HafCoJoe Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 Hello! I've run into the issue where big portions of the .dds part texture files are "invisible" when showing up. I've sent a message to a SQUAD dev on this matter as well (though he hasn't checked his inbox haha). NOTE that this isn't a transparency issue. No matter how many times I merge images, these sections remain completely invisible.Here are three pictures explaining the issue*:Stock unedited .DDSThe red circled question mark shows where the invisible portion of the texture is. This section of the texture is supposed to be the top of the piece. It shows up in game, but is completely invisible when editing regardless of transparency.Highlighted .DDSThis snip shows where the invisible portion is. You can highlight it through similar color matching with a nearby part, but it appears as though there is no way to make it actually visible for editing.1000+ layer merge to remove transparencyStill transparent after merging 1000+ copies of the same image on top of each other, the invisible textures remain invisible. Is there any way to fix this!*I would imgur link it but the new embeds are straight trash regarding captionsAny help would be appreciated. Thanks for the read,- Avera9eJoe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somnambulist Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 You're in Photoshop, right? Open the channels pallet, turn off the alpha channel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoMrBond Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 (edited) Oh dear, that looks like the 100% transparency thing, which I've previously managed to do to myself a lot by flattening a texture with an alpha layer.I think you can select the transparency layer and fill just that layer with 100% black and the RGB layers should become visible again? (depending on how it's been applied)[Edit] This was in GIMP where applying the alpha mask (i.e. turning it into a regular layer) does very annoying things Edited April 29, 2015 by NoMrBond Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HafCoJoe Posted April 29, 2015 Author Share Posted April 29, 2015 You're in Photoshop, right? Open the channels pallet, turn off the alpha channel.Not Photoshop, Paint.net. I may end up installing photoshop for this reason. It appears paint.net doesn't have a "disable transparency" feature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HafCoJoe Posted April 29, 2015 Author Share Posted April 29, 2015 OMG OMGOMG ERMAGERDOMG I FOUND A PLUGIN THAT FIXES THIS!!! Sorry about the yelling but you would be surprised how wide my smile is right now .Thank you so much for mentioning "Alpha Channel" guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soggykavin Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 Uhh About This Can you Tell me More Details about How you Fixed the Tranparency Problem? As i have Experienced this and Could not find any Solution Than Buying a Photoshop I am Using Paint.net Rn And I have Searched "Alpha Channel" But i could not find any plug ins for this in paint.net Thank You Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CobaltWolf Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 1 hour ago, Soggykavin said: Uhh About This Can you Tell me More Details about How you Fixed the Tranparency Problem? As i have Experienced this and Could not find any Solution Than Buying a Photoshop I am Using Paint.net Rn And I have Searched "Alpha Channel" But i could not find any plug ins for this in paint.net Thank You GIMP also supports directly editing the alpha channel (which is used sometimes for transparency but really is an arbitrary data channel, in this case being used for specular data) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorDavinci Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 2 hours ago, Soggykavin said: Uhh About This Can you Tell me More Details about How you Fixed the Tranparency Problem? As i have Experienced this and Could not find any Solution Than Buying a Photoshop I am Using Paint.net Rn And I have Searched "Alpha Channel" But i could not find any plug ins for this in paint.net Thank You easy solution - in whatever image editor you are using that can edit tranparencies all you need to do is create a rectangle that is solid black that covers the whole image and then make the big black thing the background of the image done, you can see everything ... not complicated in the least You can also copy the whole image (ctrl A to select all, ctrl C to copy) then paste 5 to 10 copies of the image on top of one another, select all but one of those images and then flatten the selection into one layer .... stick that layer as the background, lock the layer and then get to work doing your thing on the top layer in the image ... you'll be editing the image as it is saved but have the 'denser' image underneath that lets you see the image below Those are two approaches and there are a couple more but the above should suit your purposes and the software you are using Hope this helps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soggykavin Posted July 14, 2018 Share Posted July 14, 2018 Thanks to both of You guys I managed to Get this Problem Sorted out I am really thankful As i have been finding the solution to this problem 24/7 and I never knew it was this simple to get this Problem Fixed,Now i feel like i should be much more clever The 2nd Solution is what i did Cause the 1st One was just to Dense, For What i am editing rn THANK YOU VERY MUCH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princedave Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 I have this issue also and the image is transparent i dont know what to do please helpp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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