Changing transparency and fading of object fading?

humaldo

Hey there!

I wonder if AC has an out-of-the-box way to change the transparency of objects? I searched a while, but didn't find anything. Is it possible to fade in/out objects? A workaround could be to create a Menu which only contains a graphic, because menus can be faded. But that's a rather ugly solution

I want to link the visibility of an object to an ariable (e.g. 0 = invisible, 5 = half transparent, 10 = fully visible) so depending on player interactions, objects get visible or disappear slowly.

Thanks!

ChrisIceBox

Changing the transparency of an object is a very complex issue, because it involves things like shaders, materials etc, and there isn't a "standard" way of doing it that can fit in an AC Action.

You could try using the Object: Change material Action to switch to a transparent material.  Failing that, a custom Action would do it.

humaldo

Thx, Chris! Tried it and it seems to work fine. So if I want to have 10 transparency levels, I have to create 10 materials and swap them using the "object - change material" action? Sounds ok for me Btw, what does the "Material index" slider do? Tried to google it but without useful results so far. Thx!

ChrisIceBox

You can have multiple materials on the same model / skinned mesh renderer.  The index (starting from zero) refers to which number material slot you want to affect.

humaldo

Ah, thx!