[Request] A fading effect timer thing

[isaacjosue]

I'm not the best at explaining things so bear with me.
I want it to fade in for a set amount of time when event A happens and fade out when event B happens.
Example:
Timer is set to 30 seconds
If event A happens and I wait 15 seconds then the effect would be at 50% opacity (half faded in).
If event B happens then it would take 15 seconds for the effect to fully fade out.

yes i'm aware this description sucks i'm doing my best please help me

[Chanceux2]

This year i'm planning to learn how to code

I want to code these types

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Lunalua (For SMBX 2.0)
Roblox Lua (For Roblox)
HTMI (For SMBX 2.0)
VRscript (For 38A)
C++ (for SMBX TheXtech)

Long story short: I can't help

[Chipss]

This year i'm planning to learn how to code

I want to code these types

Codes: show

Lunalua (For SMBX 2.0)
Roblox Lua (For Roblox)
HTMI (For SMBX 2.0)
VRscript (For 38A)
C++ (for SMBX TheXtech)

Long story short: I can't help

You shouldn't reply if you're not going to contribute anything to the original topic.

[Emral]

A "fade" is simply a variable that changes over time and represents an opacity between 0 and 1. For example:
Graphics.drawImage(sprite, x, y, opacity)
https://wohlsoft.ru/pgewiki/LunaLua_glo ... _functions

Can't give more concrete info because the post is fairly vague.

[isaacjosue]

A "fade" is simply a variable that changes over time and represents an opacity between 0 and 1. For example:
Graphics.drawImage(sprite, x, y, opacity)
https://wohlsoft.ru/pgewiki/LunaLua_glo ... _functions

Can't give more concrete info because the post is fairly vague.

Ok scratch the events thing and the fading out I'll figure those out.
I'm looking for a way to do a smooth and continuous fade effect in a set amount of seconds so that when x% percent of the time set has passed the opacity will be at x%.
If timer is set to 10 seconds and I wait 5, then the effect would be at 50% opacity.

My main problem is timing. I am simply unable to make the fading smooth and getting the timing right at the same time.

[Emral]

A "fade" is simply a variable that changes over time and represents an opacity between 0 and 1. For example:
Graphics.drawImage(sprite, x, y, opacity)
https://wohlsoft.ru/pgewiki/LunaLua_glo ... _functions

Can't give more concrete info because the post is fairly vague.

Ok scratch the events thing and the fading out I'll figure those out.
I'm looking for a way to do a smooth and continuous fade effect in a set amount of seconds so that when x% percent of the time set has passed the opacity will be at x%.
If timer is set to 10 seconds and I wait 5, then the effect would be at 50% opacity.

My main problem is timing. I am simply unable to make the fading smooth and getting the timing right at the same time.

Interpolate a variable in onTick by 1/durationInFrames
1 second is roughly 64 frames.
So for 10 seconds:
opacity = opacity + 1/(64*10)

Turn the 10 into a variable and add a multiplier to interpolate backwards (subtract) and then you have a variable that moves between 0 and 1. Of course, ensuring that the variable never leaves the 0-1 range would be good, too, but that is easily done.