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Posted: 6th Oct 2014 03:34
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Hello everyone,

I use MilkShape 3D and am trying to create a window, but sadly I can not create glass transparency effect, if someone can help me how I can create this effect with MilkShape 3D comment me.

ps: I've tried to create a separate model and let more opaque the model in milkshape but when I export do not have success.



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Posted: 6th Oct 2014 03:47
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You control transparency through the texture, not the modeler.

Add an alpha channel (with the glass part being a greyish color and the solid parts being pure white) to the diffuse map.

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Posted: 6th Oct 2014 07:07
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Can I help you? If you send me the texture, I do
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Posted: 6th Oct 2014 13:48 Edited at: 6th Oct 2014 13:52
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hello Bisella,



I\'ll send you the texture then you tell me how you managed to do it, when aca bar send me the texture ready by personal message.



Thank you.

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Posted: 6th Oct 2014 14:59 Edited at: 6th Oct 2014 15:05
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I've sent three types of glass to your email

forgive my english

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Posted: 7th Oct 2014 06:32
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I too use MilkShape and plan on creating glass elements. In this regard one additional question.

I understand the alpha channel setting. As the .X file (with the glass element) is loaded into to reloaded are there any special FPE or entity settings needed to activate the transparency?

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Posted: 7th Oct 2014 06:51
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I think you just have to use an alpha channel in your image editor no? For your diffuse DDS map.

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There is an FPE entry... "Transparency =" should this be set to = 1 if the model has transparency ?????
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Also.. forgot to ask, once the glass is in Reloaded, can it be set for reflections?




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Posted: 7th Oct 2014 13:39 Edited at: 7th Oct 2014 13:40
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Thank bisella,



Helped me so much their textures gave result and now the windows have transparency, how you made it? you used an alpha channel? anything someone sends me a tutorial of how to do it.



Thank you.





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Posted: 7th Oct 2014 18:18
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Using GIMP :
Open up your texture image.
Right click on the layer with the image.
Select 'Add layer mask'
Choose a grey colour (darker = more transparency)
Making sure that the layer mask is selected, paint the grey over the area you want to be transparent (you should see the chequered background appear behind the texture).
Export as .dds file.
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Posted: 8th Oct 2014 21:37
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Hi bisella,

There was a problem with the texture, the first time I open the template in the motor it works fine, but other times I try to open the same model the texture is not transparent.

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Posted: 8th Oct 2014 23:20
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You has to delete bin an dbo files, before try a new model texture.

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Posted: 8th Oct 2014 23:48
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Hi,

Finally discovered when the texture is in TGA works only once and then when the DDS texture appears the problem happens, but if you leave the direct transparent texture as DDS and not as TGA the engine will only run exactly the DDS texture, thus resulting in transparency definitive of the model.

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Posted: 9th Oct 2014 09:30 Edited at: 11th Oct 2014 00:12
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Hi Alfredx10,



If you want to make a glass with transparency, this it is not so difficult, but the point is that there are several problems happening at the moment with the FPSC-R, when you have a transparent object (glass) , such as:



1- The characters (bad guys) simply do not appear when you (camera) are watching them through the glass panel.



2- The stock buildings shipped with the FPSC-R do not appear through the glass as well.



3- Almost all foliage stuffs, behave the same way.



Maybe in the next version, the issues above spotted might be corrected, but at this time is a very tough task when the subject is transparent objects, in particular, the glass panel.



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Posted: 11th Oct 2014 00:15
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Hi all,

Sorry, I was wrong about the transparency in objects in the FPSC-R on my last post. It's all working fine, in fact; I did a mistake when making the textures with transparency. The video below is showing the transparency in action during a game play.



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Posted: 11th Oct 2014 01:11
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Actually you are correct the first time Northern, it is an issue with draw order that objects placed after a transparent entity will not be seen through it, I am guessing you placed all the characters etc before placing the glass entity in the scene above. This should be fixed with the next Beta release.
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Quote: "This should be fixed with the next Beta release."


I wonder if the fix will apply to draw order within a single entity mesh. I currently have an issue on my car with glass on 4 sides (interior and exterior) and there's one window i can look through and the opposing window doesn't draw.

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Posted: 11th Oct 2014 06:34
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@Rolfy

Quote: "Rolfy wrote: ... it is an issue with draw order that objects placed after a transparent entity will not be seen through it, I am guessing you placed all the characters etc before placing the glass entity in the scene above..."


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Posted: 11th Oct 2014 06:50
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Interesting - thanks.
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Posted: 17th Oct 2014 03:58
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hello everyone,

my glass is running fine I can see the characters through the glass Transparency smoothly.



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