Hi guys, I know time has passed, but because I found this topic I won’t recreate a new thread. I stumbled on the same problem. I also want to make like a desktop pet with Panda Engine, it seems to be a perfect for that, but usual suspects won’t work, ChatGPT couldn’t help, did anyone managed to achieve this window transparency somehow? I am slightly reluctant to try out the above attempts because I think Panda engine received few updates since, so… anybody know how to create a functional transparent window?
In theory, you can do this with Wxpython, but this method involves hacking through ctypes.
https://wiki.wxpython.org/How%20to%20create%20a%20transparent%20frame%20(Phoenix)
Hmm, I wonder if this trick can be done for the Panda3D window descriptor…
However, this is hardly a cross-platform solution, similar modules for Unix systems are needed.
I have a patch for it - https://github.com/kitsune-ONE-team/KITSUNETSUKI-SDK/blob/master/panda3d/07_rgba.patch
You need to build panda with xrender option.
This is how it looks like:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zWK6owqPe0
The blur is just my compositor effect, so you wouldn’t have it in panda.
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