Semitransparent parts on vehicles

[Guest dionissimus]

Could someone please save me some time and point me to an article, or at least a sample model so that I can figure out how to make those?

I am not sure there is any info like this posted, if there is none, could you just post an advice? A very general one, like "Instead of texturing the element change the material characteristics like so..." or "There is a special value for semitransparency in the alpha" (yes, I know alpha generally controls reflectivity in this engine). Something like that.

Thanks in advance : )

[Stan]

Hi,

This might hep you:

- Black = Normal, no reflection, no transparency

- White = Reflection

- Grey = Transparency

If I am wrong, someone correct me

[Guest dionissimus]

Hi,

This might hep you:

- Black = Normal, no reflection, no transparency

- White = Reflection

- Grey = Transparency

If I am wrong, someone correct me

Thank you, I'll try it when I get the time. Will post the results. Does gray mean 128,128,128 or...? For some reason I thought shades of gray means different levels of reflectivity... never checked it though.

[Guest Francis]

With Photoshop, the opacity gets converted automatically when you select the DXT1 mode while exporting to DDS. Pretty useful because it is 100% done correctly. If you want I can provide you with the right .DDS file for you.

[Guest dionissimus]

With Photoshop, the opacity gets converted automatically when you select the DXT1 mode while exporting to DDS. Pretty useful because it is 100% done correctly. If you want I can provide you with the right .DDS file for you.

This is something entirely unexpected... Yes please! If you can, kindly provide me with a dds texture that demonstrates all the possibilities of alpha channel in E4 engine. Namely, the non-reflective part, the mildly reflective part, the fully reflective part, semitransparent part and totally transparent part. I will post the sample texture in a few moments, please edit it in photoshop (the alpha channel, of course), and post back. This will be of GREAT help to me, and I WILL post a breakdown on the functions of the alpha channel in E4 engine, after I study the post and repeat experiments on my textures.

[Guest dionissimus]

If you can help me with this, I'll write a short concise tutorial on transparencies and reflections in E4. (Well, if the rules don't change this autumn, that is, with the new version being published : )

The attached archive contains a simple photoshop texture.

[Guest Francis]

There we go.

[Guest dionissimus]

Thank you very much Francis!!

I'll check it out, hopefully tomorrow (my son got a flu, so my schedule is all screwed today.. : )