enable/disable image effects in code

[keefus]

I currently have a game object selectable by the user and I'm trying to figure out how to enable depth of field when selected and disable when its not.

Any help would be appreciated.

[anon19958801]

First setup a way to talk to the DepthOfField component from your gameobject

public mainCamera : GameObject; // set this to the main camera in the inspector
private dof : DepthOfField;

function Start () {
    var dof : DepthOfField = mainCamera.GetComponent(DepthOfField);
}

then either tweak the settings

function Focus () {
    // set the focus settings, I'm making these numbers up
    // but this should be a decent starting point.
    dof.focalZDistance = 0;
    dof.focalZStart = 0;
    dof.focalZEnd = 1000;
}

function Blur () {
    var distanceToFocusedObject = // get the distance to the focused object
    // set the focus settings
    dof.focalZDistance = distanceToFocusedObject;
    dof.focalZStart = distanceToFocusedObject - 5;
    dof.focalZEnd = distanceToFocusedObject + 5; // I'm still making these numbers up
}

or toggle enabled

function Focus () {
    dof.enabled = false;
}

function Blur () {
    dof.enabled = true;
}

I haven't tested any of this code but I think the approach is valid.

Also I bet animating `focalZStart` and `focalZEnd` in the `Focus` and `Blur` functions would look pretty cool.