Screen Fading

[JLaCroix]

Is there some code I can use to fade the screen in or out? Perhaps room creation code of some kind? I don't like the screens appearing so quickly...

Thanks!

[IsmAvatar]

There are transition effects
room_transition

but, fading is not one of them.
In order to fade, there's 2 ways. One of them I'm not going to tell you out of respect of the person who discovered it. The other way is quite obvious.
Firstly, you need to put the game in exclusive graphics mode. This will disable alert boxes and such, but will enable fancy graphics such as fading. It will also cause the screen to become permanently on fullscreen. The other way does not have any of these disabilities (and is perfectly legal, mind you).

screen_gamma is the command that fades the screen.
You could have a fade object like so:
in create
myfade = 0
fadage = -.2
alarm[0] = abs(1 / fadage)
in step
myfade += fadage
alarm 0 event
fadage = -fadage
alarm[1] = abs(1 / fadage)
room_goto(room1)
alarm 1 event
instance_destroy()

That's the general idea.

[JLaCroix]

Would that disable my dialogue boxes? See this picture:
mywebpages.comcast.net/jeremy_lacroix/images/screen1.jpg

Would that "person" allow me to use it if I gave him credit in the game info and credits?

[IsmAvatar]

Unless your dialogue boxes use some form of show_message (etc) then no, exclusive graphics mode will not disable them.

And yes, the user will gladly share his method with you if you promise to give him credit.
PM me and i'll tell you his username and the method.

[Jlacroix]

I can't private message I'm at work, can you email me <Email Address Removed>

[IsmAvatar]

I have emailed you.

[jlacroix]

Thank you!!!

My Outlook Express wouldn't let me reply so I wanted to thank you here.

Thanks again!