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DarkBASIC Discussion / Transparent levels?

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TheComet
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Posted: 11th Jun 2009 22:07
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Hello there!

First look at this short video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wK4FzDnZ65g&feature=channel_page

As you can see, I levitate to the edge of the level, and there you can see that the closer I get to the edge of the level, the more transparent the layer is.

Basically, I want to do this in DBC. So you would have to make one side of the object not transparent, and the other side totally transparent. The problem is, if I ghost an object on, and texture it with a texture gradient fading into white (or black), one side will be fully transparent, but the other side will still be see-through. How can I do this?

Thanks, TheComet


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Latch
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Posted: 11th Jun 2009 23:47
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I haven't looked at the video but you want one side solid and the other side semi transparent graduating to transparent?

Use two objects shaped the same. Object 1 is ghosted with your transformation. Object 2 is only half of object 1, the side that isn't transparent and is not ghosted. Overlay them.



Or build the level in sections, and only texture the sections you want turning invisible with appropriate textures and ghost them. Leave the rest un-ghosted.

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That1Smart Guy
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Posted: 12th Jun 2009 00:17
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both sides are transparent to varying degrees, the left is fully transparent, the right semi-transparent

adjust the backdrop color and change the 150's in the texture maker to adjust transparency

i'll make a function to create this gradient effect on any image

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pictionaryjr
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Not really sure if this would work, but couldn't you edit the colors in the bitmap with a memblock or something like in this thread what they did with the ninja: http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=140993&b=10
But make the side your coming from be the lighter side and the side your going to be the darker side
Then just ghost the object.
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