Can Vega Strike support Alpha Mapping?

Oblivion · Post by **Oblivion** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 10:05 am

okay, coz i've never used alpha/opacity maps in my previous models before, so does it?

Post by **hellcatv** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 11:25 am

definitely... it's got that support...
ideally the parts with lots of transparency are separated out into a separate material...we get a lot better compression out of textures without alpha--so separating the mesh into the clear part and the nonclear part would be ideal

remember that bump and normal maps are currently supported--so please continue to provide them, and always orient your textures so that the plane's forward is up in the texture (stuff perpendicular to the forward direction should have up, not right be up on the texture)

Oblivion · Post by **Oblivion** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 12:04 pm

confused on this part. :S

(stuff perpendicular to the forward direction should have up, not right be up on the texture)

I just finished a mesh for Shizong, and I'm reorienting the UV islands so that the forward is facing up. is that correct?

Post by **hellcatv** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 8:37 pm

fantastic.... there are ways we can get around forward=up...but making it that way in the first place will save us at least 20 minutes down the line