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darren s

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Ok, first, which is the best way to make a very small taxiway with a few corners? I have used the "Line" tool in GMax and followed the taxiway, then added my asphalt texture and used UVW Map to resize the texture to HD.
Problem, I would not be able to use alpha for blending.
Q: Would it be best to use "Unwrap UVW" and create the texture as a whole and place it on?

Here's a screenie
taxiway.jpg


You see? "Show Edges" is on, no edges in the taxiway apart from the actual edge of the taxiway itself, the texture is repeated over and over and that leads me to ask my question. I want alpha for blended edges, should I use UVW map? or is there any other way?

Info: Using GMax and FS2004 Gamepack
 
You need to make a spline that goes along the edges. The alpha channel of that texture will be a gradient with the opaque part on the taxiway edge and the transparent on the other.
 
pina47 said:
You need to make a spline that goes along the edges. The alpha channel of that texture will be a gradient with the opaque part on the taxiway edge and the transparent on the other.
Click to expand...

Can you give me more details on a how-to? please thanks
 
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