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Glass and transparent things

by Xavier "eXoDuS" Amado · in Torque Game Engine · 01/14/2002 (9:35 am) · 9 replies

Hi, im not very good at mapping since im a coder, and i wanted to know how to add a glass or any other mask to a map? For example a window or a fence, etc.
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Torque Owner Very Interactive Person
#1
01/14/2002 (9:51 am)
For now its not possible... there's a quick engine hack avaible to make this possible.. but it doesn't work that well. If I were you I would ask a 3d modeller to export some glass planes from max... and insert those into you map with the map editor.... so not from Quark or WC.

Torque 3D Owner Xavier "eXoDuS" Amado
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#2
01/14/2002 (11:34 am)
I've seen a picture of someone having a masked fence somewhere.... is that the quick hack you are talking about?

Torque Owner Desmond Fletcher
fletcher
#3
01/14/2002 (1:35 pm)
Yes, I did that--it works OK in many instances. But sometimes the draw order gets messed up and blocks certain brushes (but not all) behind it. It's not consistent....

Would you like to look at the code?

Also, I posted a resource to create the transparent textures if you'd like:
holodeck.st.usm.edu/vrcomputing/vrc_t/tutorials/transtex/

Torque Owner Architecture@Uni Melbourne
#4
01/14/2002 (2:13 pm)
we have worked with some alpha, its a bit dodgy, its fine if its strictly full transparent, or fully opaque but the translucent areas are problematic.

i imagine window transparency would be implemented differently, eg not with an alpha channeled png, but as an entity from wc.... (thats how half life did it)

Torque 3D Owner Xavier "eXoDuS" Amado
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#5
01/15/2002 (3:09 pm)
i know how to do the textures desmond... i think :)
i use photoshop tho, but i would like to see some code

Torque Owner Desmond Fletcher
fletcher
#6
01/15/2002 (3:23 pm)
If you're having a prob with Photoshop, it's probably the png.8bi is not the right one to export png files properly. I have one if you need it.

Torque 3D Owner Xavier "eXoDuS" Amado
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#7
01/15/2002 (8:44 pm)
why you say the 8ni isnt the correct one?
btw, what about the code? i need to add some code to get the alpha on textures to work i think?

Torque Owner Tyler Frans
#8
01/15/2002 (9:07 pm)
It should be png.8bi, like he said. The versions of PS that don't export 'true .png' are anything above v5.2. I thought there was a fix that Adobe had released for PS6.0 (where it was noticed)? If you don't have a legit copy, guess you're up s.c. without a paddle. ;)

Torque Owner Desmond Fletcher
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#9
01/15/2002 (9:27 pm)
Read this thread Xavier:
www.garagegames.com/index.php?sec=mg&mod=forums&page=result.thread&qt=2512

The code I've been working with is in mirrorSubobject.cc and InteriorRender.cc

There are some other posts also on changes to get the alpha images (mirrors and translucent textures) working somewhat.