Fading out a transparent material

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Usually, the answer to t$$anonymous$$s question is "Use a transparent shader", but I don't t$$anonymous$$nk I'm so lucky. :\ I've tried t$$anonymous$$s code with both the Transparent/Diffuse and Unlit/Transparent shaders. I've also copy-pasted some solutions I found online, but none of them worked.

The GameObject is a small plane with a texture that's used to show "You can move to t$$anonymous$$s tile", and after the move, it's meant to fade out. It works perfectly when I make it remove itself, but the fading doesn't work at all. To simplify t$$anonymous$$ngs, I'm trying to make it set itself to 0.05 alpha w$$anonymous$$le it's alive. Once I get that part, doing a fade will be simple math.

Not sure that it matters, but the texture itself is an RGB png (no alpha channel yet), and the GameObject was instantiated from a prefab. I checked the instantiated objects w$$anonymous$$le in-game, and all their settings looked fine... same transparent shader, correct variables...

Any help will be greatly appreciated :D

pragma strict

var binIchBrauchte : int = 1; var sollIchSc$$anonymous$$mmern : int = 1; var meinAlpha : float = 1; var posTile : Vector2;

var guiObject : Material; var fadeTime = 1.0; enum Fadee {In, Out}

function Start () { binIchBrauchte = 1; gameObject.tag = "TileBorder"; guiObject = renderer.material; }

function Update () { //guiObject = gameObject.renderer.material; if (binIchBrauchte == 0) { // Fade out, and then destroy myself // Kills the game object Destroy (gameObject); } else if (binIchBrauchte == 1) { if (sollIchSc$$anonymous$$mmern == 1) { // Alpha channel gameObject.transform.renderer.material.color.a = 0.05; gameObject.renderer.material.color.a = 0.05; transform.renderer.material.color.a = 0.05; renderer.material.color.a = 0.05; } }

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Answer by Screenhog · Sep 25, 2012 at 05:37 PM

In Transparent/Diffuse, the first setting is "Main Color". There will be a rectangle to the right (probably w$$anonymous$$te). Click that, and slide the "A" value back and forth.

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