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Tapewormz
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Posted: 11th May 2004 01:33 Edited at: 11th May 2004 01:33
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I haven't had a chance to try this, but I was wondering if setting the draw order would work for the following.

1.clear the screen

2.set draw order and paste an image

3.set draw order and render several transparent 3D plains

4.set draw order and paste a heading image with transparency

5.sync the screen

To created a layered image with several 3D plains sandwiched between them. Basically, I have an image that I want to overlay a smoke effect and then overlay an image with transparency. I don't want the rendered smoke effect to paste over the heading image. Or am I going about this all wrong?

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Posted: 13th May 2004 01:04
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Seeing as the rendering happens during the SYNC, I don't quite see how you can get this to work.

Is this a 2D game or 3D, and are you using DBC or DBPro?

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Posted: 14th May 2004 04:25 Edited at: 14th May 2004 04:26
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I've got a BMP file that I'm loading as a background image. Over top of this image I'd like to render 5-10 transparent planes that are textured with an image that contains an alpha channel. (It looks like fog). The images will render in a random circular motion using a sin math equasion. (easy...I've done this alot). Then I'd like to paste an image overtop of the fog. (a heading image...title or something).

Maybe I'd have to render the 3D to a different bitmap and then copy that bitmap and paste it with a transparency flag overtop of the main bitmap. Then paste the image of the heading?

I read the information on DRAW TO FRONT and DRAW TO BACK. It's not the command set that I was looking for, it wouldn't do what I needed it to do.

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Posted: 14th May 2004 04:28
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Also, is there any way to vary the level of transparency? Right now it looks like it's either on or off at 50% transparency.

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Posted: 14th May 2004 11:17
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Ghost is like 50% On/Off, but Alpha channels don't need ghost turned on. Alpha channel transparency % is set in the art package that makes the images I think. Whatever transparency the layer is set to, is the % used.

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Posted: 14th May 2004 18:31
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Make sure you are runing it in 32bit not 16bit.
If you aren't allready try useing the texture flag when loading images eg
load image "a.png",1,1
just incase dbpros filtering is messing it up.

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Posted: 25th May 2004 00:43
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Thanks for the information. I recently discovered this while I was playing around. Any dll's available that offer variable transparancy?

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Not that I know off, but most art packages can edit the alpha channels of pictures (mostly PNG).

(for adobe photoshop users)
In adobe photoshop cs I do this:

-create new file -> 512x512 : background transparent

-I draw the texture

-I click on "layer" at the topbar and select add layer mask -> reveal all

-I click on the alpha channel that just popped-up next to the texture (in the layers window)

-I draw the transparent parts, and I save the texture as a PNG

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