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