FadeEntity

[gordonramp]

I can HideEntity and ShowEntity but how would I go about Fading an Entity to the point where it cannot be seen?

[Rick]

There is more to it because of how LE is setup. The model that you want to fade has to be in the transparent world. Then you can use the alpha value in EntityColor() I think to set the transparency. The reason this sucks is because picking is per world. So if you want this object to be pickable also you need to create it twice. Once in the normal world and again in the transparent world. By default hide the transparent world one and show the normal world model. Then when it's picked in the normal world hide the normal world model and show the transparent world model and start changing the alpha of the color.

[Canardia]

No, you need to create an own world for each transparent object, unless you want multiple objects to have the same transparency.

 

The actual transparency is controlled with the alpha value of SetColor when you draw the rendered image on screen.

[Rick]

Hmm, are you sure you can do it with EntityColor() in the transparent world?

[Canardia]

Yes. Unless it has changed since I last tried it, but I doubt that.

EDIT: I tried it again, still doesn't work.