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What the dilly? Transparency problem!
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I have heard a lot about drawing order but I have never experienced it as yet. I do all my pics/textures as Extended 32bit 888-8. I have never really had any problems since I started making them this way.
Here is a pic I just knocked up!
I made the fence with MSPaint then pushed it through DXTBmp and saved as I said before as an extended bmp 32bit 888-8. In DXTBmp I have the mipmaps made automatically and the transparency with pure green.
Actually the pic is just a way to show off my latest fire engine!
which I made using the same method - MSPaint/DXTBmp
John aka warmingham
Here is a pic I just knocked up!
I made the fence with MSPaint then pushed it through DXTBmp and saved as I said before as an extended bmp 32bit 888-8. In DXTBmp I have the mipmaps made automatically and the transparency with pure green.
Actually the pic is just a way to show off my latest fire engine!
which I made using the same method - MSPaint/DXTBmpJohn aka warmingham
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Hello
(FSX - FSDS 3.51)
Interested too with texture saving format; so far I used DXTBMP and DXT1.
I cannot get (transparent display of alpha zones. I'll try green alpha, and 888-8 format.
I have another transparency problem with LM textures; at dawn, some faces of buildings display transparent; may this be caused by my texturing method: I only "poly" mode textured external sides; do internal faces, even not seeable, need to be textured too?
Other texture question: how to easily create a LM file for an existing texture file?
Thanks for answers.
Pierrot - FMEP
(FSX - FSDS 3.51)
Interested too with texture saving format; so far I used DXTBMP and DXT1.
I cannot get (transparent display of alpha zones. I'll try green alpha, and 888-8 format.
I have another transparency problem with LM textures; at dawn, some faces of buildings display transparent; may this be caused by my texturing method: I only "poly" mode textured external sides; do internal faces, even not seeable, need to be textured too?
Other texture question: how to easily create a LM file for an existing texture file?
Thanks for answers.
Pierrot - FMEP
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I do not have FSX - only FS9 - so what I say refers only to FS9.
In FS9 - to create a night texture you simply copy and paste the same texture then rename the new texture.
e.g. Texture name - bricks.bmp ; new name - bricks_lm.bmp
There are some posts relating to this concerning FSX because I do not think the _lm addition is needed but please do a search.
Perhaps if Arno or someone else reads this, they will put you right on what is what with FSX and textures etc.
BTW - having created the new 'bricks_lm.bmp' texture, I like to then darken the whole texture by 50% using PSP-X.
Any object should normally have the polygons facing outwards this is what the texture goes on. The inside face of the polygon is transparent. You need to check nothing has gotten switched around.
As far as the dawn textures being transparent is concerned - sounds interesting. Why don't you upload the texture and a pic of what are you seeing then perhaps I could look at it?
Please remember that what I say refers to FS9.
In FS9 - to create a night texture you simply copy and paste the same texture then rename the new texture.
e.g. Texture name - bricks.bmp ; new name - bricks_lm.bmp
There are some posts relating to this concerning FSX because I do not think the _lm addition is needed but please do a search.
Perhaps if Arno or someone else reads this, they will put you right on what is what with FSX and textures etc.
BTW - having created the new 'bricks_lm.bmp' texture, I like to then darken the whole texture by 50% using PSP-X.
Any object should normally have the polygons facing outwards this is what the texture goes on. The inside face of the polygon is transparent. You need to check nothing has gotten switched around.
As far as the dawn textures being transparent is concerned - sounds interesting. Why don't you upload the texture and a pic of what are you seeing then perhaps I could look at it?
Please remember that what I say refers to FS9.
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Hello
Thanks for answer.
I'll try to send pics as soon as possible.
I just read topic concerning the same transparency problem with LM textures. It seems the solution would be to convert to DXT1 without alpha channel. I'll test it.
Pierrot - FMEP
Thanks for answer.
I'll try to send pics as soon as possible.
I just read topic concerning the same transparency problem with LM textures. It seems the solution would be to convert to DXT1 without alpha channel. I'll test it.
Pierrot - FMEP