Invisibility

BioHazardousWaste · **Author**

Hey all

Just working on invisibility as a skill, and I can't quite figure it out. This is what I have:

Code:

    set_user_rendering(id,kRenderFxNone, 0,0,0, kRenderTransTexture,PlayerSkill[id][SKILL_INVISIBILITY])

Where id is the player's id and PlayerSkill[id][SKILL_INVISIBILITY] is the players level of invisibility skill (0 - 100).

In testing, when you have a lvl 0 invisibility skill you are COMPLETELY invisible! When you have a lvl 100 skill you are semi-invisible. So, just wondering how this works. I assume that it is how opaque the texture is. 0 being you can't see it, what is the max opacity (so it looks like normal?)

DiscoBBQ · 05-01-2005 , 21:10

to make someone semi invisable-

Code:

set_user_rendering(id,kRenderFxNone, 0,0,0, kRenderTransAdd,5)

completly invisable

Code:

public invisible(id,alphaVal) {
set_user_rendering(id,kRenderFxGlowShell,0,0,0,kRenderTransAlpha,alphaVal)
}

I wonder if that helped?

BioHazardousWaste · 05-01-2005 , 21:14

no.. that didn't help at all

thanx though

Quote:

public invisible(id,alphaVal) {
set_user_rendering(id,kRenderFxGlowShell,0,0, 0,kRenderTransAlpha,alphaVal)
}

alphaVal is a passed in value, so there is no way for me knowing what it is to make someone invisible

. And as i said in the above post I know that 0 makes you completely invisible. What I need to know is what value makes you completely VISIBLE. It doesn't seem to be 100, so I have no clue what it could be.

XxAvalanchexX · 05-01-2005 , 21:44

In this case, the last parameter will be a number from 0-255. The higher it is, the more visible they are.

Twilight Suzuka · 05-01-2005 , 22:40

Or...use the engine stock function set_visibility.

BioHazardousWaste · 05-01-2005 , 23:13

damn.. 0 to 255, that makes sense, I shoulda been able to figure that out. Thanx avalanche, i'll devise some formula to convert it to 0 - 100 (or 100 - 0 technically) tomorrow