Flash Patterns

This page explains how to edit the flash-patterns.json file in IF.

Structure

An entry can contain the following parameters:

• Name
  • The human-readable name that will display to the player.
• Red
  • A value from 0 to 255. See here for more info.
• Green
  • A value from 0 to 255. See here for more info.
• Blue
  • A value from 0 to 255. See here for more info.
• NoLight
  • When true, Red, Green, & Blue are ignored, and for the length of duration no light is produced.
  • Use this to add gaps in your flash patterns.
  • Default is false, and does not need to be included when Red, Green, & Blue are provided.
• Duration
  • How long this flash should last in milliseconds.
  • When value is -1, the Red, Green, & Blue values are used to create a solid color.

RGB

To get the RGB (Red, Green, & Blue) values for the color you want, use this tool.

Editing entries

To add a new entry, copy an existing entry, then paste it at the bottom of the array and edit as required.

warning

JSON syntax is important: missing ,s, []s, etc. will break the file. Check your JSON syntax with this website.

Default Flash Patterns

[
  {
    "Name": "Red/Blue Flash",
    "Entries": [
      {
        "Red": 255,
        "Green": 0,
        "Blue": 0,
        "Duration": 150
      },
      {
        "NoLight": true,
        "Duration": 150
      },
      {
        "Red": 0,
        "Green": 0,
        "Blue": 255,
        "Duration": 150
      },
      {
        "NoLight": true,
        "Duration": 150
      }
    ]
  },

  {
    "Name": "Red Red/Blue Blue Flash",
    "Entries": [
      {
        "Red": 255,
        "Green": 0,
        "Blue": 0,
        "Duration": 150
      },
      {
        "NoLight": true,
        "Duration": 150
      },
      {
        "Red": 255,
        "Green": 0,
        "Blue": 0,
        "Duration": 150
      },
      {
        "NoLight": true,
        "Duration": 150
      },
      {
        "Red": 0,
        "Green": 0,
        "Blue": 255,
        "Duration": 150
      },
      {
        "NoLight": true,
        "Duration": 150
      },
      {
        "Red": 0,
        "Green": 0,
        "Blue": 255,
        "Duration": 150
      },
      {
        "NoLight": true,
        "Duration": 150
      }
    ]
  },

  {
    "Name": "Red Flash",
    "Entries": [
      {
        "Red": 255,
        "Green": 0,
        "Blue": 0,
        "Duration": 150
      },
      {
        "NoLight": true,
        "Duration": 150
      }
    ]
  },

  {
    "Name": "Blue Flash",
    "Entries": [
      {
        "Red": 0,
        "Green": 0,
        "Blue": 255,
        "Duration": 150
      },
      {
        "NoLight": true,
        "Duration": 150
      }
    ]
  },

  {
    "Name": "Red Solid",
    "Entries": [
      {
        "Red": 255,
        "Green": 0,
        "Blue": 0,
        "Duration": -1
      }
    ]
  },

  {
    "Name": "Blue Solid",
    "Entries": [
      {
        "Red": 0,
        "Green": 0,
        "Blue": 255,
        "Duration": -1
      }
    ]
  },

  {
    "Name": "Road Works Flash",
    "Entries": [
      {
        "Red": 160,
        "Green": 120,
        "Blue": 0,
        "Duration": 500
      },
      {
        "NoLight": true,
        "Duration": 500
      }
    ]
  },

  {
    "Name": "Road Works Slow",
    "Entries": [
      {
        "Red": 160,
        "Green": 120,
        "Blue": 0,
        "Duration": 1000
      },
      {
        "NoLight": true,
        "Duration": 1000
      }
    ]
  },

  {
    "Name": "Road Works Solid",
    "Entries": [
      {
        "Red": 160,
        "Green": 120,
        "Blue": 0,
        "Duration": -1
      }
    ]
  },

  {
    "Name": "Hazard",
    "Entries": [
      {
        "Red": 160,
        "Green": 120,
        "Blue": 0,
        "Duration": 150
      },
      {
        "NoLight": true,
        "Duration": 150
      },
      {
        "Red": 255,
        "Green": 255,
        "Blue": 255,
        "Duration": 150
      },
      {
        "NoLight": true,
        "Duration": 150
      }
    ]
  },

  {
    "Name": "Command Point",
    "Entries": [
      {
        "Red": 0,
        "Green": 120,
        "Blue": 0,
        "Duration": 1000
      },
      {
        "NoLight": true,
        "Duration": 1000
      }
    ]
  },

  {
    "Name": "Water Point",
    "Entries": [
      {
        "Red": 0,
        "Green": 120,
        "Blue": 0,
        "Duration": 350
      },
      {
        "NoLight": true,
        "Duration": 350
      }
    ]
  },

  {
    "Name": "White Strobe",
    "Entries": [
      {
        "Red": 255,
        "Green": 255,
        "Blue": 255,
        "Duration": 50
      },
      {
        "NoLight": true,
        "Duration": 50
      }
    ]
  },

  {
    "Name": "White Solid",
    "Entries": [
      {
        "Red": 255,
        "Green": 255,
        "Blue": 255,
        "Duration": -1
      }
    ]
  }
]