Change texture transparency at runtime on MonoGame

Question

I am very new with MonoGame library. I load a texture from .xnb file

_background = content.Load<Texture2D>(_backgroundKey);

and then i want to change it transparancy(alpha) at the runtime.

Oh i found how to do it myself

spriteBatch.Draw(texture, position, sourceRect, Color.White * 0.5f, .......);

This line of code will draw the texture at half transparency.

Oh i found an answer myselft, i need to user something like this: — igorGIS, Jul 18 '13 at 09:39
Please post your answer to yourself as an answer, then mark it as accepted rather than editing your initial post. — James, Jan 10 '15 at 03:50

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 28 '15 at 09:14

You can change the opacity of a texture by using a (semi-)transparent color in the draw call:

spriteBatch.Draw(texture, position, new Color(Color.Pink, 0.5f);

The values range from 0 (completely transparent) to 1 (completely opaque). Color has a lot of different constructors, so you can also pass a byte (0-255) instead of a float, which will result in the same thing.

Change texture transparency at runtime on MonoGame

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