Help removing white box from actor

andrewhnovak@gmail.com

I added a display text attribute inside an actor I created. When the display text is on the screen in the game, the white box is there as well. How can I make the white box from actor not show? I tried putting the white box on the outside of the scene, but it takes the text off the screen as well. Does anyone have any ideas?

jonmulcahy

change the alpha value to 0 under the color options

andrewhnovak@gmail.com

Do you mean like this? Because the white actor box is still there?
Also originally I write self.Color.Alpha but it autochanges after I hit preview to scene.Self.Alpha

gamestudent

In the left hand side of the editor there is a pane with a white box that is labeled color, right underneath rotation. click that and it will bring up a color wheel. at the bottom of the wheel there is a slider marked opacity. slide that to zero and your good to go.

~Gamestudent

Armelline

What @gamestudent says is absolutely correct and definitely the best way if your actor is going to be constantly invisible.

In your screenshot, though, you selected scene.Color.Alpha in your Change Attribute, rather than self.Color.Alpha. That's why it wasn't working. In the attribute picker you need to find the Color.Alpha option under the actor's submenu.

andrewhnovak@gmail.com

Thanks that did the trick!

SourJacksSlicer

If I change the actor self.Color.Alpha to 0
They all disappear and I have no life display at all

Armelline

@denethor said:
If I change the actor self.Color.Alpha to 0
They all disappear and I have no life display at all

Could you outline a bit more what it is you are trying to do and what is happening instead?