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Fade linked parts?
Oberon Onmura
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Join date: 28 Dec 2006
Posts: 125
12-15-2008 06:24
Hi all -

I need to get all 17 pieces of a linked object to fade away to invisible at the same time. It looks like using the link_message event is what I need, but I'm not clear at all how it works. Is it like a listen event?

Any hints would be most appreciated!
Pedro McMillan
SLOODLE Developer
Join date: 28 Jul 2007
Posts: 231
12-15-2008 06:33
You can use "llSetLinkAlpha" to set the alpha of all prims in the object at the same time, like this:

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llSetLinkAlpha(LINK_SET, ALL_SIDES, alpha);


The "alpha" value should be a floating-point number, between 0.0 (totally transparent) and 1.0 (totally opaque). You call it several times in a row with different alpha values to achieve a kind of fade effect, although you probably can't really make the object fade very smoothly.
Oberon Onmura
Registered User
Join date: 28 Dec 2006
Posts: 125
12-15-2008 07:04
From: Pedro McMillan
You can use "llSetLinkAlpha" to set the alpha of all prims in the object at the same time, like this:

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llSetLinkAlpha(LINK_SET, ALL_SIDES, alpha);



Oh wow! I didn't even know about this function. Thanks so much. I'll try it!
Ruthven Willenov
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Posts: 965
12-15-2008 07:09

just use that script but apply the llSetLinkAlpha function in place of llSetAlpha
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