I have limited my ideas for future improvements to just one thing.....Multiple alpha levels for model .TGA skins. I dont know what this is called but I need it BADLY. This is becoming a standard in game engines and even model editors. I already know you can use shaders for this, but it is a hastle. I would finally be able to add things like visors, hair, and even some clothing without having to model them seperately and apply shaders to them. Please make this soon!

P.S. While Im on the subject, there should be a seperate shader creation tool that comes with say... the Pro and Comm version of GStudio. This tool could have limitless possibilities, and could import models straight into the editor to apply shaders to. Much like Easy particles 3. Just had to get that off my chest.

You mean multitexturing like on terrain with alpha for each texture.
it's planned , when ?? some onths , perhaps end of year !

Shader deitor is already planned i think , read forecast page.

I really dont know what its called. I used to know the name of this problem, but I forgot it. I will try to describe it as best as I can. Like say for example I had a character who had long hair and a face visor of some sort. I would want to make the ends of the hair go from a gradient from solid to transparent. Then, i would want the visor to be transparent as well. But then if I run the game, the model looks ass-backwards where there are some parts that look really weird. I know I really dont know that much about this sort of thing, But I think you guys all know what im talking about.

[edit] Z SORTING!!!!! Thats what its called. I remember now. Can you guys fix this in the future?

Theres a shader in the wiki that fixes the z-sorting errors. Here

I know that already, but thanks for the help. I am just saying that this is somthing that the acknex engine sould be automaticly capable of handeling.

thank microsoft for the problem, not conitec

In fact this time Microsoft is not to blame, and a shader won't help either; it's ATI and nVidia who you should ask for a fix.

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Ok im a little confused. I coulda swore that the shader fixed the z-sorting errors. Maybe im misunderstanding something here. I know the shader at least appears to fix the z-sort errors.

Least Im pretty sure as its been quite some time since I used it but I remember using it for a tree model created by loopix and it solved the problem of back faces showing thru front faces.

Um doesn't his question just ask about how he can use skins with alpha channels? If that's all, it's totally simple. Just create 32 bit textures and apply them to your models.