Fade the screen
A fade paints black over everyone's screen and holds it there until somebody runs the reveal.
Anyone in director mode or on a Director Notes channel can see through the fade with 65% opacity.
A player who joins while the fade is held arrives under the same fade.
In the menus: ESC → Direct → Scene → FADE
Fade out and back
- Select any style button. The screen wipes to black in that style and holds there.
- Select any style button again. The black clears in the style you selected the second time.
| Button | Console word | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| RIGHT | right | Black travels right from the left edge |
| LEFT | left | Black travels left from the right edge |
| UP | up | Black travels up from the bottom |
| DOWN | down | Black travels down from the top |
| SPLIT | split | 2 panels close on the centre, like a barn door |
| BAND | band | 8 horizontal slats close alternately, like a venetian blind |
| CLOCK | clock | A black wedge sweeps clockwise around the centre |
| IRIS | iris | The picture closes to a shrinking circle |
| HYPERSPACE | hyperspace | White streaks rush out from the centre, a white flash, then black |
Reveal with a title card
REVEAL WITH TITLE CARD clears the black, then shows the scene's name, a coloured hairline and the location and planet line for about 5 seconds.
Set a name, location or planet with /sceneinfo. Set the scene
has that form.
Prefer the console?
/fade [out|in] [style] [slate]
/fade succeeds silently, so watch the screen rather than the console.
out and in name the half you want instead of toggling.
Run it bare to toggle, or add a style word from the table above.
slate reveals the title card of the scene.
/fade info prints the whole reference.