Florian Report post Posted August 15, 2007 Hi, sorry I didn't find the thread in the programming forum, but I know ttlanhil mentioned that before: actors should not just (dis)appear when they come in or out of sight range. Today I saw somebody using invis pots on IP, and his char was translucent. So the code to draw chars with support for an alpha value for the whole char is already in the client. Now let's connect it with the add/remove actor events! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Torg Report post Posted August 15, 2007 So the code to draw chars with support for an alpha value for the whole char is already in the client. Now let's connect it with the add/remove actor events! Well at this stage the code is implemented by a "ghost" flag, so code would still need to be added to enable a transition.... however... transarency isn't what you want for actors disappearing. They should fade into a neutral colour, rather than become translucent. This is much harder with out a common distance "fog". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
trollson Report post Posted August 17, 2007 A transition to a low-information "anonymous figure in the distance" actor? This could be used to send/populate actors out to a greater distance than the detailed actor/enhanced-actor allows. Would be useful when FP-views mean you see further into the distance. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Florian Report post Posted August 17, 2007 Well, I don't understand how the ghost mode works, but if the transparency value is made configurable, actors could fade out by changing the alpha value from 0% to 100% which would not be as good as disappearing in some kind of fog, but way better than just *snip* and gone. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
