Thegr8test
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What would be the best method to make an enemy invisible?
Invisible Enemies?
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Thegr8test
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Yeah sorry for the lack of details I was in the middle of something when I made the topic but I'm looking to add enemies are initially invisible but once hit they become visible, so they would function like any other enemy with the exception being the player won't see them at first but they'll be introduced with a cut scene so the player isn't completely oblivious to them
Check out Drawmethod Channel. First set alpha mode to 6 (50% averaged opacity). Then you can use the channel settings to adjust opacity of the RGB color channels individually. 0 is almost completely transparent, 255 is fully opaque. Note if you set all three to 255 they will default back to 50% for backward compatability.
Set all 3 to ~25 for a wicked looking predator effect. Go down to ~10 for a true invisibility. The player can still see them, but only with extreme difficulty.
You can also do this using alpha masking if you like.
DC
Set all 3 to ~25 for a wicked looking predator effect. Go down to ~10 for a true invisibility. The player can still see them, but only with extreme difficulty.
You can also do this using alpha masking if you like.
DC
O Ilusionista
Captain 100K
You can use a short version, like this:
drawmethod alpha 6
drawmethod channel 0.25
drawmethod alpha 6
drawmethod channel 0.25
kimono
Well-known member
First, I want to thank all the members that are participating to this topic. I wish my Tracker (SOR Predator) character activate his stealth cloak after his defensive special.
Here is defensive anim:
It works on dspecial7.gif but I wish that the cloak is activated permanentely until he's getting hit.
Any idea how can I set it?
Here is defensive anim:
Code:
anim special #DEFENSIVE SPECIAL
fastattack 1
jugglecost 5
forcedirection 0
energycost 20 2
loop 0
delay 8
offset 57 115
sound data/sounds/kof/Fire.wav
frame data/chars/tracker/dspecial1.gif
attack1 10 64 100 40 16 1 0 0 20 12
frame data/chars/tracker/dspecial2.gif
attack1 5 44 110 40 16 1 0 0 20 12
frame data/chars/tracker/dspecial3.gif
attack1 12 18 85 43 16 1 0 0 20 12
frame data/chars/tracker/dspecial4.gif
attack1 21 16 76 47 16 1 0 0 20 12
frame data/chars/tracker/dspecial5.gif
attack1 12 18 85 43 16 1 0 0 20 12
frame data/chars/tracker/dspecial4.gif
attack1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
frame data/chars/tracker/dspecial3.gif
frame data/chars/tracker/dspecial2.gif
frame data/chars/tracker/dspecial6.gif
drawmethod alpha 6
drawmethod channelr 0
drawmethod channelg 0.25
drawmethod channelb 0
gfx shadow 0
stealth 1 0
frame data/chars/tracker/dspecial7.gifIt works on dspecial7.gif but I wish that the cloak is activated permanentely until he's getting hit.
Any idea how can I set it?
O Ilusionista
Captain 100K
I would go with NSW25 suggestion - if this will be used by just one enemy, make an alternate model (weapon) with the cloak turned on.
He would lose the weapon on hit, plus returning to normal.
There is a way to set the the drawmethod using script, which would be active all the time - but this will ignore any other drawmethod applied on this caracter.
You could even using a script to set a variable on hit and set an drawmethod using ondrawcript, but since this will run in every time the sprite is drawn on the screen (at least, it will be check each time), this could consume more resources than its needed. It would be needed an more experienced coder like Damon Caskey to tell you if this consumption is worth the trouble.
He would lose the weapon on hit, plus returning to normal.
There is a way to set the the drawmethod using script, which would be active all the time - but this will ignore any other drawmethod applied on this caracter.
You could even using a script to set a variable on hit and set an drawmethod using ondrawcript, but since this will run in every time the sprite is drawn on the screen (at least, it will be check each time), this could consume more resources than its needed. It would be needed an more experienced coder like Damon Caskey to tell you if this consumption is worth the trouble.
Drawmethod is set and forget, so you don't have to use an ondraw event to check over and over like that. Just setting it when you want the cloak and unsettling it on hit would do the job.
That's how I would do it because it's easy for me and I prefer to avoid the headache of alternate models for something like that. But if you aren't comfortable with script, the model method will work just fine too.
DC
That's how I would do it because it's easy for me and I prefer to avoid the headache of alternate models for something like that. But if you aren't comfortable with script, the model method will work just fine too.
DC
O Ilusionista
Captain 100K
Damon Caskey but isn't Drawmethod reseted when you change the animation? I can't remember for sure.
kimono
Well-known member
nsw25: Thanks for this possibility, it's the easier way to have the stealth cloak as a weapon but the character always wears the stealth cloak and can activate/desactivate at will. Moreover,
Tracker/Predator uses weapons and can be invisible
Damon Caskey and O Ilusionista: Thanks for taking care of this post. I think the best solution is activating by script the following commands:
And an another script that can cancel this modifications. I can retribute the person that can make this with my poor skills in pixelart if needed
Tracker/Predator uses weapons and can be invisible
Damon Caskey and O Ilusionista: Thanks for taking care of this post. I think the best solution is activating by script the following commands:
Code:
drawmethod alpha 6
drawmethod channelr 0
drawmethod channelg 0.25
drawmethod channelb 0
gfx shadow 0
stealth 1 0O Ilusionista
Captain 100K
kimono your example combines 3 things:
1- Drawmethod (alpha)
2- Type of shadow
3- Stealth
For the 1, you would need to use changedrawmethod(entity, propertyname, value); and set all options you want there.
For the 2, you would need to use changeentityproperty(entity, propname, values) and set the "gfxshadow" option
for the 3, you would need to use again changeentityproperty(entity, propname, values) but setting the "stealth" option.
You can combine the 3 into a single function with a switch turn it on and off.
I am doing this from my memory so I don't know if its right - plus, I don't know which type of information the channel receives (from 0 to 255? decimal?)
Try to add this code in your animation script
And call it using
Try to see if it works. Then we can make the opposite direction to turn it off and made a better function.
1- Drawmethod (alpha)
2- Type of shadow
3- Stealth
For the 1, you would need to use changedrawmethod(entity, propertyname, value); and set all options you want there.
For the 2, you would need to use changeentityproperty(entity, propname, values) and set the "gfxshadow" option
for the 3, you would need to use again changeentityproperty(entity, propname, values) but setting the "stealth" option.
You can combine the 3 into a single function with a switch turn it on and off.
I am doing this from my memory so I don't know if its right - plus, I don't know which type of information the channel receives (from 0 to 255? decimal?)
Try to add this code in your animation script
Code:
void GoStealth()
{
void self = getlocalvar("self");
changeentityproperty(self, "stealth", 1);
changedrawmethod(self, "alpha", 6);
changedrawmethod(self, "channelr", 0);
changedrawmethod(self, "channelg", 0.25);
changedrawmethod(self, "channelb", 0);
changedrawmethod(self, "gfxshadow", 0);
}Try to see if it works. Then we can make the opposite direction to turn it off and made a better function.
O Ilusionista
Captain 100K
Have you tried to change like this:
changedrawmethod(self, "channelg", 64);
By the way, are you using this into a keyscript?
changedrawmethod(self, "channelg", 64);
By the way, are you using this into a keyscript?
kimono
Well-known member
O Ilusionista:
Here are the scripts used by Tracker/Predator character:
I tried to put the script only in key/tracker.c (and not in main.c) since he's the lone fighter to have a stealth cloak.
I've got the following error:
Here are the scripts used by Tracker/Predator character:
Code:
##SCRIPTS
didblockscript data/scripts/didblock/tracker.c
didhitscript data/scripts/didhit/tracker.c
onblockpscript data/scripts/onblockp/platform.c
onmodelcopyscript data/scripts/onmodelcopy/modelcopy.c
ondrawscript data/scripts/ondraw/tracker.c
animationscript data/scripts/script.c
keyscript data/scripts/key/tracker.c
takedamagescript data/scripts/takedamage/addmp.cI tried to put the script only in key/tracker.c (and not in main.c) since he's the lone fighter to have a stealth cloak.
I've got the following error:
I deleted the line referred to gfxshadow and:
If I put to main.c, I've got an error with other characters.
O Ilusionista
Captain 100K
I got your pm and I will try to help you on this weekend.
Thegr8test
Member
So I finally got back around to trying to make this work for me and I can't seem to get full transparency at all I'm using drawmethod alpha 6 and channel -25 but no matter what I change the channels to the opacity doesn't change. Any thoughts or suggestions?
