Setting alpha to 0 on actor with text doesn't alpha the text

pixel_knights

If I have an actor, and i've set it's alpha to 0 after setting the display text behaviour, the actor goes invisible but still leaves the text on the screen. If an actor is set to 0, then any text it displays should also be set to 0.

old_kipper

I am afraid the way it works is that the text is not effected by the actor's alpha. If you want it not to display the text all the time, use a rule to make the display of it conditional.

hope that helps. kipper

pixel_knights

Thanks Kipper,

I can make the display conditional, but how do I stop the text appearing once it's been shown once?

I have an actor

actor 1
... if condtion = true
... display text "blah"
... if condition = false
set actor alpha = 0

however, the "blah" text is still displayed. I tried calling display text with "" but that literally shows the "" in there?

pixel_knights

I got around it by just moving the actor off-screen instead of resetting alpha

Rob2

The text behaviour still needs a lot of work - alpha, color, size etc all need to be controllable at runtime.