Hi, has anyone got any idea why this isn't working? I'm trying to get some text flashing on and off, but for some reason it just won't work. As you can see, I'm trying to adjust its alpha values with some simple instructions, but for some reason it is completely ignoring the alpha settings... I have the commercial version, and according to the manual all versions from Extra up can use alpha settings for text, so I can't wee what's wrong.

text menu_newgameflash_text
{
pos_x = 260;
pos_y = 315;
font = menuflashfont;
string = new_game_str;
layer = 4;
}

contained in a function:

menu_newgameflash_text.visible = on;
menu_newgameflash_text.transparent = on;
menu_newgameflash_text.alpha = 0;
while (menu_newgameflash_text.alpha < 100)
{
menu_newgameflash_text.alpha += 10*time;
wait(1);
}
while (menu_newgameflash_text.alpha > 0)
{
menu_newgameflash_text.alpha -= 10*time;
wait(1);
}

Thanks for any help,
-Keith

Why not toggle the "visible" setting on and off with a 2or3 frame delay between toggles.

-Neut.

Hi, the reason I don't want to do that is that would look too urgent for what I want. I'm overlaying black text on top of white text - I want the black text to gently fade in and out. But I don't understand why this code isn't working, as the exact same code works to fade in and out panels and suchlike...

Hi. I had the same problem. Confused me for months it did.

In the text definition add the line flags = d3d, refresh;

The txt will then listen to alpha = ? functions. Hope this helps

Hi Jim Panzee, thanks for the reply. Unfortunately I still can't get it to work. I updated the text definition to:

text menu_newgameflash_text
{
pos_x = 260;
pos_y = 315;
font = menuflashfont;
string = new_game_str;
layer = 4;
flags = d3d,refresh;
}

but it won't load the level, giving wdl errors that it doesn't recognise refresh or d3d - I think because these flags can only be used in panels, and not with texts...

It's driving me nuts...

Thanks,
-Keith

Anyone?

adding d3d working for me. What version are you using?

Commercial A5.105... I'm probably doing something incredibly stupid, I just can't see what yet. Was it actually with text that you got it to work, or with a whole panel?
Thanks,
Keith

This is probably a silly suggestion,but I can't see any errors in your code :

Have you tried to lower down the value "+= 10*time;" or wait longer than "wait 1",
perhaps it's working, but you can't see it...

Hi, thanks for the reply. Not a silly suggestion at all, as I hadn't thought of it. Unfortunately I just tried it, altering the time multiplication (lowing it a lot, upping it too) and the wait instruction, but still nothing happened...
Thanks,
Keith