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thick veldt
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FadeArea is not a Tilemap

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It might often exist alongside a Tilemap

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but it is not a Tilemap

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FadingSprite will look at a list of FadeAreas

uncut bane
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What will FadeAreas exist on

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the script

thick veldt
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wherever the colliders exist

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since it sounds like you're going to be watching for the player entering and exiting these colliders

uncut bane
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thats just why i was thinking of the tilemapcollider

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Thanks for helping me though.. I know i am a bit frustrating.. to say the least

thick veldt
uncut bane
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Right understood

thick veldt
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a FadeArea is a FadeArea; that's it

uncut bane
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[SerializeField] private FadeArea how would I reference it?

thick veldt
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you'd want a List<FadeArea>

uncut bane
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oh ok

thick veldt
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then drag every relevant FadeArea into that list

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here's what I'd do to decide if it's fading time

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add using System.Linq; up top

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then just do fadeAreas.Any(area => area.playerIsHere);

uncut bane
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lanaguage integrated query

thick veldt
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assuming the list is named fadeAreas

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and that the FadeArea class has a field named playerIsHere

thick veldt
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area => area.playerIsHere

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all this does is get playerIsHere out of the area

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it's the same as

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bool IsThePlayerHere(FadeArea area) {
  return area.playerIsHere;
}
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So, if one or more areas says "the player is here", that whole thing returns true

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and you know it's time to fade the sprite out

uncut bane
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Thank you, I appreciate you taking the time out to help me. I enjoy learning this stuff.. I used to know more.. but it is so much to remember.. been out of college for a long time lol

thick veldt
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no prob :p

uncut bane
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I'll make ya proud.

thick veldt
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but yeah, the big idea here is separation of responsibility

uncut bane
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what do you mean?

thick veldt
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you have one class whose job is to look for the player and note that down

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and a second class whose job is to do something if one or more of its areas says a player is there

uncut bane
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listeners

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right?

thick veldt
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pretty much, yeah!

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this is a bit more manual, since we're just checking a bool on the "sensor"

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you could have the FadeSprites subscribe to events from FadeAreas

uncut bane
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hopefully sometime I will somehow have a way I can repay the favor

thick veldt
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maybe they'd count up how many times they've seen "enter" and "exit" messages and go back to solid when the numbers are equal

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and nah, I like doing this. you just work on your game :p

uncut bane
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Well you gave me a lot of stuff to think about. I'm sure you know how it is.. its like.. mush brain mush brain... then you get it..

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then it clicks

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Have a good night. I keep a list of people who have helped me, for future purposes. Take care