flickering actors

[AliceXIII]

I have found that i can use this in the draw actor code and it'll cause the actor to blink or flicker with one line of code

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xscreen=-xscreen;


could use it on a timer event to get differn't flicker ratios..

don't now whether this has been done or whether it's a good idea to use just messin around and found it out...

[Hblade]

sweet xD Excellent job what about collision though, and view moving

But sweet idea.

[AliceXIII]

Easy, since you ask here's a tutorial on that to

flicker.ged

not really a tutorial but it's easy to see whats going on in it..

it sucks with moving actors as it only lets you move on a single axis collisions work all the same with physical response though!

if used with stationary objects it would work perfect though!

[Hblade]

I see what you mean ^-^

[AliceXIII]

=] little tricks with GE haha

i also made status bar tutorial after i saw yours

[Jagmaster]

Pretty interesting way of doing it, I love it when these things get discovered by accident. But wait, I thought xscreen and yscreen were read only variables? These can be changed to manipulate position instead of x and y? If so, that would solve a lot of parenting issues.

I usually just use transp=!transp; for flicker as that doesn't mess with movement. It doesn't look as crisp as the xscreen method for some odd reason.

[skydereign]

These can be changed to manipulate position instead of x and y? If so, that would solve a lot of parenting issues.

Yes xscreen and yscreen can be changed. And yes, it bypasses a lot of parenting position issues.

[AliceXIII]

hmm when i tested !transp it flickered at the same rate and gave the same effect unless my eyes aren't keen

[Jagmaster]

@Sky: Thanks for the explanation, I'll be experimenting with those two vars to see what I can do with them.

@Alice: Now that I think of it, it's prolly just my older monitor, which you can see transparent actors at 100% transparency (hence causing it to blur a little). It doesn't do that on my newer computers though. xD

[AliceXIII]

haha