[Feature Request] Add Transparent or semi transparent Monitors

[G4PLS]

Describe your idea

Glass like Monitors that can display the same content as the Monitors / Advanced Monitors in CC:T

Describe alternatives you've considered if you've any

I was not able to see or find any alternative solutions to this

Additional context

Like in the description said those monitors should be transparent or semi transparent. Having Glass or even Glass Pane like monitors could be a way to get more stunning looking builds. The overall functionality should be the same as the normal monitors in CC:T. They may or may not be also colored in different ways like normal glass would

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[zyxkad]

I would like you open this feature request on CC:T, but not on this project because the author said he won't work on monitors change

[SirEndii]

Yeah, I will not work on new monitors
Maybe in the far future
But to be fair, adding/changing the model/texture of the monitors would be a far simpler thing than adding new features to them

[aiden100a]

this would be cool if you could do the following:
term.setTranparency(50)

[zyxkad]

Current planning API:

• getTransparency: get current monitor panel background transparency

  monitor.getBackgroundTransparency() -> number
  

• setTransparency: set current monitor panel background transparency

  monitor.setBackgroundTransparency(percent: number) -> nil
  

• getTransparency: get current monitor panel text transparency

  monitor.getTextTransparency() -> number
  

• setTransparency: set current monitor panel text transparency

  monitor.setTextTransparency(percent: number) -> nil
  

• getSideColor: get the side's color in rgba in range [0, 255]. 'front' means the color of the monitor's front and the opposite of front (back) side

  monitor.getSideColor(side: 'front' | 'top' | 'left') -> { r: number, g: number, b: number, a: number }
  

• setSideColor: set the side's color in rgba in range [0, 255]

  monitor.setSideColor(side: 'front' | 'top' | 'left', color: { r: number, g: number, b: number, a: number }) -> nil
  

Monitor should pass light based on both its transparency (for front / back light only) and side alpha channel

[zyxkad]

Now I got three implementation, and I'm not sure which one will be better:

1. Set the transparency of all text and all background (so the api is like above)
2. Add an alpha channel to palette. This allows you control 16 transparencies, and no new api.
3. Use the grey scale as the transparency. There will be no any changes at all, and probably is more realistic