Ase Material Transparency Issue

[William Denniss]

Hi,

I am trying to load a model with transparency and having problems.  The problem is not the alpha - that part is working fine and I can see bits of the underlying model - but my Diffuse map isn't shown, instead it's just white where the texture should be.

This is a snippet of my ase file:

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*MATERIAL 1 {             *MATERIAL_NAME "Material #2"             *MATERIAL_CLASS "Standard"             *MATERIAL_AMBIENT 0.5880      0.5880      0.5880             *MATERIAL_DIFFUSE 0.5880      0.5880      0.5880             *MATERIAL_SPECULAR 0.9000      0.9000      0.9000             *MATERIAL_SHINE 0.1000             *MATERIAL_SHINESTRENGTH 0.0000             *MATERIAL_TRANSPARENCY 0.0000             *MATERIAL_WIRESIZE 1.0000             *MATERIAL_SHADING Blinn             *MATERIAL_XP_FALLOFF 0.0000             *MATERIAL_SELFILLUM 0.0000             *MATERIAL_FALLOFF In             *MATERIAL_XP_TYPE Filter             *MAP_DIFFUSE {                   *MAP_NAME "Map #0"                   *MAP_CLASS "Bitmap"                   *MAP_SUBNO 1                   *MAP_AMOUNT 1.0000                   *BITMAP "rustycan.jpg"                   *MAP_TYPE Screen                   *UVW_U_OFFSET 0.0000                   *UVW_V_OFFSET 0.0000                   *UVW_U_TILING 1.0000                   *UVW_V_TILING 1.0000                   *UVW_ANGLE 0.0000                   *UVW_BLUR 1.0000                   *UVW_BLUR_OFFSET 0.0000                   *UVW_NOUSE_AMT 1.0000                   *UVW_NOISE_SIZE 1.0000                   *UVW_NOISE_LEVEL 1                   *UVW_NOISE_PHASE 0.0000                   *BITMAP_FILTER Pyramidal             }             *MAP_OPACITY {                   *MAP_NAME "Map #1"                   *MAP_CLASS "Bitmap"                   *MAP_SUBNO 6                   *MAP_AMOUNT 1.0000                   *BITMAP "tred.png"                   *MAP_TYPE Screen                   *UVW_U_OFFSET 0.0000                   *UVW_V_OFFSET 0.0000                   *UVW_U_TILING 1.0000                   *UVW_V_TILING 1.0000                   *UVW_ANGLE 0.0000                   *UVW_BLUR 1.0000                   *UVW_BLUR_OFFSET 0.0000                   *UVW_NOUSE_AMT 1.0000                   *UVW_NOISE_SIZE 1.0000                   *UVW_NOISE_LEVEL 1                   *UVW_NOISE_PHASE 0.0000                   *BITMAP_FILTER Pyramidal             }       }

Here is a screenshot:


Any thoughts?

Will.

[William Denniss]

*bump*

Any ideas?  Is anyone using transparent textures with the Ase loader?

Have I exported somthing incorrectly?

Wil.

[Preston]

*bump*

Any ideas?  Is anyone using transparent textures with the Ase loader?

Have I exported somthing incorrectly?

Unfortunately I can't help yet. I'm about to do something similar with my Lightwave import and maybe I'll experience a similar problem...

Btw how did you solve that normal generator problem, which in Java3d is being solved by com.sun.j3d.utils.geometry.NormalGenerator ?
This I haven't solved entirely yet (I am no Math champ).

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[William Denniss]

Good luck with your lightwave import.

For my Normal generation, I am using the "calculateFaceNormals()" method of TriangleArray for my terrain, and just exporting normals as part of the ASE file from MAX - it adds to the file size but I can tollerate that.

Cheers,

Will.

[Preston]

Good luck with your lightwave import.

Thanks, I need luck for this. :)

For my Normal generation, I am using the "calculateFaceNormals()" method of TriangleArray for my terrain, and just exporting normals as part of the ASE file from MAX :) - it adds to the file size but I can tollerate that.

Well, that's clever. Wished I could do this too for LW. But AFAIK the format doesn't support this.

Sorry for going off-topic in your thread. In case I'm going to see a similar problem to yours and see a solution I'll come back. :-)