[DECORATE] Fading A_Overlay* from screen?

[Endie]

As the title says, i'm currently using A_Overlay on my player, and would know if there's any way to slowly fade a light off the screen, smoothly too.
i mean, i could use several sprites with less opacity, but it would be cheap and also will consume more file size than the needed, so there's any way to do it?

[TensorMatrix]

Maybe you could use TEXTURES lump to create multiple sprites using the same image but with different transparency.

I used this to create pulsating glow effect for HUD:

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Graphic hpbarBR1, 135, 25
{
patch hpbarBR, 0, 0 { Alpha 0.9 Style Translucent }
}

Graphic hpbarBR2, 135, 25
{
patch hpbarBR, 0, 0 { Alpha 0.87 Style Translucent }
}

Graphic hpbarBR3, 135, 25
{
patch hpbarBR, 0, 0 { Alpha 0.84 Style Translucent }
}

Graphic hpbarBR4, 135, 25
{
patch hpbarBR, 0, 0 { Alpha 0.81 Style Translucent }
}

Graphic hpbarBR5, 135, 25
{
patch hpbarBR, 0, 0 { Alpha 0.78 Style Translucent }
}

after that i added ANIMDEFS to make it animated, but you probably don't need to use it since you can do it in the decorate.

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texture hpbarBR 
	OSCILLATE
	pic hpbarBR1 tics 2
	pic hpbarBR2 tics 2
	pic hpbarBR3 tics 2
	pic hpbarBR4 tics 2
	pic hpbarBR5 tics 2

Edit: Maybe A_SetRenderStyle could work too?

[phantombeta]

Use [wiki=A_OverlayAlpha]A_OverlayAlpha[/wiki]. It allows you to set the alpha of the overlay, as the name implies.

[Endie]

Oh, thanks guys, this will help a lot