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I have a sprite which is a menu and I want to make it semi transparent so I can see the back ground behind, any ideas what commands to use ? thats.

SET SPRITE ALPHA SpriteNumber,AlphaValue

The alpha value controls the sprite transparency - 255 being completely solid, 0 being completely invisible.

Edit: Oops, thought this was the DBP Newcomer's board - but I think this will still work in DB Classic?

@bmaczero
No, that command isn't in DBC.

@demonhill
What you could do is put black points throughout the picture and turn transparency on, that way it would kind of look transparent. An easy way to do this is to write some code to put dots randomly on the image the do a GET IMAGE to get the new one.

Another idea, though I haven't tested this one, is to use a bitmap. As I recall there is a bitmap fade command. What you could do is display the sprite, then basically make a bitmap of the screen, delete the sprite, and display the bitmap over everything else. Since the parts that shouldn't be transparent are still solid underneath the bitmap, they would show through and look completely solid. The Menu, however, would be transparent since the sprite was deleted.

You could also use a textured plain instead of a sprite. You can use a combination of fade object, ghost object, and ambient light to control the depth of the transparency.