Transparency Clouds disappear ( I go crazy )

[MatthiasGose]

Hi there,

I have some wired transparency issues and don't know what to do.
I've read here a lot about z sorting issues between different objects but I think this is not my problem.

I have a texture with a black and white alpha channel. Within my object it sorts well. But the clouds are not rendered within the transparent parts.
According to the FSX Material I use "SourceAlpha and InverseSourceAlpha" also the checkbox for z-sorting is active.
But the clouds are still not visible, the background trees and autogen is.

You have an idea what I do wrong?

I converted the texture using dxt1 and dxt3 options - no difference at all.
I use 3dsmax.

Regards,

Matthias

[MatthiasGose]

Ok, Problem after reading some more I found the solution.

1. Isolate the mesh with applied transparency
2. apply Alpha-Test
3. Set Alpha-Test to Greater and 128

works.

Thanks all for the hints :)