DistanceFade - A transparency falloff effect for your games

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#38

is there a way to have multiple Step Parameters?
I want it to work for the players and any part/model as well.

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#39

unfortunately it’s not set up to work with multiple positions. what you could do is have multiple overlayed distancefade objects each with a different target position, though it might not have the intended effect

#40

Thank you! You’re right, a much better version could be done with editableimages (I didn’t know about them when I made the module lol). Unfortunately I’m really busy with other projects and don’t really have the time to update it right now, but maybe down the line?

#41

thanks! which folder are you talking about?

#42

Sorry, I forgot to mention!

I’m using the HexagonBarrier template, I meant getting the children of the Model that all the parts are parented to so they don’t have to be individually listed in the script.

#43

I’ve made a working prototype which implements parallax mapping to add a couple more options to the module, including a positional offset. And it looks pretty cool.



The download for the additions I made:
DistanceFadeParallax.rbxm (18.0 KB)
DistanceFadeHexagonParallax.rbxm (25.2 KB)

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#44

SO COOL!! i’ll link it in the post

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#45

The way the module’s set up AddFace needs to be called for each part, so you need to loop through the children to add them. You could make a function to simplify the process

local function AddFaces(model)
	for _,d in model:GetDescendants() do
		if d:IsA("BasePart") then distanceFade:AddFace(d, Enum.NormalId.Front) end
	end
end

Also in the hexagon template, each face has a different horizontal texture offset applied to it to make the texture seamless, which is why they’re listed out like that

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#46

could you make it work for multiple instances?

you mean have multiple Runservice for different instances?

#47

Hey, the hexagon module literally just doesn’t work for me. The local script is in StarterPlayerScripts with the module inside it, and the BorderObject is just a union in a series of folders in workspace. For some reason the module just doesn’t work at all. What did I do wrong?

#48

I forgot the script:

local DistanceFade = require(script.DistanceFade)
local ForcefieldObject = DistanceFade.new()

local BorderObject = game.Workspace.MapObjects.Forest.Misc:WaitForChild("WorldBorder", 5)

local ForcefieldSettings = {
	["DistanceOuter"] = 36,
	["DistanceInner"] = 4,
	["EffectRadius"] = 20,
	["EffectRadiusMin"] = 16,
	["EdgeDistanceCalculations"] = true,
	["Texture"] = "rbxassetid://18852397345",
	["TextureTransparency"] = 0.65,
	["BackgroundTransparency"] = 0.9,
	["TextureColor"] = Color3.fromRGB(255, 0, 4),
	["BackgroundColor"] = Color3.fromRGB(255, 0, 4),
	["TextureSize"] = Vector2.new(20, 16),
	["TextureOffset"] = Vector2.new(10, 4),
	["Brightness"] = 3,
}

ForcefieldObject:UpdateSettings(ForcefieldSettings)

ForcefieldObject:AddFace(BorderObject, Enum.NormalId.Front)
ForcefieldObject:AddFace(BorderObject, Enum.NormalId.Back)
ForcefieldObject:AddFace(BorderObject, Enum.NormalId.Left)
ForcefieldObject:AddFace(BorderObject, Enum.NormalId.Right)

game:GetService("RunService").Heartbeat:Connect(function()
	local TargetPosition
	ForcefieldObject:Step(TargetPosition)
end)
#49

it has to be a script w/ the Client on the RunContext

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#50

That’s what is shows for me.
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#51

does the Parent need to be Workspace?

#52

What do you mean does the parent need to be workspace

#53

This here in his screen shot of the properties

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#54

Mine’s in StarterPlayerScripts. Does it have to be in workspace?

#55

I’m pretty sure I did everything right and it just doesn’t work. It somehow worked on the preset with the square texture but this preset doesn’t

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#56

did you try using the hex model he provided?

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#57

Yup, that didn’t work either. (chars chars)

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