Dynamic opacity of animatedSprite

[ItsMeAlan]

Is there a way to change how transparent a sprite is with code?

Thanks!

[unikronsoftware]

Yup, change the alpha channel of the color property.

sprite.color = new Color (1, 1, 1, 0.5f ); // makes it 50% transparent

[ItsMeAlan]

I'm using this:

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GetComponent(tk2dSprite).color = new Color(1,1,1,myAlpha);
where myAlpha is a float that I add to or decrease from. Interestingly, this code works exactly as I want it to, but it causes a ton of errors. Specifically, this error:

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NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
HelpArrowScript.Update () (at Assets/Scripts/HelpArrowScript.js:23)

The line causing the error is the line I posted above. My game is having major framerate issues, so I figure this might be the culprit? Am I doing something wrong?

[unikronsoftware]

In JS, the syntax is
GetComponent(tk2dSprite).color = Color(1,  1, 1, myAlpha);

[ItsMeAlan]

I took out the New but this line is still causing the same error once per frame.

[unikronsoftware]

What is GetComponent(tk2dSprite) returning? Do you have a sprite attached to the same gameobject the script is on?

[ItsMeAlan]

Ah, that was it. I'd accidentally applied my script to an empty gameObject without realizing it. Thanks!