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Texture Template Editor Question

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In the Texture Template Editor, when you bring it up there is already the Set Default Opaque choice listed. This makes it easy to add the properties for opaque objects. But in my copy the Set Default Transparent choice is not listed. This makes it much harder to save variants of transparent materials, since I have to enter those one by one (and assume that the same properties used in Set Default Opaque are the only ones that need to be changed for Set Default Transparent).

How can I add the Set Default Transparent choice into that Editor?

Thanks,
 
Hi,

That's because set default transparent is a special one. It's not just setting some values, but actually calculating the best values based on the texture.
 
Oh, I didn't realize that. I did notice that some people get the Alpha Test Level (?) set to 15, and others to 128. All of mine were set to 128 using Set Default Transparent, unless I changed it manually.

So that cannot be done as a template, nor as a Batch Conversion. Too bad. Is there something I can do to predict what that setting should be?

Thanks,
 
It evaluates the alpha channel and then picks the best value.

In the batch wizard you could apply two templates. One for default transparent and then your custom one for the other settings.
 
Hi,

Thanks, that should work OK.

I did find that a value of 15 seemed to work fine for all my people objects.
 
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