter per frame via ENTER_FRAME. Color is set from the color argument shifted right 8 bits (>> 8).
  • messageQueue — [Embed symbol="symbol3"] thin wrapper extending _kiwi.Controls.MessageQueue; no added logic.

PVPHUD_fla timeline symbols:

  • PVPHUD_fla.minigameIcon_7 — [Embed symbol="symbol17"] multi-frame icon MovieClip; frame 1 stops.
  • PVPHUD_fla.miniGameScores_6 — [Embed symbol="symbol20"] personal-score container; holds icon (MovieClip) and score (TextField); frame 1 stops.

Notable logic

  • Countdown scale sizing — updateCountdown derives the tween start scale as 2 + (10 − n) / 2, so the number "10" appears at scale 2 and the number "1" appears at scale 6.5, creating an urgency ramp.
  • Timer color escalation — updateTick applies three discrete thresholds: white (> 60 s, set by reset()), 0xFFCC00 yellow (< 60 s), 0xCC0033 red (< 30 s), then a scale pulse on every change under 10 s (the red stays).
  • Score color packing — team color arrives as RGBA in one uint and is shifted right 8 bits before being applied to GlowFilter.color and textField.textColor, stripping the low alpha byte.
  • Queue bypass — addImmediateMessage clears the queue and writes directly to the textfield, useful for critical single-line notifications that should not be delayed by queued messages.