Text transparency

[HoudiniMan]

With both showtext and the showimg older way of showing text on screen transparency seems to be unsupported...

the script i used was this:

NPC Code:

---

// NPC made by Citizen Houdini Fontaine (Zormite)

if (created||playerenters) {

  showtext 0,x,y,Arial,,Test Text;

  changeimgzoom 0,5;

}



if (playerchats && strequals(#c,fade)) {

    changeimgcolors 0,0,0,1,0.5;

}

---

It turns blue if you try it when you say "fade" to show that the command is executed but the alpha doesn't affect the text...

Is there a way to make text fade to transparent?

(I will use a for () loop to make it fade at a given incriment but i can't affect the alpha of the text at all right now other than fading to black on a black background... I need it to be transparent.)

[Python523]

you didnt add changeimgmode, and Im not sure if transparency works on text

[Loriel]

Originally posted by Python523
Im not sure if transparency works on text

I am sure. It does not work.

[HoudiniMan]

Originally posted by Python523
you didnt add changeimgmode, and Im not sure if transparency works on text

We tried that too but got the same results.

[HoudiniMan]

Originally posted by Loriel
I am sure. It does not work.

Thats really very nice, but my question is does anybody know if there is a relatively convienient way to do what i'm trying to do here.

[Loriel]

Originally posted by HoudiniMan
Thats really very nice, but my question is does anybody know if there is a relatively convienient way to do what i'm trying to do here.

That's really very interesting, but I was not attempting to answer your question

To answer it, the only way to get transparent text is to save it as png or so, and display it as normal image.

[CheeToS2]

Originally posted by Loriel
That's really very interesting, but I was not attempting to answer your question

To answer it, the only way to get transparent text is to save it as png or so, and display it as normal image.

hehe.. now where have I heard that before? *looks at houdini*
*snicker*

[HoudiniMan]

I had a counter thought up however to continue would be utterly pointless. I'm not concerned anymore with the thread and there seems to be nobody with a decent solution...

So mr. mod guy, close away, or whatever it is you do

[Googi]

Umm...maybe use showimg instead of showtext?

[Python523]

Originally posted by Googi
Umm...maybe use showimg instead of showtext?

graal makes showtext lines showimg lines, showtext is just a more organized way of doing it

[billybob53]

do you mean like half transparent?

If you want that just use:

NPC Code:

---

changeimgcolors index,r,g,b,alpha;

---

[CheeToS2]

Originally posted by billybob53
do you mean like half transparent?

If you want that just use:

NPC Code:

---

changeimgcolors index,r,g,b,alpha;

---

you can't do it with text.

[billybob53]

u can, but u gotta use 'showimg' instead of 'showtext'

[Python523]

Originally posted by billybob53
u can, but u gotta use 'showimg' instead of 'showtext'

...showtext translates into showimg, showtext is just a more organized version of doing it

[HoudiniMan]

the four posts predating this one were just a summary of the whole thread... did you even read the entries before yours billybob?