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Not really. But I've added some more information to the FAQ explanation, which should clear up the issue a little:

Q. I have problems with the sorting of transparent entities or alpha channel textures. For instance, I'm trying to make a tree by crossing two sprite like a 'X. When using 32 bit TGA sprites, the first sprite is always drawn before the second sprite. This doesn't happen when I use PCX or BMP or 24 bit TGA sprites.

A. Transparent entities - meaning entities with TRANSPARENT flag or with an alpha channel texture - can not write into the z buffer. Thus the engine sorts them according to the distances of their origins. Neverteless, transparency causes visible errors when objects intersect or when a concave mesh consists of transparent polygons. You just have to think a little to avoid those mistakes. For instance, make your 'X' from 4 connected sprites rather than 2 intersectings sprites, and separate a transparent mesh into convex parts.

Hope this helps.

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i guess it could be possible to create the whole model as normal, and then cut-paste polygons that need to be re-sorted. this could be tedious, but most of the time you would be doing them in groups. i don't actually know if this will work, but i don't see why not.

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material right_alpha_mat
{
  effect =
  "
    technique right_alpha1
    {
      pass p0 {zWriteEnable=true; alphaTestEnable=true;}
    }
  ";
}

action right_alpha_acc
{
  my.material = right_alpha_mat;
  my.dynamic = off;
}