Metal baseplate decals - V1 released!

unpossible · Post by **unpossible** » 20 Jun 2006, 12:52

This replaces the decals used under the factories in AA with metal ones. Doesn't cause desynchs

props to Noize for helping get it releasable!

linky
http://www.fileuniverse.com/?p=showitem&ID=3625

here are some replacement baseplates i've made for AA

and they even overlap/tile nicely

Rayden · Post by **Rayden** » 20 Jun 2006, 13:19

how can transparency help to make them less ugly?

unpossible · Post by **unpossible** » 20 Jun 2006, 13:32

getting rid of the square edges, allowing them to fit the factories better. am i not using the correct lingo? alpha channel?

edit: here's a proof of concept

not being able to get rid of the corners bothers me as they look a bit silly. the white is me attempting to add transparency to the edges and failing

NOiZE · Post by **NOiZE** » 20 Jun 2006, 13:40

well how did they made those scars transparant, go take a look @ them, it might work....

i dunno, but it could

unpossible · Post by **unpossible** » 20 Jun 2006, 13:43

NOiZE wrote:well how did they made those scars transparant, go take a look @ them, it might work....

i dunno, but it could

they're bitmaps...but only black and transparent as far as i can tell

where is the configuration info for the explosions/scars? ie what tells the engine to use the particular scars? is it all automatic or does a nuke have a different scar to a bertha shot?

unpossible · Post by **unpossible** » 20 Jun 2006, 14:07

looks like there's no transparency support as of yet:
http://taspring.clan-sy.com/phpbb/viewt ... ght=decals

NOiZE · Post by **NOiZE** » 20 Jun 2006, 15:45

well someone.....

esteroth12 · Post by **esteroth12** » 20 Jun 2006, 16:21

NOiZE wrote:well someone.....

make a patch?

Post by SJ » 20 Jun 2006, 19:08

It already supports transparency in alpha channel just fine

SinbadEV · Post by **SinbadEV** » 20 Jun 2006, 19:34

does it support tga?

smoth · Post by **smoth** » 20 Jun 2006, 21:04

Supports tgas and YEAH it does support transparencies.

Masse · Post by **Masse** » 20 Jun 2006, 21:05

goodie

smoth · Post by **smoth** » 20 Jun 2006, 21:40

^is a TGA

Unpossible, BMPS only support transparencies at 32bpp format.

Zoombie · Post by **Zoombie** » 20 Jun 2006, 21:41

That is a cool looking building.

SinbadEV · Post by **SinbadEV** » 20 Jun 2006, 21:48

dose it work on mobile units? like could it be used for worksign or whatever?

unpossible · Post by **unpossible** » 20 Jun 2006, 22:19

OH, AWESOMENESS!!!!1111111
i was trying to stick to the dds format as that was the only one i'd seen used :)

I LOVE YOU!!!

Gnomre · Post by **Gnomre** » 20 Jun 2006, 22:42

SinbadEV wrote:dose it work on mobile units? like could it be used for worksign or whatever?

No

SinbadEV · Post by **SinbadEV** » 20 Jun 2006, 22:43

Gnome wrote:
SinbadEV wrote:dose it work on mobile units? like could it be used for worksign or whatever?
No

unpossible · Post by **unpossible** » 21 Jun 2006, 00:31

this is working much better now:

any thoughts?

NOiZE · Post by **NOiZE** » 21 Jun 2006, 08:41

Looks pretty good! Nice job

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Metal baseplate decals - V1 released!

Metal baseplate decals - V1 released!