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AppGameKit Classic Chat / [SOLVED] Transparency is driving me nuts i tell ya!

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blink0k
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Posted: 25th Oct 2018 21:38 Edited at: 25th Oct 2018 21:40
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Ok i have these little ducks on a pond. I want to tilt the camera so i can see what's left and right (Use left/right arrow keys in example)



When i do this my little duckies pop right outta the water.



How can i fix this?

Thanks for your help

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puzzler2018
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Posted: 25th Oct 2018 21:42
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cant think straight at moment but look at the sprite depth commands

water been the nearest depth and the ducks been the furthest ones

like
SetSpriteDepth(water, 0)
SetSpriteDepth(ducks,1)

Or something along those lines

Or is this 3D?

Same idea anyway - depths

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Posted: 25th Oct 2018 21:48
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It's 3D matey and it's driving me bonkers!
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Posted: 25th Oct 2018 21:53 Edited at: 25th Oct 2018 21:55
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If you want the You will need to move the water in accordance to the ducks too instead of leaving the water position the same

Those ducks looks getting bigger the nearer they are too or is that optical illusion.

Try fixobjecttoobject ducks to the water so they will always be fixed to one object (the water plane)
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Posted: 25th Oct 2018 21:56 Edited at: 25th Oct 2018 22:00
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I have noticed this too. Objects that should logically be behind other objects just pop to the front when you move the camera. Way annoying! My solution is to increase the distance.
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Posted: 25th Oct 2018 22:00
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It's a bit of a hack, but you can pretend the water is a lot further forward using:

which fixes the rendering issue.

Aaargh! Ducks!
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puzzler2018
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Posted: 25th Oct 2018 22:02
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If you like a quick example of fixobjecttoobject to correct this theory, then please let me know - if you corrected it then well done.
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Posted: 25th Oct 2018 22:03 Edited at: 25th Oct 2018 22:03
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Hey BlinkOK,

Pretty simple fix. Use SetObjectAlphaMask(water, 1) instead of SetObjectTransparency(water, 1).
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Posted: 25th Oct 2018 22:04
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If that works too - Good man!!
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Posted: 25th Oct 2018 22:10
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Thanks. I'll try that fixobject thingo too puzzler
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Posted: 25th Oct 2018 22:11
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Thanks. I'll try that fixobject thingo too puzzler
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puzzler2018
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Posted: 25th Oct 2018 22:16 Edited at: 25th Oct 2018 22:17
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Mine is probably more code than its worth trying to fix - Golehorn found it and is enlightened us all with the fix. Thank Golehorn.

To Golehorn, Was it yourself querying shattering objects at all? - I worked out how to shatter loading OBJ objects on another thread. I knew you was asking.
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Posted: 25th Oct 2018 22:32
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Aye, it was me. I will check it out next week. I've been working on a few other things that have bogged me down.
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Quote: "Pretty simple fix. Use SetObjectAlphaMask(water, 1) instead of SetObjectTransparency(water, 1)."


Thanks Golegorn, just chiming in that fix solved an issue in one of my games as well. Apparently rendering two planes that are in close range, even with using fixobjecttoobject, can cause the issue the OP mentions.
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