Thread: Alpha-Blending Texture - DX9

Well, im trying to alphablend a texture.. which is attached to this post, basically, what im trying to do is:

Make the green transparent
Make the grey translucent
Make the black opaque

So far ive managed to make the green transparent and make the grey AND black translucent..

Heres the code i used to set the texture stages:

Code:

g_Device->SetTextureStageState(0, D3DTSS_ALPHAOP, D3DTOP_MODULATE);
g_Device->SetTextureStageState(0, D3DTSS_ALPHAARG1, D3DTA_TEXTURE);
g_Device->SetTextureStageState(0, D3DTSS_ALPHAARG2, D3DTA_DIFFUSE);

Im trying to figure out how to make only the black opaque.. any help would be appreciated

I also attached a picture of what it currently looks like...

What and where are your alpha values in that texture? Are they only on the grey part?

Code:

Device->SetRenderState(D3DRS_SRCBLEND,D3DBLEND_SRCALPHA);
Device->SetRenderState(D3DRS_DESTBLEND,D3DBLEND_INVSRCALPHA);
Device->SetTextureStageState(<stage>,D3DTSS_ALPHAARG1,D3DTA_TEXTURE);

Black=transparent
Grey=50 % transparent
White=opaque

I think it's easier than using other colors for transparency.

But you must have an alpha channel.

Here is how to create one from a BMP:

1. Start DXTex or the DirectX Texture Tool.
2. Load your bmp or your picture. DXTex supports several formats
3. Change surface format to A8R8G8B8.
4. File->Load onto alpha channel of this surface->Select your greyscale bmp which is your alpha channel bmp.
5. View the preview to see if it looks good
6. Purple is the default transparent color - all purple shaded areas are see-through areas - the transparency is determined by the purple shade.
7. Save new file as DDS file.
8. Load DDS file using D3DXCreateTextureFromFile();


If you are only loading a 24-bit image then there is no way to take the alpha from the alpha channel of the image since one does not exist. By default Direct3D takes the alpha value from the material source, but this will cause your whole image to use that alpha which is not what you want.

Here is an example of one of my sun flare textures. The first one is the actual bmp and the second one is the alpha channel.

And now the alpha.