Thread: Directx weird alpha problems

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    Directx weird alpha problems

    Well I have had this problem times before and still don't know how to fix this. My alpha render states are setup like this:

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    device->SetRenderState(D3DRS_ALPHABLENDENABLE, true);
    device->SetRenderState(D3DRS_SRCBLEND, D3DBLEND_SRCALPHA);
    device->SetRenderState(D3DRS_DESTBLEND, D3DBLEND_INVSRCALPHA);
    
    device->SetTextureStageState(0, D3DTSS_ALPHAARG1, D3DTA_TEXTURE);
    device->SetTextureStageState(0, D3DTSS_ALPHAOP, D3DTOP_SELECTARG1);
    There are two main problems in this the fallowing picture.

    1) The point sprites show a very obvius blue square on the person model
    2) The point sprites sometimes form blue squares on top of each other

    I can fix problem 1 by drawing the point sprites last but I can't always do that. The second problem I got no clue with.


    sorry for pic not being in this topic (couldn't get the attachment manager to work)
    http://runehunter.byethost9.com/Alpha.png

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    if you don't plan on drawing anything after these point sprites, don't have them write to the depth buffer. That way they'll Z test against everything else in the scene, but not themselves.

    Most systems draw anything with alpha blending last to avoid the artifact you're seeing.

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    Ok ya I didn't notice the zwriteenable, I just knew about the zenable. Everything for the most part works now, just gotta redo a few things to make them work. Thanks.

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    Also if you don't want to sort your billboards then you can do alpha testing. Most cards support this now and it's quite handy for simple objects.

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