Fading slowly

[Tony]

I want to fade a sprite slowly. Other people have recommending putting a script in the step event, so that it fades a little bit with each step until it is no longer visible. This doesn't seem like an optimized solution. Is there a better way?

Also, what about scaling an object slowly, such as a health bar?

 

[jo-thijs]

Hi and welcome to the GMC!

I see no reason why that would look like an unoptimized solution.

Scaling a health bar slowly can be done in the same way,
have some variable (image_xscale) change a little bit every step.

 

[Yal]

The "optimized" solution would be to instantly change to the alpha you want

Fades need to take place in the step event since one step is the smallest unit of time GM natively supports - if you don't use the step events somehow, you can't make an arbitrary value change over time. (You can make position change over time by using the built-in speeds or paths, but not anything else. You can use alarms to change stuff after a set time, but not smoothly in the same way step events would allow... unless you have an alarm trigger setting itself over and over... which practically would emulate the step event)

 

[studio furukawa]

it would help to see your draw_event if you have one, I could make it work for you.