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[TheDerman]

Hi all,

Is there a way to fade the main actor in and out in a scene?

I want to have an actor that just has a single frame for each direction. When someone clicks on the floor etc. I want to be able to fade actor out, SkipTo wherever, fade actor in, instead of having animation and using the GoTo. I don't want to have to make the fades into animated sprites.

Possible?

Thanks.

[odnorf]

There is an AlphaColor attribute for the actor object.
So all you have to do is use this line
actor.AlphaColor = MakeRGBA(255, 255, 255, x);
and make x goes from 255 to 0 with a loop to make the character fade out and the opposite for fade in.

[TheDerman]

Thanks.

How do I set a variable to equal the actor?

Like, var ActorVar = WHAT???

 

[MMR]

var actorVar = Game.LoadActor("the_actor_path.actor");

[TheDerman]

Code: [Select]

function GoToObject()
{
  var ActorFade = Game.LoadActor("actors\my_actor\my_actor.actor");
  for(var i=1; i=>10; i=i+1)
   {
    ? ActorFade.AlphaColor = MakeRGB(255, 255, 255, 25*i);
    ? Sleep(100);
   }
  ActorFade.AlphaColor = MakeRGB(255, 255, 255, 0);
  actor.SkipTo(696, 523);
  actor.Direction = DI_UP;
}

This is just for the fade-out (I think).

This is what I have on the GoToObject function in an entity script, but the syntax checker says NO CHANCE - there is an error on the var ActorFade line.

Any ideas?

[TheDerman]

Thanks to everyone - managed to get it working perfectly.

If anyone is interested:

Code: [Select]

on "LeftClick"
{
  for(var i=10; i>=1; i=i-1)
   {
    actor.AlphaColor = MakeRGBA(255, 255, 255, 25*i);
    Sleep(100);
   }
  actor.AlphaColor = MakeRGBA(255, 255, 255, 0);
  actor.GoTo(Scene.MouseX, Scene.MouseY);

  for(i=1; i<=10; i=i+1)
   {
    actor.AlphaColor = MakeRGBA(255, 255, 255, 25*i);
    Sleep(100);
   }
  actor.AlphaColor = MakeRGBA(255, 255, 255, 255);
}

This goes in the scene.script in the main "scripts" folder. It fades the character out, then I used a single frame "walk" sprite with a large "move by" value on that single frame to move the now invisible character quickly to the clicked spot on the floor, and then the character fades in. Perfect.

Thanks.