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Aug 14^th, 2003 at 6:27am

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I am having problems with my alpha. I export the model from GMAX with "has reflective map" checked. I make an alpha image from the textures by doing a negitive image in PSP 8.0. Then loading the texture in "DXTbmp" then importing the alpha image and saving as DXT3 formate. But when I look at it in FS2002 it is transparent.
What am I doing wrong...
Do I need to set something in gmax in the material editor?

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Reply #1 - Aug 14^th, 2003 at 8:59pm

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you should be saving as a DXT3 with alpha\ DXT3 with alpha.

so, you wanna click file> save extended file> and make sure in the rollout box its a DXT3 with alpha.

nothing needs to be set in Gmax, only like you say when exporting "has reflective map" need by checked.

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Reply #2 - Aug 15^th, 2003 at 12:30am

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One additional note. The texture MUST have the _t.bmp extension. Otherwise FS treats the alpha as transparency instead of reflective.

mytexture.bmp = transparent
mytexture_t.bmp = reflective

Lou

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Reply #3 - Aug 15^th, 2003 at 9:37am