Alpha HUD

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Baystep Productions (Posted 2005) [#1]

Any ideas on loading and displaying 2D images with alpha channel? Like on a HUD. Not MaskImage for transparent pixel, but actual alpha values.

octothorpe (Posted 2005) [#2]

Use quads.

Baystep Productions (Posted 2005) [#3]

Que? How?

Naughty Alien (Posted 2005) [#4]

Try AlphaGUI by Jeppe Nielsen...it will give you nice idea what to do...

octothorpe (Posted 2005) [#5]

Quads: 2d in 3d. A quad is a rectangle comprised of two triangles. The 3d engine can do alpha.

Baystep Productions (Posted 2005) [#6]

Okay, so that would be in Code archive?

octothorpe (Posted 2005) [#7]

AlphaGUI? Ask Google.

Boiled Sweets (Posted 2005) [#8]

Use Sprite Candy!!! http://www.x-pressive.com/SpriteCandy/ It rocks

Naughty Alien (Posted 2005) [#9]

I can post AlphaGUI if you want..nice and easy to use editor included...

Jeppe Nielsen (Posted 2005) [#10]

If you're looking for AlphaGui it is here: http://www.gameart.dk/alphagui/