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Textures / Material with Alpha Channel

edox

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Hi there, I had succes with conditions thanx to everybody also to arno I decided to use you mdl tweaker.

Now I got something else. I have made a light Pole (again in FSDS) with the light spot. In order to have the light spot real I changed the alpha value of the material in order have it transparent.

As soon as I try to compile my project into a bgl I get a error message. So I tried to make a mdl and put conditions on that but I get again error message from bglcomp.

How can I change the alpha channel or how do I use it correctly in FSDS v3 because later I want to make some cars and I guess I need the alpha channel for shining surfaces and windows

thanx maik
 
Alpha Texture/Material

Hi edox, me again. The first thing to remember is that any lights must be as shown below: That is with CAPITAL LETTERS! Whichever colour you choose 255 is visible and 0 is invisible - just play around until you get what you want. And don't forget to mark the appropriate box with a tick when you have set your alpha. Hope this helps. I am attaching an FSDS fsc file (zipped) for you to see. This light comes on at dusk/dawn only. It is just a beam of light for a double spotlight. Check the properties.

This is an extract from the MDL.doc file
BRIGHT_ The material is bright (emits light).
LIGHT_BEACON A beacon point light is drawn, and the diffuse color is the light color.
LIGHT_STROBE A strobe point light is drawn, and the diffuse color is the light color
LIGHT_RECO A recognition point light is drawn, and the diffuse color is the light color
LIGHT_WING A wing point light is drawn, and the diffuse color is the light color.
LIGHT_LOGO A logo point light is drawn, and the diffuse color is the light color.
LIGHT_NAV A navigation point light is drawn, and the diffuse color is the light color.
LIGHT_TAXI A taxi spotlight is drawn, and the diffuse color is the light color.
LIGHT_LAND A landing spotlight is drawn, and the diffuse color is the light color.
 
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alright thanx, that sounds that this is gonna help. I'm gonna check this soon

MAIK
 
by the way, how can I make aluminium polished surfaces and shining paints. I also want to make a car in Ferrai red

MAIK
 
Shiny Surfaces

Use the search in FSDS for 'chimney' - or go to page 8 - there is a nice long thread there for you to read.
 
Look at the top of the page - you will see the following:- FsDeveloper Community > Scenery design > 3D Objects > FSDS > Textures / Material with Alpha Channel - click on the FSDS to get the whole forum and on the right side will be the page numbers with >> - click on last or 8
 
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