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Transparent textures/materials, OR deleting faces?

by Jack Stone · in Constructor · 06/19/2007 (8:38 pm) · 4 replies

Hi, I am developing with TGEA, (cant remember the exact version, but its after the release version) and the latest version (1.0.2) of constructor.

I would like to be able to either:
Have transparency on part of a dif, or be able to apply a material to it so that it would be transparent,
OR
be able to delete individual faces from a hollow brush, creating a hole.
I cant seem to do either of these things, and I rememeber being able to delete faces in quark, so I thought I'd ask here in case i'm missing something.

Searches on transparency have been inconclusive. I have some that indicate it can be done with engine mods, and some that say its not supported at all on difs.
Any Ideas?

Thanks,
Jack
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Torque Owner Kirk Longendyke
#1
06/19/2007 (8:45 pm)
You'd set up a transparency flag in the tgea material definition, and apply it to a texture with an alpha chanel thats used on the dif

edit: removed codesample ( sorry, didn't notice the thread location)

Torque 3D Owner Jack Stone
#2
06/19/2007 (9:14 pm)
I tried doing that, but it didnt seem to work. I dont know if mymaterials are wrong, or theres something with my model.
I figured since this was a script-only issue, it would be ok in the general forum, but do you think I should post it in the private section?
Jack

Torque 3D Owner Jack Stone
#3
06/19/2007 (9:19 pm)
Sorry, I guess it was my material definitions. I copied and pasted one that I knew worked, and I got translucency working.
I should have checked that more thoroughly before I posted, my mistake.


edit: If anyone has any info on the deleting faces issue, I wouldnt mind hearing about it.
Jack

Associate Matt Fairfax
PopCap
#4
06/20/2007 (12:16 am)
Try texturing the face with the NULL texture.