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FPSC Classic Models and Media / Having a Texture Transparency problem

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ncmako
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Posted: 25th Jan 2015 20:59
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Asking if anyone else has had this problem before. I know it's a simple fix, but have been scratching my head for couple days now.
I made a simple/custom "sliding door" for a "cabin/room"
(it is part of a custom segment). Note the wall next to the door
with the "door" closed. With the "door" open the wall is
transparent!
With Door Closed

With Door Open

At first I thought it might be the shader I applied, but
removed it and same problem?
Any help would be great
thanks, best

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ncmako
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Posted: 27th Jan 2015 15:11
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Found a work-around, turned it into a "pocket" door. This way
the glass remains transparent but is inside the wall. Now the
wall stays visible.

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wizardious
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Posted: 27th Jan 2015 15:59 Edited at: 27th Jan 2015 16:03
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I noticed this problem, also recently with the free office pack. Characters would disappear behind the glass wall segment.
I put it on the backburner, but your post has inspired me to tackle the problem.
I didn't remember seeing this problem before, so I did a little test. I set up the glass wall from the office pack and the large window from the stock sci-fi, and added a character. Sure enough, you could see the character through the sci-fi window, but he would disappear when viewed through the office window.
Both use a 'glass' entity as part of the segment, so I matched the office glass walls .fpe to the sci-fi glass's .fpe and voila, you could now see the character through the office glass.
I'm not sure because I changed several lines to match the sci-fi .fpe, but I think the answer was to change 'transparency=0' to 'transparency=2'.
Not sure if this will work for your door, but you might want to look into it, to prevent things 'disappearing' when the door is closed.
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ncmako
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Posted: 27th Jan 2015 18:54
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wizardious
Thanks for looking into this. It must come down to the textures
themselves. I tried your suggestion and tried "transparency"
settings 1 thru 4. Only a setting of "4" worked, but, I lost the
"glass" texture. It became totally transparent.(like gone/cut out)
best

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Posted: 28th Jan 2015 16:58
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Hmm... Bummer, well at least you found a work around. I guess this will help other people using the office pack though, so I guess some good did come out of all this.
Best of luck with the game.
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Posted: 28th Jan 2015 19:40
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wizardious
Thanks
Yes, the door frame and texture are from Office pack. Was a double
swing door.
For anyone else having similar problems my solution was to turn it into a "pocket door". (hide the glass texture inside a wall/box)

Now the wall stays visible.
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