if (init && image_alpha < 1)
{
    if (middespawn)
        image_alpha = scr_movetowards(image_alpha, clamp(traveldistance / 110, 0.5, 1), 0.1);
    else
        image_alpha += 0.1;
}
if (middespawn && traveldistance <= ((maxdistance / 2) + 10))
    image_blend = merge_color(c_gray, c_white, clamp01(scr_inverselerp((maxdistance / 2) - 10, (maxdistance / 2) + 10, traveldistance)));
xflip = 1;
if (flipTimer < 0)
    xflip = -1;
flipTimer++;
if (flipTimer >= flipSpeed)
    flipTimer = -flipSpeed;
draw_sprite_ext(sprite_index, 0, x, y, xflip, 1, 0, image_blend, image_alpha);