gamophyte on 27/7/2014 at 02:12
I've tampered until my wrist hurts and have gotten no where close to what I need.
I want to know how to make DistantArt with alpha. With photoshop and Nvidia DDS plugin, I opened dds file "distcit.dds" in the sky texture family. I want to edit it with my distant buildings and save to new names DDS to keep same format and size. I really don't know what's going on with this file, and how it knows to alpha. I try to emulate but always get a black image with no detail in mission.
Inline Image:
http://i.imgur.com/foEVh8w.pngThe dip point is set low enough. And I just copies most of my sky settings so that I can get on with distant art. Is there a TUT that explains how to make your own distant art? I am afraid the nvidia dds plugin may not be saving the right dds file dromed needs in this case.
Any help is appreciated.
Ricebug on 31/7/2014 at 22:28
You'll note there is no alpha option for distant art. Are you trying to make the black areas transparent?
gamophyte on 1/8/2014 at 06:17
Quote Posted by Ricebug
You'll note there is no alpha option for distant art. Are you trying to make the black areas transparent?
That would be nice so I can control where the skyline of my city breaks to become sky. I think I may also need this effect if they are fogged to get a sense of volume.
... Also it would be cool if I knew what location in the sky these numbers meant. What are panels?
Ricebug on 1/8/2014 at 12:44
R Soul may need to jump in here, but "panels" are the actual pictures or graphic files of the artwork. I believe Thief needs two panels per side, and those are then repeated on all four axis.
I tried using alpha textures (transparent portions) on a perimeter of a mission. The bottom half was a mountain range; the upper half was alpha. I thought the sky would show through the alpha portion. It did not.
Then I tried the same thing using objects. Same thing. The sky would not show through the transparent part. It MIGHT work with skyboxes but I haven't tried it yet.
