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particles in front of white #430392 09/27/13 14:56 09/27/13 14:56
Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 82 D Denn15 OP Junior Member
Denn15 OP Junior Member D Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 82	particles in front of something white seems to turn invisible like in this screenshot: http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/43/511r.jpg/ thats a bit of a problem since most of the textures in my game are compoletely white, so i jsut wanted to know if there is a way to make the particles not turn invisible in front of white textures. Super Funkybox 2000

Re: particles in front of white [Re: Denn15] #430393 09/27/13 15:02 09/27/13 15:02
Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 3,150 Budapest sivan Expert
sivan Expert Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 3,150 Budapest	maybe you set its BRIGHT flag that results in additive blending, thus it can't be not white over white background. Free world editor for 3D Gamestudio: MapBuilder Editor

Re: particles in front of white [Re: sivan] #430399 09/27/13 16:35 09/27/13 16:35
Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 82 D Denn15 OP Junior Member
Denn15 OP Junior Member D Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 82	that fixed it. however now the particles are very dark in the edges and it doesnt look as good. http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/62/5aaj.png/ is there a way to make it look like before without the BRIGHT flag? Super Funkybox 2000

Re: particles in front of white [Re: Denn15] #430401 09/27/13 16:56 09/27/13 16:56
Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 3,150 Budapest sivan Expert
sivan Expert Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 3,150 Budapest	set their TRANSLUCENT flag and tweak their alpha to fade out. Free world editor for 3D Gamestudio: MapBuilder Editor

Re: particles in front of white [Re: sivan] #430403 09/27/13 17:13 09/27/13 17:13
Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 82 D Denn15 OP Junior Member
Denn15 OP Junior Member D Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 82	the TRANSLUCENT flag is already set and it is also fading out. is there anything else that can be done? here is my code if it can help Code: function part3(PARTICLE* p) { p.green = 0; p.red = 255; p.blue = 0; set(p, MOVE \| LIGHT \| TRANSLUCENT); p.alpha = 100; p.size = 30; p.gravity = 0; p.skill_a = 16; // fade factor p.event = p_fade; } Last edited by Denn15; 09/27/13 17:16. Super Funkybox 2000

Re: particles in front of white [Re: Denn15] #430405 09/27/13 17:27 09/27/13 17:27
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 6,861 Kiel (Germany) Superku Senior Expert
Superku Senior Expert Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 6,861 Kiel (Germany)	Then you have to create a better particle bmap, for instance as follows (probably not free to use) and control the transparency with the alpha channel (do not add black to the flame texture). "Falls das Resultat nicht einfach nur dermassen gut aussieht, sollten Sie nochmal von vorn anfangen..." - Manual Check out my new game: Pogostuck: Rage With Your Friends

Re: particles in front of white [Re: Superku] #432545 11/07/13 21:10 11/07/13 21:10
Joined: May 2005 Posts: 868 Chicago, IL Dooley User
Dooley User Joined: May 2005 Posts: 868 Chicago, IL	I'm wondering if there is a way to set a particle's draw layer. The sample in the manual seems to appear in front of everything else on my level... See my games here: https://www.indiedb.com/company/michael-klaus-schmidt

Re: particles in front of white [Re: Dooley] #432546 11/07/13 21:29 11/07/13 21:29
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Nems . Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 4,264 Wellington	overlay might help, it takes the first pixel top left and turns all of the same color transparent.

Re: particles in front of white [Re: Nems] #432571 11/08/13 14:34 11/08/13 14:34
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Feindbild Member F Joined: Jul 2013 Posts: 158	Don't use overlay. Use an alpha mask.

Re: particles in front of white [Re: Feindbild] #432581 11/08/13 16:55 11/08/13 16:55
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Malice Unregistered M	Like -Feindbild said just use a alpha channel. Here is my test scene and the particle tga I made for it. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9Yxi-SUaV6QMEU0aG9LNExlUTg/edit?usp=sharing - Download to see no preview of .tga files https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9Yxi-SUaV6QUE5lTWVoWXV0SXc/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9Yxi-SUaV6QSTNoNEVSdk9oVXM/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9Yxi-SUaV6QZUZfbFdSdmtvQ2M/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9Yxi-SUaV6QLU8xZUxPd0lKcm8/edit?usp=sharing I Larger view Un tweeked gimp file https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9Yxi-SUaV6QbnNPQW1Vd0w4R28/edit?usp=sharing Last edited by Malice; 11/08/13 17:43.