Transparent, alpha and map objects

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Transparent, alpha and map objects #8247 02/01/02 11:18 02/01/02 11:18
Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 1,825 London, England Keith B [Ambit] OP Expert
Keith B [Ambit] OP Expert Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 1,825 London, England	Hi, I have set the transparent flag of a map entity to ON and am trying to increase and decrease the alpha to vary the transparency, but it doesn't seem to be working properly. If I set alpha to 0, it is invisible, just as it is supposed to be, but if I set it to 100 then it is no different to 50 (ie. it is still transparent, when it should be completely opaque). I have never had this problem with models. Is this a problem with map entities or am I doing something wrong? Cheers, Keith

Re: Transparent, alpha and map objects #8248 02/01/02 13:21 02/01/02 13:21
Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 678 Alabama Cameron_Aycock Developer
Cameron_Aycock Developer Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 678 Alabama	Variable transparency is only available in Pro I believe. .. ;( Popular media is the opiate of the masses. Think for yourself.

Re: Transparent, alpha and map objects #8249 02/02/02 08:12 02/02/02 08:12
Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 1,825 London, England Keith B [Ambit] OP Expert
Keith B [Ambit] OP Expert Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 1,825 London, England	No, the alpha flag which varies the transparency is available in the Extra edition and up - I have used it successfully with models and sprites, but I can't get it working correctly with map entities. Any ideas?

Re: Transparent, alpha and map objects #8250 02/02/02 08:28 02/02/02 08:28
Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 1,825 London, England Keith B [Ambit] OP Expert
Keith B [Ambit] OP Expert Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 1,825 London, England	D'oh! Forget it, I just found this in the bugs'n'features section: "The ALPHA value of WMB entities could not be set to over 50 (fixed in A5.124)." I haven't got around to upgrading from 5.12 yet, so this is my fault. Sorry! Cheers, Keith

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