Legacy GM [SOLVED] How to create this UI effect?

[TheBroman90]

When the player gets an important item in my game, I want to display it similar to this image:

Those white triangles that shoot out from the middle and fade out.
Is it possible to draw this fading opacity effect or do I have to use a big sprite?

 

[Carbon]

Obviously possible, either with vertex or just good old draw_triangle. Big sprites are also easier to implement but takes just a bit more VRAM depending on your game resolution, and you have to be wary of texture swapping.


If its, fast, and simple, and it works, then it works. Don't stress it too much.

 

[TheBroman90]

I found another thread where the answer was to use primitives, so I'll see if I can get that to work!

 

[nikoscot]

Maybe you can do something similar with this here:

It's a video on youtube by "The Step Event" and it's about creating a sunburst.
If you tweak it you'll probably get the results you need.
I forgot to mention it's for GMS2 but probably will work on 1.4

 

[Carbon]

I found another thread where the answer was to use primitives, so I'll see if I can get that to work!

Yes, by 'vertex' I meant primitives.

 

[TheBroman90]

Thanks, both of you!