Problem Creating transparent textures

[george7378]

Hi all,

I am having problems creating a partially transparent material for my latest addon.

I have tried changing all the values for the material in the mesh file, but not one of them has made it transparent.

Can anyone give me an example of a transparent material please?

Thanks.

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I have made the material now, but I have found that whenever some of the parts of the mesh are viewed through the transparent material, they become invisible.

Why is this?

 

[Woo482]

I think that's an Orbiter limitation, I've not really used transparency that much though

 

[dgatsoulis]

[/QUOTE]I have made the material now, but I have found that whenever some of the parts of the mesh are viewed through the transparent material, they become invisible.

Why is this?[/QUOTE]

I'm not an expert, but i think you are supposed to place the transparent groups of your mesh LAST in the groups order.

 

[TSPenguin]

I'm not an expert, but i think you are supposed to place the transparent groups of your mesh LAST in the groups order.

This is correct. The order they appear in the mesh file is the same order they are drawn in and you therefor control what can be seen through them.
This is especially troublesome if you can see transparent parts through transparent parts, as there will no coherent behavior for all viewing angles.

 

[george7378]

Thanks - it has worked now. I'll be sure to check that before animating next time