HideEntity ?

Hello,

I am trying to make it so that when I kill a badguy and it relocates, it is not visible.

HideEntity a\entity
 idx=Rnd(-470,500):idz=Rnd(-600,600):PositionEntity a\entity,idx,80,idz
ShowEntity a\entity

the problem is this, I can see it move all the way over to it's new postion as if frames between pointa=killed and pointb=respawn are visible.

How do I make it truly invisible during it's move?

Are you using Mark's render tweening, by any chance?

If you are, you'll need to have some kind of NoTween flag which stops this happening. A good tweening implementation has this built in and allows you to warp objects immediately, but you have to roll your own with Mark's.

I know a number of people have requested Mark add such a function, but it's been so long since I used Blitz3D that I don't remember how to implement your own with all this captureworld stuff.

I am using Marks Tween Structure.


argh! ^ ^ ... anyone have a fix for this ?

Just Before your rendering:

If (a\Relocating)HideEntity a\entity
Else If (Not(a\Relocating)) Then ShowEntity a\Entity
End If

When first killed:

 if (a\Relocating)
      idx=Rnd(-470,500):idz=Rnd(-600,600)
      PositionEntity a\entity,idx,80,idz
      a\Relocating=True
 End If

I added "Relocating" to my Types, but I get several errors using both of your components from "End w/If" to "Expecting If" and yes, I added them as you suggested.

Although I do not see any problems with your code I still get those errors and using your syntax verbatim.

But ty for offering it.

Sorry, my bad - I didnt test that to see how it compiled in Blitz first.

Try this:

If (a\Relocating)
	HideEntity a\entity
Else
	If (Not(a\Relocating))
		ShowEntity a\Entity
	End If
End If

and the First Killed bit:

 If (a\Relocating)
      idx=Rnd(-470,500):idz=Rnd(-600,600)
      PositionEntity a\entity,idx,80,idz
      a\Relocating=True
 End If