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From: jamin1@psu.edu (Jamin Frederick)
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Subject: Re: Translucency levels (transparent TMD's)
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 21:43:22 GMT
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You could keep the translucency level constant, but just stick a texture on 
the TMD and change the intensity of the texture by manipulating the palette 
entries.  I have a lib that will let you change the palette entries available 
soon.


Jamin


In article <3556c410.476415@news.playstation.co.uk>, Byron@snsys.com (Byron 
Atkinson-Jones) wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Got my Yaroze on Friday and converted a 2-D game of mine into 3-D as a
>learining exercise using the tutorial by Passmore (excellent tutorial
>- well recommended!!!).
>
>I came to a point where I wanted to dynamically change the
>translucency level of my TMD's. On the pro development system I could
>do this with sprites by changing the brightness levels (r,g,b) but how
>do I do this with a TMD. I am guessing that I have to hack into the
>TMD structure directly....
>
>Anyone know how to do this?
>
>Byron.
>
>