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kmyk000 YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 3	BACKGROUND Switcher ON/OFF May 19th, 2010, 12:03pm   Do anybody know how to make such a switcher? There is no problem to switch ON the background (mousePressed) . but how to switch OFF, when it is ON????? so if (mousePressed){ background(100,0);     - so alpha trick NOT WORKS... background(null);        - NOT WORKS } do any of you have some other solutions???? peace! Marek

Cedric YaBB Moderator Offline Posts: 1838	Re: BACKGROUND Switcher ON/OFF Reply #1 - May 19th, 2010, 12:36pm   something like this. boolean showbg = true; then in draw: if(showbg)background(0); and to switch the background on and off. void mouseReleased(){ showbg = !showbg; }
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PhiLho  YaBB Moderator Offline Posts: 4190 Near Paris (France)	Re: BACKGROUND Switcher ON/OFF Reply #2 - May 20th, 2010, 1:09am   As Cedric shown, to switch off background, you just don't draw it... Unless you meant something else?