transparent texture

Pollux568

Hello,

I have not understood how to put some transparency on texture, like a glass or windows. Can you explain to me how to do this basic function ?

Thanks a lot !

Zuriki

Geometry doesn't support transparent materials, you need a model and an "emissive" type material.

SN.Wolf

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There are several Textures with transparencies already in the texture browser. A good many of them are labeled under "Docking" and "Glass".

Zuriki

You can get 1-bit alpha, but 8-bit alpha doesn't work on geometry in my experience.

Pollux568

Thank you for these answers !

Tig

alpha is only obtainable as all or nothing via textures: put this in your .material file:

<map type="opacity" value="materials/your folder/yourtexture_opac.dds" />

that .dds file should simply be black and white where black is the transparent part of your texture.

you can get percentage based transparency through the illumination or glow:

<map type="emissive" value="materials/your folder/yourtexture_illum.dds" />

just throw a single color over a black background and make that single color layer's transparency whatever you want. then take out all the other parts of your material file so that only the emissive is present and you will have a translucent texture.

hope that helps.