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Ooglor 7

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Circular character window
« on: April 19, 2008, 03:15:59 pm »
Hi guys,
I was wondering if it is possible to somehow display the character in a circular window. I have been playing around with skins and transperancies and thought that would look pretty cool. Not sure if it would be a code thang or if there is a way to overlay a Jpeg image with a circular transperancey over the character window. Just wondering.
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« Reply #1 on: April 19, 2008, 04:15:35 pm »
Interesting idea.
I am sure you can make a circular/oval frame, and even mask the inside, but it would depend on the character you use. MSagents or Guile's, or Some of the others, something NOT Haptek can be sized and positioned anyhere, but i never saw a haptek without a rectangle background.
It could be possible to edit the backgrounds to fit your opening, then it would "Look" round even if the player positioning was a square area.
Im thinking outloud, but im sure it would be possible.
Some of the Haptek/Putty people on here will know for sure.
I like the idea.
 

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« Reply #2 on: April 19, 2008, 06:44:35 pm »
i'll tell you one way i have  thought you might be able to do make a backround picture with a round window area and place a hapteck head inside move the head back enough to fit in the window looking area .[:)]it will give the illusion of being in the round looking window although their will still be a square outer frame around the whole thing . [8D]
 

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« Reply #3 on: April 20, 2008, 08:07:39 am »
hi TechSteele
, thought i posted it on here if this was the same thing you ment earlier then sorry . [:)]
 

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« Reply #4 on: April 21, 2008, 02:37:00 pm »
Any way to layer an image with an oval shaped transperancey on top of the character window? Some type of order thing? Could the window be scripted to draw an oval or circle of desired size?
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« Reply #5 on: April 21, 2008, 05:56:17 pm »
Transparency only works when using an MS Agent character.

One can make the GUI window any shape desired however, the
Haptek character will still show as a rectangular image, AFAIK.

Imagine the possibilities if one could have the Haptek character
similar to an MS Agent without the surrounding box.
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