Rez effects: a plain "Fade in" / "Fade out" option (no Tron wireframe) #1271

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opened 2026-10-28 23:50:53 +00:00 by sky_line · 1 comment

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Rez effects (SLRezFXInEffect) offer Tron, fire, hologram, voxel assemble, 3D printer, transporter and random. Some people want an effect while objects load in, just not a stylised one.

Add: "Fade in"

A new rez-in choice: the object fades from transparent to opaque over SLRezFXDuration, with no wireframe, scan, colour tint or particles.
Works with SLRezFXOnlyLoading (fade only objects whose textures are still loading, covering the white blobs) and SLRezFXAvatars.
Matching de-rez option: "Fade out".
Cheap: no extra pipelines or shader variants beyond what the existing effects use (no wireframe twins); fixed per-object cost; correct with alpha-blended and alpha-masked materials, shadows (casters fade out of the shadow at the same rate or pop at a sensible threshold) and the RT path.
Respects SLRezFXCombatSafe (short duration on damage land).

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Each in/out combination on a busy region with an empty cache: objects fade smoothly, no flashes, no stuck half-transparent objects, shadows behave, no FPS cost versus "None" beyond the fade itself.

Rez effects (`SLRezFXInEffect`) offer Tron, fire, hologram, voxel assemble, 3D printer, transporter and random. Some people want *an* effect while objects load in, just not a stylised one. ## Add: "Fade in" - A new rez-in choice: the object fades from transparent to opaque over `SLRezFXDuration`, with no wireframe, scan, colour tint or particles. - Works with `SLRezFXOnlyLoading` (fade only objects whose textures are still loading, covering the white blobs) and `SLRezFXAvatars`. - Matching de-rez option: "Fade out". - Cheap: no extra pipelines or shader variants beyond what the existing effects use (no wireframe twins); fixed per-object cost; correct with alpha-blended and alpha-masked materials, shadows (casters fade out of the shadow at the same rate or pop at a sensible threshold) and the RT path. - Respects `SLRezFXCombatSafe` (short duration on damage land). ## Test Each in/out combination on a busy region with an empty cache: objects fade smoothly, no flashes, no stuck half-transparent objects, shadows behave, no FPS cost versus "None" beyond the fade itself.

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