Scene AlphaModifier?

[ChrisB2404]

Hi,

I am trying to make the entire scene fade out however Scene does not allow for .setBlenFunction. I know that I am attaching a Sprite to the scene and therefore the blend should apply to all children of the scene but the spirtes do not fade.

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1. final Scene scene = new Scene();
2.                 scene.setBackground(new ColorBackground(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f));            
3.                 TextureRegion aRegion= this.introLibrary.get(IntroXML.R);
4.                
5.                 /* Create the face and add it to the scene. */
6.                 final Sprite aSprite = new Sprite(66, 491, aRegion);
7.                 aSprite.setBlendFunction(GL10.GL_SRC_ALPHA, GL10.GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA);
8.                 scene.registerEntityModifier(new AlphaModifier(3f, 0f, 1f));
9.                 scene.attachChild(aSprite);
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My understanding from the above should mean that all sprites attached to the scene would have their alpha values increment from 0 to 1. This does work if I use the alphaModifier on the sprite however if I had 50 in the scene then that is no going to be a smart idea.

Why does this modifier not work for the sprites?

Note: Other modifiers do work for the scene

Thanks

[jaym]

The alpha values of the parent entities are not inherited by children. It will not work by setting the parents alpha to 0, or 1 or any other value.

One way I suppose you can achieve this without much thought is to simply create a rectangle to overlap the scene with a color of black and register the alpha modifier to that. Large rectangles can take some performance on older phones though so it might even be best to create a hud layer and attach the black rectangle there if your scene is bigger than your camera area. Also don't forget to detach the rectangle anytime it's alpha is set to 0 (invisible rectangles with culling still cost performance).