The color in the attached .dae is from a .png I imported into Sketchup 8 and then set the transparency on it to 20.
If I import it into any version of MCX prior to the reader change, it appears like the glass pane that I expect to see.
There are display issues with it in FSX, but I think that is a different matter for another forum.
Anyway, if I import this into a version of MCX after the reader change, the glass panes appear opaque.
Looking at the properties in the Material Editor, the older versions of MCX set different values for Alpha Test, Colors and Framebuffer Blend.
If I set these same values in the latest version, the material stays opaque.
I hope that this is enough information to see where the problem is.
Edit: FWIW, I forgot to mention that when using the latest MCX and editing the properties in the Material Editor, if I set the Framebuffer Blend to InvSrcColor and SrcColor, instead of InvSrcAlpha and SrcAlpha as it is imported in older versions of MCX, the material becomes transparent.
It still has display issues in FSX, but I think they are somehow related to how I exported this from Sketchup. I have used this material before in a control tower and it displays correctly.
If I import it into any version of MCX prior to the reader change, it appears like the glass pane that I expect to see.
There are display issues with it in FSX, but I think that is a different matter for another forum.
Anyway, if I import this into a version of MCX after the reader change, the glass panes appear opaque.
Looking at the properties in the Material Editor, the older versions of MCX set different values for Alpha Test, Colors and Framebuffer Blend.
If I set these same values in the latest version, the material stays opaque.
I hope that this is enough information to see where the problem is.
Edit: FWIW, I forgot to mention that when using the latest MCX and editing the properties in the Material Editor, if I set the Framebuffer Blend to InvSrcColor and SrcColor, instead of InvSrcAlpha and SrcAlpha as it is imported in older versions of MCX, the material becomes transparent.
It still has display issues in FSX, but I think they are somehow related to how I exported this from Sketchup. I have used this material before in a control tower and it displays correctly.
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