IsPersonVisible

From Spheriki

Check whether or not a person is drawn or not.

Contents 1 Usage 2 Examples 3 Notes 4 See also

Usage

boolean IsPersonVisible(name);

• name String. The name of the person to check the visibility of.
• boolean is returned: true if the person is visible, false if the person is invisible.

Examples

Persons are usually only invisible if they have been explicitly set to invisible using SetPersonVisible().

var person_name = "Jack";
CreatePerson(person_name, "your_spriteset_filename_here.rss", false);
SetPersonVisible(person_name, false);

var visible = IsPersonVisible(person_name);

In the above code sample, visible would have the value false. This function can also be used in conditional expressions directly:

if (IsPersonVisible("Phoebe")) {
  // Do stuff for visible Phoebe
} else {
  // Do stuff for invisible Phoebe
}

Notes

• Visibility in this context means the flag used by Sphere's map engine to determine whether or not to draw the person. A person may have a position off-screen and still be considered visible.

• To change the visibility of a person, use SetPersonVisible().

See also

• SetPersonVisible()

• CreatePerson()
• MapEngine()