billboard transparency question (the "ghost" effect)

[WaxyChicken]

I used Tutorial 6 to see how to have the transparency color of a billboard automatically determined by a specific pixel using
driver->makeColorKeyTexture(Texture, position2d<s32>(0,0));
so that my texturer can have an easier time with the images.

but i'm having an issue with the Transparent_Add_Color causing the solid parts to appear translucent.

for example:

billboard image


in game & editer:


how do i make the leaves solid instead of ghostly?
(i have a feeling it's right in front of my face...
just like - i posted this message 2 hours ago but forgot to hit the SUBMIT
time for some SLEEP!)

[Lonesome Ducky]

TRANSPARENT_ADD_COLOR adds the color of the texture to the framebuffer. So instead of any part being solid, it's all transparent since every pixel regardless of color is being added to the colors already in the framebuffer. You'll need to add an alpha channel to your texture and use either TRANSPARENT_ALPHA_CHANNEL_REF or TRANSPARENT_ALPHA_CHANNEL to get what you want. TRANSPARENT_ALPHA_CHANNEL_REF would be best in your case

[WaxyChicken]

Thanks, Ducky.
That has my templates working perfectly.
My art team should be able to run with this and turn this "working" into "Pretty".
(sorry for the thank-you delay, i had some 12-hour shifts to get through at work)

[hybrid]

You can get a better fade out at the edges by lowering the MaterialTypeParam to e.g. 0.5f or even lower.