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DarkBASIC Discussion / Darkbasic Picture handling

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KovaSteel
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Posted: 5th Apr 2003 15:51
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I`m currently working on the Battle system for my RPG and I really need to know if Darkbasic is able to handle other formats apart from BMP.I also need to know if am able to set a tranparency level to my pictures(even BMP) to make them become semi transparent.Thnaks in advance
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Andy Igoe
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Posted: 5th Apr 2003 17:28
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Many formats work .bmp .jpg .dds but .gif doesn't.

For transparency display your image as a sprite and use the set sprite transparency command.

Only problem is it's been a while since I used classic DB, so not sure if that's just a Pro thing...

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arras
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Posted: 5th Apr 2003 19:14
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If you ask about 3D, you can use -set object - command where you can set transparency flag to 0 and all parts of object textured black will be invisible.
Black means rgb walue (0,0,0) to rgb(10,10,10) everything else will be displayed.

If you mean semitransparent then you can use -ghost object- command. In this case hovewer everything on object will be semitransparent regardles on color, but darker colors will be more transparent then lighter ones. Black color will be in fact totaly transparent.

Try these comands and see what they do.

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John H
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Sorry, but setting the transparency of the sprite will only make black parts not show up. I would suggest texturing a plane and ghosting that.

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KovaSteel
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Could you please explain that to me RPGamer??I need to make the picture itself tranparent so we can partly see through it and not making the black parts(000000) tranparent so they are not displayed.

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Hell IVIonkey
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rgb(11,11,11) looks very near black. Perhaps replace all entries less than this in your image with this value.
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