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TGEA 1.7.0 Beta 2 Bug - FPS SK white trees

by Weston Elliott · in Torque Game Engine Advanced · 04/04/2008 (5:34 pm) · 6 replies

I've noticed a large white outline around all the trees in the TGEA 1.7.0 Beta 2 FPS starter kit. I never noticed this outline in the other TGEA or TGE versions. Here are some images demonstrating what I mean...

www.davatech.com/logos/ex1.jpg
www.davatech.com/logos/ex2.jpg
Also, some features I miss in this are lightning, footsteps, underwater explosions being different than above water explosions, and the fix aspect ratio for the foliage replicator. Might these features be added in the future?
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Torque 3D Owner J.C. Smith
#1
04/04/2008 (7:46 pm)
Looks like a problem with the alpha settings. Loks like those are shaepreplicator trees, maybe the alpha settings that are being passed into it stock are a bit off?

Torque Owner Weston Elliott
Weston Elliott
#2
04/04/2008 (7:51 pm)
Yeah. I see that if I put a tree down regularly there is no problem. But if I put trees in a map using a shape replicator, they have those annoying white lines.

Torque Owner Mike Rowley
Mike Rowley
#3
04/04/2008 (8:17 pm)
I have that same problem using the stock trees that came with the starter.fps kit in tgea beta2. I didn't use the replicator as I only needed a few trees in certain spots. It's definately a tgea bug.

Torque Owner Weston Elliott
Weston Elliott
#4
04/05/2008 (12:13 pm)
Yeah, this does seem to happen either way. Also, if you resize the trees, the white outline gets worse.

Hey, just wondering something. I liked the way the Modernization Kit for TGE made all the textures 3D and a bit reflective. Will TGEA ever have this feature?

Torque Owner Thomas Oliver
#5
04/05/2008 (12:35 pm)
To give the textures 3d you need to make bump maps for your textures. TGEA already has pixel shader support so there is nothing else you need to do. Other then make the bump maps and the corrosponding materials.cs files.

Torque Owner Weston Elliott
Weston Elliott
#6
04/05/2008 (1:03 pm)
Oh, TGEA already does that? I didn't know that. This is great news for me! How would I make the bump maps though? I kind of liked the way the Modernization Kit would makethem for you.