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pierrot1951

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Hello
I have spent hours and hours with unpredictable results.
Can anybody give clear info concerning transparent objects (FSDS 351 + FSX)

1/ How to create texture (I use Gimp + DXTBMP)?
Pixels? Save Format?
2/ How to use it in FSDS? Check "Transparent" in "Part properties"? Use Part or Poly texturing?
3/ I need to create letters (AIRPORT) on transparent background, and fences. Better to use a box (with small depth), or rectangular polygon + clone/flip.

Thanks to help me to spare hours of work!

Pierrot - FMEP
 
it does not work like this anymore !

you need now to attach to your material (texture for fsds) specific maps, and fsds cannot do it yet ! there's a small tool to tweak fsds x files and attach them maps with a command line argument and a configuration file. I did not test it.
 
Hello
Thanks for answer.
Curiously, some textures seem to work with transparency!
However, resluts seem to be unpredictable.
At the moment, I wait for solution in next version.

I keep on creation of scenery buildings without (provisiously) using transparent elements; I have many to do too with terrain, shorelines, ... (Madagascar FSX Project)

Pierrot - FMEP
 
I've made transparent textures in FSDS 351 + FSX by using an alpha channel texture and then flagging "night" in the manage texture definition box. I did not add _LM after the texture name. Don't ask me why this works. I got total and partial transparency in FSX buildings depending on the alpha channel used.
 
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