color-key transparency

Hexblade · Post by **Hexblade** » Mon Oct 11, 2004 8:44 am

when trying to compile a bitmap using tool, it always compresses using color-key transparency.

even though i go into guerilla and change it to 'explicit alpha'

how can i fix this?

Numerical · Post by **Numerical** » Mon Oct 11, 2004 9:59 am

That's the default compression. You can't change it, it's just the way tool is programmed.

Hexblade · Post by **Hexblade** » Mon Oct 11, 2004 10:05 am

when i say

even though i go into guerilla and change it to 'explicit alpha'

HEY! YOU EDITED BEFORE I COULD REPLY

Hexblade · Post by **Hexblade** » Mon Oct 11, 2004 1:45 pm

i still need an answer - unless someone could be so kind as to bitmapify some files

SSDC · Post by **SSDC** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 1:02 am

Just out of interest why do you want it 'explicit alpha' ?

HMC Helljumper · Post by **HMC Helljumper** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 6:39 am

you can change it... you go into guerilla after you create the bitmap and then change the first drop down box under format i think and it will say cpmpress with explicit alpha channel or soemhting, then go back to tool and recompile it.

Hexblade · Post by **Hexblade** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 9:25 am

helljumper, i appreciate your help, but

i go into guerilla and change it to 'explicit alpha'

as for SSDC, im just following a tutorial - when i try to radiocitiese, it doesnt do anything - and i get the following error -

10.10.04 19:17:36 ### ERROR incompatible bitmap type in shader
10.10.04 19:17:36 ### ERROR incompatible bitmap type in shader
10.10.04 19:17:36 ### ERROR incompatible bitmap type in shader
10.10.04 19:17:36 ### ERROR incompatible bitmap type in shader
10.10.04 19:17:36 ### ERROR incompatible bitmap type in shader
10.10.04 19:17:36 ### ERROR incompatible bitmap type in shader
10.10.04 19:17:36 ### ERROR incompatible bitmap type in shader
10.10.04 19:17:36 ### ERROR incompatible bitmap type in shader
10.10.04 19:17:36 ### ERROR incompatible bitmap type in shader

(times that by a million)

incase you were wondering, yes i have made the shader

Hexblade · Post by **Hexblade** » Wed Oct 13, 2004 11:37 am

cmon - some hardcore mappers must have cum accross this...

Pie · Post by **Pie** » Wed Oct 13, 2004 1:01 pm

oh, hey...

there is a button called "show bitmaps" or soemthing if nothing shows up (liek it freezes) than your bitmap wont work (i think)

Hexblade · Post by **Hexblade** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 8:09 am

no shit

its just white - when i go into the aplha bit

Hexblade · Post by **Hexblade** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 8:10 am

oh yeah - someone told me that i need to create an aplha layer or something... how do you do this ?

Pie · Post by **Pie** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 12:42 pm

you dont NEED too, but it makes things better. making a ground texture with alpha map refer to Kirks tutorials because he does a nice job explaining it

Hexblade · Post by **Hexblade** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 9:16 am

omfg - i found out that its something to do with a sky i made... :@

Captain_Lag · Post by **Captain_Lag** » Sat Oct 16, 2004 1:40 pm

so put a defaut sky for now...do that last

Hexblade · Post by **Hexblade** » Sat Oct 16, 2004 2:11 pm

yep - thanks alot, but now its talking about bad UVW