Wouldn't it have been better if you assigned a semi-transparent material to the sideslip indicator in Blender, rather than mapping it to a cockpit texture?
@Stickman698 Well, semi-transparent materials work in Blender, but they don't translate to X-Plane the same way. X-Plane does require semi-transparency to be expressed on the texture. You have control over whether you wish to override the texture's transparency (make it opaque), or cut it off at a certain Alpha value... but you cannot make a non-transparent texture show up transparent in X-Plane by assigning transparency to the material.
@Stickman698 The way you define transparency in X-Plane is through the texture. You can NOT take an opaquely textured object and make it look transparent in X-Plane.
@Stickman698 Normally, every object in X-Plane is textured. You usually don't see un-textured objects, and this is why it's a bit unconventional of you to ask if you can achieve transparent materials in X-Plane, because you're pretty much talking about un-textured objects... which is very uncommon. I think I tried this once, but I don't think it worked, because I don't think the export script acknowledges transparent materials.
Amazing! I've planning on making a plane in x-plane but I never knew how until now. Once again, thanks for all your efforts and your awesome tutorials!
hehe. you Dan you are awesome. even with my experience in 3d modeling in lightwave, those first few tutorials on plane maker were a godsend. and really inspired me to take the next steps, ya know, so thank u for putting up the tutorials and continuing your effort to better the x-plane development communities.
Wouldn't it have been better if you assigned a semi-transparent material to the sideslip indicator in Blender, rather than mapping it to a cockpit texture?
Stickman698 5 months ago in playlist Using Blender with PlaneMaker
@Stickman698 Well, semi-transparent materials work in Blender, but they don't translate to X-Plane the same way. X-Plane does require semi-transparency to be expressed on the texture. You have control over whether you wish to override the texture's transparency (make it opaque), or cut it off at a certain Alpha value... but you cannot make a non-transparent texture show up transparent in X-Plane by assigning transparency to the material.
danklaue 5 months ago
@danklaue So, I can't use a material made within Blender and assigned a transparency factor?
Stickman698 5 months ago
@Stickman698 The way you define transparency in X-Plane is through the texture. You can NOT take an opaquely textured object and make it look transparent in X-Plane.
danklaue 5 months ago
@danklaue I got that, but I asked if it can be done through Blender's internal material system?
Stickman698 5 months ago
@Stickman698 Normally, every object in X-Plane is textured. You usually don't see un-textured objects, and this is why it's a bit unconventional of you to ask if you can achieve transparent materials in X-Plane, because you're pretty much talking about un-textured objects... which is very uncommon. I think I tried this once, but I don't think it worked, because I don't think the export script acknowledges transparent materials.
danklaue 5 months ago
@danklaue Okay, thanks.
Stickman698 5 months ago
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PureT3x4n 1 year ago
bloody. fantastic. Thanks very much Danklaue, I'm going to watch all your tutorials now!
jsd23 2 years ago
Amazing! I've planning on making a plane in x-plane but I never knew how until now. Once again, thanks for all your efforts and your awesome tutorials!
connornashcom 2 years ago
Jackal hungers for more Tutorials. hehe.
volatilisjackal 2 years ago
hehe. you Dan you are awesome. even with my experience in 3d modeling in lightwave, those first few tutorials on plane maker were a godsend. and really inspired me to take the next steps, ya know, so thank u for putting up the tutorials and continuing your effort to better the x-plane development communities.
volatilisjackal 2 years ago