Alpha Textures in DIF

#1 It isn't possible unless you change the source code. There is a resource or two that covers how to do that. Be aware however that it won't work well with a portaled interior since even though you can see through the texture the Interior rendering code won't know to render the scene on the other side which can lead to *strange* effects.

#2 Ok, thank you for the info. :)

#3 Old thread here.. but i just got in:

If Torque will natively load Constructor scenes, transparency will not be a problem. Just create the walls and then add custom dts shapes for windows. Not to mention you can trigger those to shatter on (this) impact..

#4 On that note, what I've been doing is exporting my (very simple) maps from Constructor to Lightwave to create DTS windows. Then I reconstruct them in the world editor after export.

For a side-project, that LWO export feature has made me very happy!

#5 Actually Valve did the same with Hammer; they blocked out the buildings, exported to softimage where intricate details were made as separate game objects.

#6 It's a great workflow solution. I need to look into the plug-in support with the make cubes example to see how it can be extended. I really just need more hours in the day.

#7 Tho it won't open previously saved scenes with burshes and dts in them, I struggled a bit and got it all together in one session so I can take a screenshot or two; here is my illustration of dts+dif combination; the fact that you can now combine the two in a professional editor adds tremendous help; and when I saw the lightmap code John Kabus is working on I jaw-dropped - look at the shadow of the security camera on the transparent window (both are dts, none have collision meshes)


I will start a whole new thread around this combination to get some feedback.


I love this tool already; Congrats everyone working on it.