Re: how to emulate the invisibility effect

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From: Phil Taylor (ptaylor_at_private-citizen.com)
Date: 10/28/04

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    Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 12:01:46 -0700

    true your way is better unless there is some other constraint, so a 2nd
    choice would be to draw with transparency.

    "randomize user" <no@way.com> wrote in message
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    > "Phil Taylor" <ptaylor@private-citizen.com> wrote in message
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    >> or make it transparent with alpha.
    >>
    >
    > yeah - but wouldn't that be more difficult for the OP who is needing to
    > ask
    > these questions? Also would it affect performance to use alpha instead of
    > not drawing (I would think, obviously yes) - though I guess for a
    > "Warehouse
    > simulation" it probably doesn't need the same kind of fine tuning that a
    > game would. I use the draw/no draw system (flags) all the time and it is
    > so
    > simple, just though the OP would apreciate an quick and easy method,
    > though
    > of course it depends on how the rest of is code is already structured and
    > if
    > it is indeed "simple" to just block a call to ->drawprimitive etc.
    >
    > The post did throw me a little as the title suggested an "effect" such as
    > transparency (ie with refraction for instance), but the body of the post
    > seemed to ask simply how not to draw something. If it was the former then
    > yes - the way I posted would be useless ;)
    >
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