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Newcomers DBPro Corner / Transparent HUD displays

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cypher
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Posted: 13th May 2003 20:02
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What is the best way to have a transparent HUD display on your screen.

Right now I have a small rectangle locked to the screen and applied a texture to it will a green square in the foreground on it with the background of the texture being completley black.

I then GHOST the object, it seems to be working but my "green" outline is SO transparent that it is almost non existent.

Anyone else run into this issue?

tx
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IanM
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Posted: 13th May 2003 20:31
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Try using a sprite instead of a plain. That way you can fade your HUD using 'SET SPRITE ALPHA' to the level you require.
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Sveitech
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Try using an image editor program for the HUD. I use Photoshop 7.0, which can export the pictures as png-format.
Then you just use the "load image" command, and next you use "sprite" command. You load the image, convert it to a sprite and voila! transparency and all weird effects you may have applied to the picture, is preserved.
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cypher
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Posted: 15th May 2003 09:16
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thanx guys, I appreciate the help!

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Madehra
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Posted: 15th May 2003 16:42
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Let me borrow this thread
Will sprites as huds work for a 3d game?
I tried using sprites twice, but didnt get them to work, could someone please post a small code for using a sprite as a hud?
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