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Yikes Registered 22/06/2002 Points 645	5th July, 2005 at 05:48:21 - I have been looking anywhere, but I can't find any tutorials or texts that show me how you make an invisibility cloak with the lens object in mmf. I want to have that neat effect when someone is invisible but you can see the background being kind of reflected (like invisible units in the game starcraft) Can anyone help me? n/a
Assault Andy Administrator I make other people create vaporware Registered 29/07/2002 Points 5686	5th July, 2005 at 07:28:19 - That's because it's more of a 3D effect. It would be quite hard to do in 2D. The reason that there isnt a tutorial or text about invisibilty cloaks with the lens objects is because nobody has made one. Edit The only thing I can think of is using the overlay object to redraw the pixels behind your active object to give it a 'rippled' effect. Try searching on TDC or Clickteam forums for reflections with the overlay object, they are however quite complex. Edited by the Author. Creator of Faerie Solitaire: http://www.create-games.com/download.asp?id=7792 Also creator of ZDay20 and Dungeon Dash. http://www.Jigxor.com http://twitter.com/JigxorAndy
Klikmaster Master of all things Klik Registered 08/07/2002 Points 2599	5th July, 2005 at 11:44:19 - You can change the shape and magnification of the lens Surely, you can change the shape to the shape of the person, not sure if you can change the shape at runtime tho.. n/a
AsparagusTrevor Mine's a pint of the black stuff Registered 20/08/2002 Points 2364	5th July, 2005 at 18:16:21 - You can grab a frame from an active object at runtime, so in theory you can have the lens object whatever shape you want and animate with that method.
RapidFlash Savior of the Universe Registered 14/05/2002 Points 2712	8th July, 2005 at 23:44:58 - It's very easy. He's a quick way to do it. Value ActiveCamoOn("ThePlayer") = 1 --> Make ThePlayer invisible Always --> Set Lens position to ThePlayer (0,0) Import Active: ThePlayer The only problem with this method is that the lens object will be in the wrong position for certain animations, depending on their hotspots. Does anyone know an extension that can retrieve the hotspot of an active object? Edited by the Author. http://www.klik-me.com
Cazra Crazy? Registered 24/07/2002 Points 4472	9th July, 2005 at 00:24:34 - X("Active") Y("Active") ? n/a
Batchman Registered 08/08/2003 Points 231	9th July, 2005 at 06:30:54 - i've seen an example of a alien being ''invisible'', it was at the CC 2004 n/a
Long John Kickbag Registered 26/08/2002 Points 148	9th July, 2005 at 07:22:40 - You can use X("Active")-X Left("Active") and Y("Active")-Y Top("Active") to retrieve the hotspot of an active object. Resize! - www.clicksplat.com/comparison.html
Assault Andy Administrator I make other people create vaporware Registered 29/07/2002 Points 5686	9th July, 2005 at 09:28:25 - I didn't know you could import actives with the lens object. That looks really good now, once I change the height modifier. Looks just like SC. Creator of Faerie Solitaire: http://www.create-games.com/download.asp?id=7792 Also creator of ZDay20 and Dungeon Dash. http://www.Jigxor.com http://twitter.com/JigxorAndy
Wicked Studios Registered 25/10/2004 Points 460	12th July, 2005 at 13:01:07 - Heres an idea, not sure if it will work. Make the lens over the player, and use the overlay redux to redraw the background behind the shape of the player. This is only a theory, but it may work. "Actually sir, we found a tiny unicorn in your exhaust. It was jumping around poking holes in your gas tank." "Oh thank you I did not know that. A tiny unicorn? Wow."
Muz Registered 14/02/2002 Points 6499	17th July, 2005 at 22:30:46 - Easiest method? Just copy & paste the sprite as the lens object's image. The only problem would be that it's hell to do animations with it and tiring to make more than one direction for it, but the thing's invisible anyway, so it shouldn't be too noticable . The lens object is a very heavy object, so if you're thinking of making more than one of them, be sure to delete some of them. Unless you're an experienced enough coder, I'd suggest you just stick with transparency . Disclaimer: Any sarcasm in my posts will not be mentioned as that would ruin the purpose. It is assumed that the reader is intelligent enough to tell the difference between what is sarcasm and what is not.

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