Ghosting DTS

#1 As a ghost? Specify in techincal words please. I don't believe in ghosts - and the word "ghost" in Torque means the client-side copy of a server object.

#2 I didn't mean the client side copy. I want to show my avatar (a dts) as a ghost. If you have the Torque ShowTool Pro then there you can load a DTS and if you click the "ghost" button on the toolbar then it will show it as a ghost. This is what I want to do via script.

#3 Hmm... setFade? setCloaked?

#4 Currently I am using setCloaked() but it makes my avatar disappear completely, which isn't good because I want it to be partially visible.
I can't find anything about setFade() in help or on the forum. Can somebody please post some information about it?

#5 Have you tried using dump() to see the built-in docs on it? You'll probably need to be running a debug build as in 1.3 a release build would strip all those docs.

#6 Perhaps you can create an animation from alpha 1.0 to 0.1 (or other values near 0.1), load your DTS with that animation and play the animation (or stop during animation - don't ask me how ;).

A little modification on engine can make the same, parhaps adding a function to set visibility (see how setFade() works).

But remenber that models with double side look ugly with alpha < 1.0.