Creating an invisible image

Audio and Graphics
#1

I’m having an issue which I’m not sure how to fix. I want to create a new image and immediately make it invisible. I use img.isVisible = false right after I create it, but it still flickers on the screen. I don’t want it to flicker, I just want it not show up at all. Any idea how to make it invisible from the start?

Thanks.

#2

img.alpha = 0 might help

#3

or load it off screen -x,-y then set isVisible then move where you want it

#4

Nope, still flickers.

Doesn’t work either, since newImageRect doesn’t take position. I set the off-screen position after I create it, and it still flickers.

Any other ideas? This should be a simple thing to do.

#5

Use spritesheet

#6

Can you duplicate the problem only coding the image. Maybe the issue is with something else

#7

Have you tried creating a new displaygroup outside of the screen area, and assigning it to that group as part of its creation (as far as I recall, most objects can take a parent argument). It might still create the object and then move it to the display group, causing the flicker though.

#8

It should be simpler than that.

Can you post your code?

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#9

img.alpha = 0 might help

#10

or load it off screen -x,-y then set isVisible then move where you want it

#11

Nope, still flickers.

Doesn’t work either, since newImageRect doesn’t take position. I set the off-screen position after I create it, and it still flickers.

Any other ideas? This should be a simple thing to do.

#12

Use spritesheet

#13

Can you duplicate the problem only coding the image. Maybe the issue is with something else

#14

Have you tried creating a new displaygroup outside of the screen area, and assigning it to that group as part of its creation (as far as I recall, most objects can take a parent argument). It might still create the object and then move it to the display group, causing the flicker though.

#15

It should be simpler than that.

Can you post your code?

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