Fading objects (413329)

Scripting
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Hey guys,

I’ve done some hunting through the forum and eleswhere and for whatever reason (newbie-ism, most likely) I can’t get a script to work.

What I’m attempting to do is fade an object out once an input key is hit. I have everything else setup and working (meaning the triggers, inputs, IF statements, etc)…it’s the changing the material once that IF statement becomes True.

I’ve seen that I need to use a Transparent shader, but how is that tied to the Alpha that the sample scripts I’ve seen call? Basically…what am I missing??

Thanks for any help,
Chris

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Have a look at this fade script on the wiki.

–Eric

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I’ve been all over that entry and again, it’s probably just ignorance, but I still can’t make it function.

I copied the large script at the bottom and place it into my scene, but I get the error BCE0018: The name ‘Fade’ does not denote a valid type.

Are there some generic calls that I need to swap out some code to make it jibe with my scene?

Again, I apologize about the uber newbieness of this.

Thanks for your help.

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Ok…It finally clicked and I was able to get everything working.

Next question is about that Fade.js. Where is it in the code so that I can kill the ‘return’ to the original color? Basically to have to only perform half the cycle.

Thanks…

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It doesn’t actually return to the original color at all, depending on what method you’re using.

// Fade out, from 1.0 to 0.0, over 3 seconds
Fade.use.Alpha(renderer.material, 1.0, 0.0, 3.0);

–Eric