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2D All the way! / Game Menu.

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Redostrike
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Posted: 2nd Jun 2003 19:34
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In most games now you can see the background trough the menu (like ghosted). How can i make this effect.
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indi
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Posted: 3rd Jun 2003 07:23
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making your button panels like decals but composed of 3d plains.

theory

make object plain
always face the camera
lock onto the screen
ghost the object

http://www.lunarpixel.com

http://www.lunarpixel.com/dt/
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Wayne
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Posted: 3rd Jun 2003 09:11
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doesn't pro support some kinda alpha blending for sprites so they can be ghosted?

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Porl
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Posted: 5th Jun 2003 12:19
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I read in another thread awhile ago that you would probably do your menu background as a bitmap. show the bitmap and use the bitmap transparency (alpha) to blend the bitmap background. Then float your text / menu over the top. That would probably work...

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Mattman
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Posted: 7th Jun 2003 22:14
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You can find the answer here (RedoStrike Started this post though )

http://www.darkbasicpro.com/apollo/view.php?t=11168&b=7

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