General Blender help thread

[The Corporation]

Can't get material to be transparent/translucent.
Hit the trans option on exporter, is it something wrong with the type of transparency I'm using?

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[Demian]

Can't get material to be transparent/translucent.
Hit the trans option on exporter, is it something wrong with the type of transparency I'm using?

Translucent additive or substractive. The texture doesn't need to be transparent.

[Barnabas]

It's probably a good idea to hit self-illuminating too. I got better results that way.

[The Corporation]

Translucent additive or substractive. The texture doesn't need to be transparent.

What happens when I choose-
Add
Sub

[Demian]

What happens when I choose-
Add
Sub

Additive makes the transparent part all glowy and bright. Substractive makes is quite dark and dim. There is no middle way. It's eyeburning glow or hardly visible black.

[dorkdotdan]

If I were to put a face on a .blend of a Blockhead, and I already have the face assigned to a material, would the face just be a texture?

[Demian]

I don't understand what you're trying to say. Please rephrase your question.

[dorkdotdan]

I don't understand what you're trying to say. Please rephrase your question.

I have selected the two triangles that make up a Blockheads face and assigned them their own material. In order for a face to appear would I use the face as a texture?

[Demian]

I have selected the two triangles that make up a Blockheads face and assigned them their own material. In order for a face to appear would I use the face as a texture?

Yes. You need to use an "Image or Movie" texture type and remember to check premultiply in the texture options for the transparency to work properly.

[dorkdotdan]

Yes. You need to use an "Image or Movie" texture type and remember to check premultiply in the texture options for the transparency to work properly.

Thanks for putting up with all of my dumb questions.

[The Corporation]

Found a site with all the exporter versions, most notably the .97.
http://projects.blender.org/frs/?group_id=95&release_id=367#torqueexporter-torque-dts-exporter-0-97-title-content
Looking through the torque forums led me here, check it out yo.


Also-Documentation on DTS

http://fosters.realmwarsgame.com/tools/DTS_Nodes.pdf

[Demian]

Found a site with all the exporter versions, most notably the .97.
http://projects.blender.org/frs/?group_id=95&release_id=367#torqueexporter-torque-dts-exporter-0-97-title-content
Looking through the torque forums led me here, check it out yo.


Also-Documentation on DTS
http://fosters.realmwarsgame.com/tools/DTS_Nodes.pdf

Except none of those exporter files are on the server anymore and there is no need for them since the latest version works. That documentation will be handy though.

[The Corporation]

Except none of those exporter files are on the server anymore and there is no need for them since the latest version works. That documentation will be handy though.

Actually, you right-click and save the link for each exporter.
That is, unless I'm misunderstanding something here.

[Demian]

Actually, you right-click and save the link for each exporter.
That is, unless I'm misunderstanding something here.

The archives are corrupt.

[The Corporation]

The archives are corrupt.

Eh stuff.