Making an object flash colors

[FormerTGFGuy]

I need to make an active object flash different colors when triggered. I tried creating a second object that already is flashing, and then replacing the main object's colors at certain coordinates with the colors at the coordinates of the flashing object. Problem is, this slows the game down to a crawl, since it's constantly replacing colors. Is there a better way?

[Nifflas]

If you're creating a hardware accelerated game you should simply use a pixel shader or modify the RGB coefficient.

[FormerTGFGuy]

Those things are a little beyond my realm of knowledge, since it looks like it requires knowledge of XML or basic coding. If that's the only way to do it, then I probably won't be able to.

[nivram]

There are lots of shaders already made, and you might find one to suit you needs.

http://www.clickteam.com/epicenter/ubbthreads.php?ubb=postlist&Board=84&page=1

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[FormerTGFGuy]

There are lots of shaders already made, and you might find one to suit you needs.

http://www.clickteam.com/epicenter/ubbthreads.php?ubb=postlist&Board=84&page=1

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Ok thanks. Which one would you recommend for what I need? And how do you use it after installation?

[nivram]

You unzip the shaders to the effects folder of the MMF installation directory. Start HWA and make a new application. Place an active into the frame. In the Frame Properties click on Effects. From here you can play around with the shader effects.

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[FormerTGFGuy]

You unzip the shaders to the effects folder of the MMF installation directory. Start HWA and make a new application. Place an active into the frame. In the Frame Properties click on Effects. From here you can play around with the shader effects.

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It says I need to unzip the shaders to where MMF2 is installed. How do I get around that and install in the effects folder?

[nivram]

The effects folder is a folder within which MMF2 is installed.

If you can open your shader zip file, manually place the shader files into the effects folder.

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[Warmachine]

You could also add duplicate frames of your flash to your animations. When i do it, for my "pain" animation, i have the normal frame then i have an exact copy for the second one, then i use paint shop pro to change the color to red and set the animation to loop. Works like a charm

[nivram]

Just for fun look at my extreme flashing object example on my website. It is a police car at night.

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