Player Visible While Behind Wall

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Jan 27, 2004 11:05 am

In my game i have the camera up and out of the level, looking down on the player. A 3/4 view.
is there anyway of having the outline of the player shown when it moves behind a wall? or any other similar effect?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 3:56 am

keless · Post by **keless** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 3:58 am

instead of turning back-face culling off, you could have it draw backfaces with 50% transparency

this functionality is not currently built into the engine, but you could add it.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 7:22 am

but wouldn't that just draw the backface at 50% transparency, then the frontface completely solid over the top?

keless · Post by **keless** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 2:28 pm

geometry is only either back or front. its in relation to the camera.

anything that did have a front face would be drawn in full however, so yes, this isnt the best option, though it may still be viable

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Jan 29, 2004 5:42 am

is there any function that would allow me to get the outline of a mesh?