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afecelis

Hi guys!

I've been playing around with blitz3d lately and I've found the b3d format to be very interesting for its ability to load everything in a single file. Deled's b3d exporter is working nicely but transparency is not properly exported.
scene in the editor:

scene in blitz:(lightmaps ok, but no transparency for the glass)

b3d file exported from Giles(transparency ok):

anyone else has had any experience with this?
thanks!
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Jeroen · Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 5:35 am Post subject:

Don't know about the transparency, but aren't the colors on the floor in the gile[s] export a little too bright? The window glass seems rather dark, so light shining through it should be dimmed. Oh well, never mind really, don't want to hack your topic here. Laughing

afecelis · Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 11:58 am Post subject:

yup I know Wink

Some settings are exaggerated there a bit for testing purposes. I just wanted to grab PJ's attention to see if he knew anything regarding to transparency in exported b3d files Very Happy

Paul-Jan · Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 12:01 pm Post subject:

Afeclis: Thanks for reporting this B3D plugin issue! The plugin is actually a bit older than DeleD's own support for transparency, so this has probably never been tested properly. I will give the exporter a spin and see if I can fix it.

afecelis · Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 12:04 pm Post subject:

great PJ! Thanks for looking at it. The b3d plugin can't be in better hands Wink

Let me know if you need scenes or files for testing purposes.

Paul-Jan · Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 1:14 pm Post subject:

Thanks!

As expected, the plugin didn't do a thing with transparency. I just quickfixed this. Screenshot:

I also changed the default TextureBlend so Blitz3D's dynamic lights now affect the scene as well (this has been requested a lot). I am now rewriting the export-solid-color-as-texture code to output TGA's (used to write BMP's), allowing for transparent solid-color materials as well. New version will probably be online later today.

afecelis · Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 2:08 pm Post subject:

whoa! that was fast! thanks for the good news PJ! Wink

looking forward to trying out the new version Very Happy

mappy · Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 4:08 pm Post subject:

Yep thank both of you Very Happy

I Will download the next plugin version as well !
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afecelis · Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 6:02 pm Post subject:

The new plugin is working great! Very Happy

Thanks PJ. I'll report any other stuff I may run into.

wayneg · Member Joined: 05 Apr 2006 Posts: 5

Great, just got the new plugin checking it out.

Paul-Jan · Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 6:26 pm Post subject:

Good to hear it is working out. Keep us posted guys! Smile