Setting a General Alpha Value
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Is there a way to make every vertex that passes through the vertex pipeline have a certain alpha value, without using a vertex shader ?
My final goal is to have every mesh on the screen being 50% transparent
Is there a render state or some function that I can call to do this or am i going to have to iterate through the vertex buffer and set each vertex''s alpha value to the same thing ( ??? )
Could you multitexture, setting your render states to use the texture, a 1x1 texture with your alpha value, and ignore the vertex colors?
I don''t know if this is the answer, just an off the cuff suggestion...
I don''t know if this is the answer, just an off the cuff suggestion...
G''day!
Try setting your ALPHAARG1 to D3DTA_TFACTOR with ALPHAOP as SELECTARG1 (or if you already have some transparency, set OP to MODULATE and set ARG2 to whatever you want).
Then SetRenderState(D3DRS_TEXTUREFACTOR,D3DCOLOR_ARGB(alpha,0,0,0)
That should work.
Stay Casual,
Ken
Drunken Hyena
Try setting your ALPHAARG1 to D3DTA_TFACTOR with ALPHAOP as SELECTARG1 (or if you already have some transparency, set OP to MODULATE and set ARG2 to whatever you want).
Then SetRenderState(D3DRS_TEXTUREFACTOR,D3DCOLOR_ARGB(alpha,0,0,0)
That should work.
Stay Casual,
Ken
Drunken Hyena
You can also set per-vertex alpha in the diffuse component of the vertex's lighting. You then need to set D3DRS_ALPHAOP to D3DTOP_MODULATE, D3DRS_ALPHAARG1 to D3DTA_TEXTURE and D3DRS_ALPHAARG2 to D3DTA_DIFFUSE if you have a texturea alpha, otherwise set D3DRS_ALPHAOP to D3DTOP_SELECTARG1 and D3DRS_ALPHAARG1 to D3DTA_DIFFUSE.
Edited by - furby100 on June 29, 2001 9:27:24 AM
Edited by - furby100 on June 29, 2001 9:27:24 AM
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