Window Dance (Event)

Window Dance
Tab	VFX
Type	NewWindowDance
Origin	r19
Shortcut	W

Window Dance is an event in the VFX tab that minimizes the Window and sets the resolution to 2x when the level is entered / played. When the Window Movement setting is set to Simulate. It instead generates a window in a fake desktop.

Usage

This window can move in many different ways. Within Act 5, the window can also resize vertically and horizontally.

Modes

Setting Name	Description
Move	Moves the window to an exact point.
Sway	Moves the window up and down within a specific angle and amplitude.
Wrap	Moves and Sways the window to a side and teleports it to the opposite side.
Ellipse	Moves the window by a circle.
Shake	Shakes the window within a specific region and speed.

Move

Setting	Type	Description
Mode	Movement Modes (Enum)	How will the Window move.
Use Position	Custom Position (Enum)	If the Window should stop / move to a new position.
X Position	Position (Float)	Which X coordinate should the Window move to.
Y Position	Position (Float)	Which Y coordinate should the Window move to.
Reference	Anchor Point (Enum)	If the position should be based on the center or the edge.
Easing Duration	Duration (Float)	How much time will the window take.
Ease	Easing List (Enum)	How does the window move.

Mode The behavour of the Window Dance. Refer to the "Mode" table for more information.

Use Position If the window should stop at the currect position when the window is moving, or if it should move at a specified position.

X Position Accesible when Use Position is set to New. Moves the window horizontally based on the percentage and the Reference setting.

Y Position Accesible when Use Position is set to New. Moves the window vertically based on the percentage and the Reference setting.

Reference Appears when Use Position is set to New. Anchors the window based on the setting. Can be set to either Edge or Center.

Easing Duration Appears when Use Position is set to New. The duration of the movement. The maximum duration for Beats can be 999999 (6 digits).

Ease Appears when Use Position is set to New. How does the movement progress. All of the easings can be found here.

Sway

Setting	Type	Description
Mode	Movement Modes (Enum)	How will the Window move.
Use Position	Custom Position (Enum)	If the Window should stop / move to a new position.
X Position	Position (Float)	Which X coordinate should the Window move to.
Y Position	Position (Float)	Which Y coordinate should the Window move to.
Amplitude	Amplitude (Float)	How intense is the amplitude of the swaying.
Angle	Angle (Float)	Which direction will the window sway.
Ease type	Ease type (Enum)	How does the easing behave.
Easing Duration	Duration (Float)	How much time will the window take.
Ease	Easing List (Enum)	How does the window move.

Mode The behavour of the Window Dance. Refer to the "Mode" table for more information.

Use Position If the window should stop at the currect position when the window is moving, or if it should move at a specified position.

X Position Accesible when Use Position is set to New. Moves the window horizontally based on the percentage and the Reference setting.

Y Position Accesible when Use Position is set to New. Moves the window vertically based on the percentage and the Reference setting.

Amplitude How far does the window move from the original position.

Angle Which angle does the window move to.

Easing Duration The duration of the movement. The maximum duration for Beats can be 999999 (6 digits).

Ease How does the movement progress. All of the easings can be found here.

Wrap

Setting	Type	Description
Mode	Movement Modes (Enum)	How will the Window move.
Use Position	Custom Position (Enum)	If the Window should stop / move to a new position.
X Position	Position (Float)	Which X coordinate should the Window move to.
Y Position	Position (Float)	Which Y coordinate should the Window move to.
Speed	Speed (Float)	How fast does the window wrap.
Amplitude	Amplitude (Float)	How intense is the amplitude of the swaying.
Angle	Angle (Float)	Which direction will the window sway.
Frequency	Sway Speed (Float)	How fast does the swaying occur.
Easing Duration	Duration (Float)	How much time will the window take.
Ease	Easing List (Enum)	How does the window move.

Mode The behavour of the Window Dance. Refer to the "Mode" table for more information.

Use Position If the window should stop at the currect position when the window is moving, or if it should move at a specified position.

X Position Accesible when Use Position is set to New. Moves the window horizontally based on the percentage and the Reference setting.

Y Position Accesible when Use Position is set to New. Moves the window vertically based on the percentage and the Reference setting.

Speed The speed of the warping.

Amplitude How far does the window sway from the track.

Angle Which angle does the window move to.

Frequency Works exactly like Easing Duration on swaying.

Easing Duration The duration of the movement. The maximum duration for Beats can be 999999 (6 digits).

Ease How does the movement progress. All of the easings can be found here.

Ellipse

Setting	Type	Description
Mode	Movement Modes (Enum)	How will the Window move.
Use Position	Custom Position (Enum)	If the Window should stop / move to a new position.
X Position	Position (Float)	Which X coordinate should the Window move to.
Y Position	Position (Float)	Which Y coordinate should the Window move to.
Speed	Speed (Float)	How fast does the window wrap.
Use Circle	Circle (Enum)	Shows Amplitude or X/Y Amplitude based on the setting.
Amplitude	Amplitude (Float)	How intense is the amplitude of the circle.
X Amplitude	Vector Amplitude (Float)	How intense is the amplitude of the X axis.
Y Amplitude	Vector Amplitude (Float)	How intense is the amplitude of the Y axis.
Angle	Angle (Float)	Which direction will the window sway.
Easing Duration	Duration (Float)	How much time will the window take.
Ease	Easing List (Enum)	How does the window move.

Mode The behavour of the Window Dance. Refer to the "Mode" table for more information.

Use Position If the window should stop at the current position when the window is moving, or if it should move at a specified position.

X Position Accesible when Use Position is set to New. Moves the window horizontally based on the percentage and the Reference setting.

Y Position Accessible when Use Position is set to New. Moves the window vertically based on the percentage and the Reference setting.

Speed The speed of the warping.

Use Circle If set to on, limits the Amplitude to one setting which sets both X and Y to the same thing.

Amplitude Accesible when Use Circle is set to On. How far does the window sway from the center.

X Amplitude Accessible when Use Circle is set to Off. How far does the window sway from the center in the X axis.

Y Amplitude Accessible when Use Circle is set to Off. How far does the window sway from the center in the Y axis.

Angle Which angle does the window move to.

Frequency Works exactly like Easing Duration on swaying.

Easing Duration The duration of the movement. The maximum duration for Beats can be 999999 (6 digits).

Ease How does the movement progress. All of the easings can be found here.

Shake

Setting	Type	Description
Mode	Movement Modes (Enum)	How will the Window move.
Use Position	Custom Position (Enum)	If the Window should stop / move to a new position.
X Position	Position (Float)	Which X coordinate should the Window move to.
Y Position	Position (Float)	Which Y coordinate should the Window move to.
Amplitude	Amplitude (Float)	How intense is the amplitude of the circle.
Angle	Angle (Float)	Which direction will the window sway.
Period	Period (Float)	How fast will the window move to a position.
Easing Duration	Duration (Float)	How much time will the window take.
Ease	Easing List (Enum)	How does the window move.

Mode The behavour of the Window Dance. Refer to the "Mode" table for more information.

Use Position If the window should stop at the current position when the window is moving, or if it should move at a specified position.

X Position Accesible when Use Position is set to New. Moves the window horizontally based on the percentage and the Reference setting.

Y Position Accessible when Use Position is set to New. Moves the window vertically based on the percentage and the Reference setting.

Amplitude How far does the window sway from the center.

Angle Which angle does the window move to.

Period How much time will the window take to move to another position.

Easing Duration The duration of the movement. The maximum duration for Beats can be 999999 (6 digits).

Ease How does the movement progress. All of the easings can be found here.

Advanced

Usually people don't use window dance, but instead recreate it because of the restrictions that you cannot do on the event. For example you can scale the window or angle it.

Surgery

{ "bar": X, "beat": X, "y": X, "type": "NewWindowDance", "rooms": [0], "preset": "Move", "usePosition": "New", "position": [50, 50], "reference": "Center", "useCircle": false, "speed": 0, "amplitude": 0, "amplitudeVector": [0, 0], "angle": 0, "frequency": 0, "period": 0, "easeType": "Repeat", "easingDuration": 0, "ease": "Linear" }

History

According to the type there was an old window dance which was most likely used in developement.

Trivia

Window Dance isn't that flexible because you cannot modify the scale of the window, most likely because of issues in other operating systems (Mac/Linux). A lot of creators use a fake window dance that uses 1 room for the window border and 1 room for stuff happening inside of the window. The Window Dance event has a room setting visible, even if it doesn't do anything.