BVE: Transparency problems

[mfonda]

Just about this time last year a new WindowsXP computer, although very fast, was unable to handle ANY transparency issues. A couple of weeks ago my son found an old ASUS EAH4350 series video card, installed it, et voila, problem solved completely. I know that others have had similar video card problems. So a bit of experimentation should be tried. The latest is not always the best solution. Happy New Year to all. Martin
martinjfonda@hotmail.com http://web.ncf.ca/fb214/

[OBTS]

Martin,
Most transparency problems are due to images\textures used in CSV\B3D object files being too large (over 2048pixels wide or high), & by editors like the old Paint program and old JPG formats which are inherently sloppy as they distort\blend edge colors.

The old BVE2+BVE4 programs allowed for this sloppiness, however openBVE requires using a pure color for transparency (pure red, pure green, pure blue, etc).

If you give up using JPGs, converting to BMP, GIF, or PNG, not use images\textures larger than 2048pixels,
and edit images to insure pure transparent colors (usually pure blue or 0000FF hexidecimal),
this should solve most of your transparency issues, even on old XP systems.