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always visible entity #417606 02/14/13 13:06 02/14/13 13:06
Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 53 K kenced OP Junior Member
kenced OP Junior Member K Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 53	Hello I can still see my entity even though there's another entity blocking it. How can I solved this?. thanks.

Re: always visible entity [Re: kenced] #417608 02/14/13 13:12 02/14/13 13:12
Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 2,210 Bavaria, Germany Kartoffel Expert
Kartoffel Expert Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 2,210 Bavaria, Germany	Z-Sorting problems can and will occur when using a texture with alphachannel between 0 and 255. Last edited by Kartoffel; 02/14/13 13:18. POTATO-MAN saves the day! - Random

Re: always visible entity [Re: Kartoffel] #417609 02/14/13 13:19 02/14/13 13:19
Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 4,506 Germany F fogman Expert
fogman Expert F Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 4,506 Germany	http://www.conitec.net/beta/culling.htm Scroll down to "Transparency is not what you think" for an explanation. no science involved

Re: always visible entity [Re: Kartoffel] #417610 02/14/13 13:25 02/14/13 13:25
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kenced OP Junior Member K Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 53	from the start it seems that its ok, but after I set the LIGHT flags I got that problem, Now how can I solved this problem?

Re: always visible entity [Re: kenced] #417612 02/14/13 13:46 02/14/13 13:46
Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 4,506 Germany F fogman Expert
fogman Expert F Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 4,506 Germany	There is a fixed function effect named "Improved Overlay", it does exactly what you want. But I can´t deliver it at the moment, because I´m not at my PC. And the gamestudio wiki is down since a few weeks. Maybe someone else can paste the code? no science involved

Re: always visible entity [Re: fogman] #417620
02/14/13 15:30 02/14/13 15:30

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rayp

rayp

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Code:

material mtl_vegetation
{
        event = mtl_vegetation_init;
        effect=
        "
        texture entSkin1;
        dword mtlSkill1;
        technique vegetation
        {
                pass p0
                {
                        Texture[0] = <entSkin1>;
                        ZWriteEnable = True;
                        AlphaBlendEnable = False;
                        AlphaTestEnable = True;
                        AlphaRef = <mtlSkill1>;
                        AlphaFunc = Greater;
                        CullMode = None; // CCW or None
                        ColorArg1[0] = Texture;
                        ColorOp[1] = Add;
                        ColorArg2[0] = Diffuse;
                }
        }
        technique fallback{pass p0{}}
        ";
}

action vegetation
{
        my.transparent = off;
        my.material = mtl_vegetation;
}

Was it this one ? If not sorry

Acknex umgibt uns...zwischen Dir, mir, dem Stein dort...
"Hey Griswold ... where u gonna put a tree that big ?"
1998 i married my loved wife ... Sheeva from Mortal Kombat, not Evil-Lyn as might have been expected
rayp.flags |= UNTOUCHABLE;

Re: always visible entity [Re: rayp] #417621
02/14/13 16:41 02/14/13 16:41

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fogman

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Originally Posted By: rayp

Code:

MATERIAL* mtl_vegetation =
{
        event = mtl_vegetation_init;
        effect=
        "
        texture entSkin1;
        dword mtlSkill1;
        technique vegetation
        {
                pass p0
                {
                        Texture[0] = <entSkin1>;
                        ZWriteEnable = True;
                        AlphaBlendEnable = False;
                        AlphaTestEnable = True;
                        AlphaRef = <mtlSkill1>;
                        AlphaFunc = Greater;
                        CullMode = None; // CCW or None
                        ColorArg1[0] = Texture;
                        ColorOp[1] = Add;
                        ColorArg2[0] = Diffuse;
                }
        }
        technique fallback{pass p0{}}
        ";
}

action vegetation()
{
        reset(my, TRANSLUCENT);
        my.material = mtl_vegetation;
}

Was it this one ? If not sorry

Yes, this is the correct one. I´ve converted it to Lite-C, just copy and paste it, it should work.

no science involved

Re: always visible entity [Re: fogman] #417622 02/14/13 16:44 02/14/13 16:44
Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 2,110 Germany rayp X
rayp X Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 2,110 Germany	Iam always glad if i can help ^^ greets Acknex umgibt uns...zwischen Dir, mir, dem Stein dort... "Hey Griswold ... where u gonna put a tree that big ?" 1998 i married my loved wife ... Sheeva from Mortal Kombat, not Evil-Lyn as might have been expected rayp.flags \|= UNTOUCHABLE;

Re: always visible entity [Re: rayp] #417656 02/15/13 03:29 02/15/13 03:29
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kenced OP Junior Member K Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 53	thanks for the help but I got an error. mtl_vegetation_init is missing?

Re: always visible entity [Re: kenced] #417661 02/15/13 08:06 02/15/13 08:06
Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 3,150 Budapest sivan Expert
sivan Expert Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 3,150 Budapest	if you use only the following in any material, it does the job: Code: effect= " technique vegetation { pass p0 { ZWriteEnable = True; AlphaBlendEnable = False; AlphaTestEnable = True; } } technique fallback{pass p0{}} "; Free world editor for 3D Gamestudio: MapBuilder Editor

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