[EO] Staff Invisibility

[Guest]

After following this tutorial your staff members will be able to make themselves invisible/visible with a command. 

**Client Side:**
First, the actual command. Place this code above "Mapper Admin Commands":

```
                    ' Visibility
                Case "/visible"
                    If GetPlayerAccess(MyIndex) < ADMIN_MONITOR Then GoTo Continue

                    frmMain.optVON.Value = True = Not frmMain.optVON.Value = True

                    If frmMain.optVON.Value = False Then
                    frmMain.optVOff.Value = True

                    If frmMain.optVOff.Value = False Then
                    frmMain.optVON.Value = True

                    End If
                    End If
```
Next, search for "Sub DrawPlayerName" and after:

```
    ' If debug mode, handle error then exit out
    If Options.Debug = 1 Then On Error GoTo errorhandler
```
Add:

```
If frmMain.optVOff.Value = True Then Exit Sub
``` **Formwork:**

Now create two option buttons in picOptions. Name one optVOn and one optVOff, here's how I've arranged it:


For the sake of convenience I've just made them all ("Visibility" label included) invisible (visible = false). Its your choice whether you make a proper option that saves and is only visible to staff.

Also make sure that optVOn's value = True. You can make it so through the Properties bar. Or even add:

```
optVOn.value = True
```

to Sub Form_Load in frmMain.

Finally, add this code anywhere in the frmMain code:

```
Private Sub optVON_Click()

SendSetSprite 194

End Sub

Private Sub optVOff_Click()

SendSetSprite 300

End Sub
```
You can change the '300' to anything (preferably a number higher than your current number of sprites), just don't make it ridiculously high or it'll error you in-game.

And thats about it, now just use /visible to turn visibility on and off.

[Ezand]

Very good :)

[Guest]

Lul not really, but I thought it'd be useful for some people.

[Ezand]

Well to me it looks very good simple and useful  ;)

[Dennys]

thats good, but maybe instead of changing your sprite to 300, a sprite not found, just make an invisible sprite at that number. a sprite thats all black? it could work  and prevent runtime errors

[Guest]

I said you could change it to whatever fits you best. Sprite not found doesn't happen for me for some reason, but if it does happen to you then make an invisible 500th sprite or something.

[Yxxe]

Or you could add something to the PlayerRec maybe when the player is sent to the server, which skips drawing the players' name and sprite altogether.

[Guest]

You really don't need to over complicate stuff like that :P.

[damian666]

thats not overcomplicating it, thats the best way to do it.

clean and saves drawing empty sprites etc.

yours works ofcourse, i wont deny that ^^

Dami

[Dzastin]

Compile Error : Variable not defined:
optVOn.Value = True

[Guest]

You need to actually make an optVOn option button.

[abcbadboy555]

can someone help me? What file do you put the codes into?

[Guest]

The client source code.

[abcbadboy555]

and can you tell me how to make a optVOn button? Sorry I'm a newbie….

[Guest]

Dont worry about it man, everyones a newb at some point.

First open your source, click the Forms branch, then click FrmMain.

You should see something like this:


You basically click the option button button, and click and drag on your picOptions. You can find your picOptions by right clicking the picParty and click "Send to the back", do that until you get to picOptions and then create your option button.

After that you'll need to change the name. You can change the name in the properties panel to the side, here's a pic:


If you scroll down even further on the properties panel you'll find a field called "Value" click the dropdown next to it and change that into true (for OptVOn only).

[abcbadboy555]

Thanks your the best! And is your game finished yet? I went to the forums, but I didn't see a download button.

[Guest]

Not finished, it's up for people to test though. Go to the News and Announcements board, you'll find a topic called 1.2.6 Release, thats where you'll find the download.

[abcbadboy555]

wait….. I'm sorry for all the questions, but when you make the box for the option, how do you switch to the options panel so you can make the option? Also, where do you enter the code? All you said before was to enter it into the client thing, but I couldn't find it....  :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad:

[Guest]

Don't quite understand what you're trying to say.

[abcbadboy555]

Quote!!!!!: "After following this tutorial your staff members will be able to make themselves invisible/visible with a command.

Client Side:
First, the actual command. Place this code above "Mapper Admin Commands": "

Where do you exactly put this code?

[Guest]

Where I said you put it, above "Mapper Admin Commands" do ctrl - f "Mapper Admin Commands" into the textbox in the search, click All Project, then paste the code above.

[chuchoide]

Sounds nice and usefull, nice tut :D

[Guest]

Thanks :D.

[abcbadboy555]

hey sekaru how do you make this option only for admins? Can you find out how?

[Joyce]

Wouldn't it be better to add an Invisibility tag to the user UDT? And simply skip rendering the player along with it's name for anyone other then the player himself? (Or a seperate UDT not to mess up your old account data..) I'd imagine that to be a far more efficient and 'proper'  way.