EDIT: I just realized that just because C-trace runs, "you" is not necessarily set. Here's what I've come up with. Any entity without flag2 or skill30 is made translucent, and multiple obstructions can be made translucent.

Code:
function transpar_vector()
	{		
		if(c_trace(vector(camera.x,camera.y,camera.z),vector(ball.x,ball.y,ball.z),USE_BOX|IGNORE_FLAG2))
		{
			if (you)
				{
				if(!you.skill30)
					{
					set(you,TRANSLUCENT);
					set(you,FLAG2);
					you.alpha = 50;
					wait(1);
					reset(you,TRANSLUCENT);
					reset(you,FLAG2);
					}
				
				}
		wait(2);
		transpar_vector();
		}
		wait(1);
	}

That's it. Done deal.





(In case you're interested, here's the original question:)

I need to make translucent everything between the ball and camera. The code I have only hangs the program at startup. once I can set the opacity, I need to return the entity's alpha to is original opacity (not yet in code).

here's what I have:

Code:
function transparency_along_vector()
	{	
		VECTOR* stvec = vector(camera.x,camera.y,camera.z);
		VECTOR* tracer = vector(ball.x,ball.y,ball.z);
		
		c_trace(stvec,tracer,IGNORE_FLAG2 ); //ball object is flag2
			
		if(trace_hit)
		{
			set(you,TRANSLUCENT);
			you.alpha = 50;
			wait(1);	
		}
		
	}


also: putting a wait() function between setting translucency and alpha does not fix the hang-up.

Last edited by deianthropus; 07/25/10 19:09.