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Topic: Cloaked monsters and selection area
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Brother Laz Honorary Warlord
   
Posts: 1134 From: the place where angels watch... Registered: Dec 2001 |
posted 19 February 2002 04:14
I plan on making certain monsters invisible when not attacking. Simply by replacing all graphics except the attack, gethit and death graphic with empty transparent animations.But before I spend a day doing something that might be futile, if a monster animation is empty and transparent, can I still select it? If not, how do I have to do it to still be able to select them? And can I use one pixel animations or do I have to use the same dimensions as the other anims? ------------------ To practice the Arts of Modding is to be Damned. To master Them is to be Victorious. -D1 manual

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FoxBat Moderator
   
Posts: 1618 From: PA, USA Registered: Feb 2001 |
posted 19 February 2002 05:58
If it's empty then you will have a hard time selecting it. If it's full with an extremely thin (all black) transparency though it should work. At least I think so I recall selection being related to the pixel makeup but I'm not sure now. To test try copying one of andariel's dccs (not cof) over a fallen. Then see if pointing to the outer edges of your new fallen andariel highlights her or not. Then copy the COF and try it again.By the way, there may be an easier way to do this. If all you want is for the monster to be invisible on walk and run animations, just put a 0 in the ModeWL/ModeRN. You won't be able to select them however. [This message has been edited by FoxBat (edited 19 February 2002).]

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Brother Laz Honorary Warlord
   
Posts: 1134 From: the place where angels watch... Registered: Dec 2001 |
posted 20 February 2002 03:59
Actually, can I still hit them if I can't select them? I assume their size is also related to their outline? I could live with them being untargetable when invisible, as long as I can still hit them with autotargeting and area effect skills or by spamming hydra all over the place like a nutcase (ahhh D1 ).------------------ To practice the Arts of Modding is to be Damned. To master Them is to be Victorious. -D1 manual [This message has been edited by Brother Laz (edited 20 February 2002).]

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FoxBat Moderator
   
Posts: 1618 From: PA, USA Registered: Feb 2001 |
posted 21 February 2002 21:55
Oh yeah of course. Autotarget works fine on unselectable creatues, including shift-click or right click with a melee weapon.

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