Possible to make objects semi-transparent?

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I put a few explosions into a game I’m making, and they don’t look quite right being completely solid. I made the explosion by putting a fiery texture onto a sphere and having it rapidly expand using the f-curve actuator. Is it possible for me to make the sphere semi-transparent to make the explosion look a little better?

Thanks.

2

Yes, by using the object color option in the object panels and animating its alpha value through an F-curve

3

Could you explain a little more? I see the object color in the panel, but I’m not sure what to do with it.

4

when you move your mouse over it hit “i”
Then it goes yellow.

Then move forward some keyframes and change the color etc and hit “i” again.

Then use the F-Curve actuator (or whatever it is in 2.6) to play it in game.

5

Go into the materials panel, and there should be a section that says ‘transparency’. Check the box, and slide the slider down to .5 or whatever looks good.

6

Thanks guys. Looks a lot better now.

7

hi i’m making a game and need a laser beam to be a bit transparent is there a way to bake materials?

(i’m not sure if i should be making my own thread on this if so please tell me)

8

I don’t know about baking materials, but if you want a laser beam more transparent then you can use the same method shown above.