What is the most efficient method on having visual color effects on actives?

Using a effect/shader, there are many shaders you can use for this, are you on the official discord? It would be easier for me to help you out with it there...

I normally do what you describe using animations. Setting up different animations and then changing to each one depending on what state the enemy is in.

Would be interested to see a way of doing it with shaders as i never use them. Maybe Nator can share a solution here also so otheres can benefit from seeing it and it being here for other users that might also be interested.

I like discord but one downside is that things are not organized like the forum. You can find the discord link in the clickteam passport page on this forum.

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....discord but one downside is that things are not organized like the forum

Quite an understatement. I personally find it to be the most chaotic and unpleasant website I've ever had to use. I honestly don't know how anyone can enjoy navigating it; I feel like my blood pressure rises and my IQ drops about 50 points the moment I enter it. X)

MegaShaderPack/ShaderPack/Looki's shader pack has a Coloring folder which has a Simple Mask effect, it can fill a object with a specific color and has a parameter to fade between the original color and the selected color.

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An easy way to get the red tint flash effect is to use the built-in RGB coefficent effect. Do something like:

* Collision between bullet and enemy
enemy : Set RGB coefficient to 255

and depending how long you want the effect to be set up some form of counter (I prefer to use the objects alt values by frame loops rather than time) and to turn it back to the original color use:

enemy : Set RGB coefficient to 16777210

(Colors are calculated using this formula: "Set RGB Coefficient : allows you to change the RGB coefficient. Parameter = new RGB value, in the following format : B*65536 + G*256 + R (you can also use the GetRGB function of the Special object to build a RGB value from R,G,B components)")

You can use what contra said, but that will tint it, not fill it with a color, for example, the darker the original color is the less affected it will be.
You don't need to calculate the RGB value you can use GetRGB( >redvalue<, >greenvalue<, >bluevalue< )

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I guess the method contra suggested would work on all runtimes and using a shader would only work on windows. Is my thinking correct on that.

For a completely white sprite without any custom shader, you can do this trick:
- Set RGB coefficient to 0,0,0 (Ture black)
- Set Effect: Inverted
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man I hear you. I hate how Discord is like the new replacement for forums. It's a chat room, designed for using while playing video games, and big mess. They don't let you use it in a browser on a mobile phone either and you can guess why

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Agreed. And if it's not Discord, it's Twitter.
I really miss "The Daily Click" - it used to be such a great and active community, with frequent new game releases, great articles and a helpful forum.
I only signed up to Discord to beta test a particular game I wanted to try. I thought "WTF is this garbage?" (about Discord, not the game), and immediately deleted my account.
It makes me really glad I'm not trying to market a game myself, and having to deal with such unpleasantness as Discord, Twitter, Steam etc.

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It makes me really glad I'm not trying to market a game myself, and having to deal with such unpleasantness as Discord, Twitter, Steam etc.

It sucks. I hate marketing. I'll never be able to quit my day job haha.

Discord is great to get help and talking to other devs. It's a bit messier for archival reasons but the benefits are great.