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May 17 2014, 3:05 am
(See the best response by Crazah.)
Hiya. I'm wondering how I can make it so that I have the ability to click on a mob, object etc when there's an overlay over them. For example, my weather system casts an animated overlay over the world which alternates every now and then. How may I click on mobs whilst this is active?
May 17 2014, 5:30 am
It sounds like mouse_opacity is what you want.
May 17 2014, 5:50 am
In response to Crazah
:/. I tried it, but it's not working. Is it necessary for me to post my weather code? I believe it may play a key element in the issue.
May 17 2014, 5:52 am
It might help if we can see how you're handling it. Remember, mouse_opacity needs to be ticked to zero to act completely transparent to the cursor.
May 17 2014, 6:21 am
 
        proc
            daycycle()
                if(daycyclestarted==1)
                    goto DAYHERE
                else
                    daycyclestarted=1
                    var/obj/dn = new
                    dn.icon='black50.dmi'
                    dn.layer=10000
                    dn.mouse_opacity=0
                    overlays+=dn
                    goto DAYHERE


And

mob
    mouse_opacity=2
May 17 2014, 8:47 am
Best response
Whatever it is you're overlaying with weather, you need to set it's mouse_opacity to zero.
May 17 2014, 3:19 pm
I did that, hence the 
dn.mouse_opacity=0
the "dn" is what's added to the overlays - indicated by the 
overlays+=dn
May 17 2014, 3:27 pm
You could fill the client screen with the black50.dmi file and set it's mouse_opacity to 0. Then obviously, inside buildings you remove / hide the overlay.

That should work.
May 17 2014, 3:34 pm
In response to Blastcore
I'm not sure how I'd fill the screen with the black50.dmi file.
May 17 2014, 4:03 pm
Setting dn's mouse_opacity is not the same as setting it on it's parent atom. An overlay is an image of that object you've created, not the object itself.

You'd need to do:
src.mouse_opacity=0
May 18 2014, 11:27 pm
In response to Crazah
Well I'll be. Thank you very much, Crazah. Helped a lot.