Constant Interpolate?

App Surge

Hey there,
I'm going for an effect where my actor interpolates it's alpha back and forth from 1 to 0 and 0 to 1, constantly.
How should I go about doing this?

Thanks,
Henry

Braydon_SFX

Rule:

When attribute sef.color alpha =0, Interpolate self.color alpha to 1.

New rule:
When attribute self.color alpha = 1, Interpolate self.color alpha to 1.

That should do it. You might want to trow in a timer so you get a nice little delay between each Interpolate.

Edit: beaten by one minute! Dang!

App Surge

Ah yeas, I had in that code but the actor never actually disappears, it goes to about .25 or so and then goes back to 1

JohnPapiomitis

here ya go

http://www.mediafire.com/?l10chvvo9qi84d6

Braydon_SFX

All you would need to do is put in a timer..example

When the alpha is 0, timer, after 0.5 seconds, run to completion, Interpolate to one. Do that for alpha 1 too.

Clouds

Here are two very simple ways.

First one - flashing on and off:

JohnPapiomitis

@ Tynan

Yep thats a very good way and i actually told him to do that in a email before he posted, but he wants a fade from the interpolate.

@ Brandon, you wouldnt want run to completion checked. Then it could continue even if you turn the flash condition off. Without run to completion checked you can have an extra rule when the flash attribute is off and alpha is not 0,interpolate alpha to 1 so it cancels out whatever interpolate its on. But with run to completion checked it can overide all of it after the fact.

Clouds

And a smooth in and out pulsing flash:




(The '100' is the speed of the fade up / fade down)

Clouds

but he wants a fade from the interpolate

Yep ! I thought I would give him both a flashing (on/off) and a fading version - see my second post for the fading version.

JohnPapiomitis

@ tynan ooo shiny new toy!

The_Gamesalad_Guru

Make a note of this too!

Braydon_SFX

Whoops, your right, John. Almost like an automatic for me, I just write it in there.. Sorry for the confusion.

Clouds

@ tynan ooo shiny new toy!

=P~