ALHAMODE Error

[bigsofty]

Outa town at the mo... will post a couple of screenies when I get back...
...hmmm, you cant attach images here... better find a host...

[Kitty Hello]

Imageshack

[bigsofty]

Z buffer off, Alpha on


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v160/tidles666/part_z_off.jpg

Z on, Alpha on


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v160/tidles666/part_alpha.jpg

Z on, No Alpha


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v160/tidles666/part_noblend.jpg

[mikiex]

Opps sorry I've not been about.

If your going for an glowy explosion type effect you would want to use additive blending with no Z write. If the particles are additive it doesnt matter how they sort.

[bigsofty]

There all actually additive, I use my own openGL blending inline commands. Anything dependant on the the ZBuffer for blending has this problem unfortunately... this covers a LOT of the blending modes when in 3D.