Graying out a Character

Sweet! Controlling it directly seems like a much better option :) Especially since there's an easy option to restore it to default.

Love all the functionality you've got here. Apologies for all the questions, I do find it a bit hard to navigate the info pages to find the right places to look

Hi!

Using lights is a good idea, but it can be difficult to set them precisely because they affect other characters or objects depending on the range.

So when you want to change the color, the general way is to directly control the color of meshes with a script.

There are a variety of functions available to control the color of the mesh.

The simplest of these is "SetMeshColorAll".

You can darken the character by writing a script like this:

public apPortrait portrait;

void Update()
{
    if(Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.A))
    {
        // Darken the character.
        portrait.SetMeshColorAll(new Color(0.2f, 0.2f, 0.2f, 1.0f));
    }

    if(Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.S))
    {
        // Revert to its original color.
        portrait.ResetMeshMaterialToBatchAll();
    }
}

AnyPortrait controls colors in a "2X Multiply" method, so the default value is (0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 1.0).

So if you want to make it darker, you need to enter a smaller value.

When restoring colors to their original values, the "ResetMeshMaterialToBatchAll" function is convenient.

Using this script, you can change the color of your character as shown above.

Functions that control the material of the mesh can be found in the following manual.

https://rainyrizzle.github.io/en/Script/SC_Mesh.html

If you want to create another color effect, you can write a custom shader to implement it.

https://rainyrizzle.github.io/en/Script/SC_CustomShader.html

https://rainyrizzle.github.io/en/AdvancedManual/AD_MaterialLibrary.html

If you have any further questions, please leave a comment!

Thank you.

Ahh, I'm sorry - I thought my point light range was large enough. It wasn't. After extending my point light, it is working as expected.