Eleroux, I wish the article was still around, but is demonstrated with screen shots how it worked.

Anyway, for anyone interested, I found a solution to sorting problems on entities with alpha transparency texture in the improved overlay shader (thanks to MK_1):

Code:

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;
}


Pachinko a Go Go! Super Excite!