Hes the invisible man with a multi-phasing skill. Just being invisible doesn't remove him from physical constraints. Add the ability to set a phase state based on transparency level and there ya go.
You're welcome. On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 11:26 AM, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > I hope his shin does; unless, of course, his transparency level is below a > certain threshold. > > The problem is NOT the invisible man; it's the kid he fathered on a > visible woman so we > have the 50% visible child, also known as "The situation that H.G.Wells > didn't think about too > carefully." > > Things get even more difficult in further generation with the 5% visible > descendant, > the 95% visible distant cousin and so forth. > > Richmond. > > > On 7/14/17 7:38 pm, Mike Bonner via use-livecode wrote: > >> The invisible man still had to worry about opening doors and bumping into >> things. His shin could intercept painfully with the corner of a coffee >> table whether visible or not. >> >> On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 10:19 AM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode < >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >> >> I'm not sure why the explanation would be difficult. Existence is >>> different from appearance. Intersect looks for existence at a particular >>> location, visibility is how the object looks. >>> >>> Substitute "blue" for "visible" and it's the same thing. >>> >>> >>> On July 14, 2017 5:03:09 AM Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode < >>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >>> >>> It does seem illogical that while one can set levels of transparency >>> >>>> with interset >>>> an image can continue intersecting with another when it is, supposedly, >>>> invisible . . . >>>> >>>> Certainly, having to explain THAT to children is going to make them take >>>> an even >>>> more dim view of adults than I hope they do already. >>>> >>>> -- >>> Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com >>> HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> use-livecode mailing list >>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>> subscription preferences: >>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> subscription preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
