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daily bump till answer if will be integrated, and if not reasons why. Works after a very small change to the material, since definitions changed a little. (also int the testcase one texture changed from png to jpg)

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It’s added in last SVN, thanks for the contribution @phate666



I added a check for the TextureArray capability in the test case that throw an UnsupportedOperationException, since it’s a ogl3.0 feature.



Also I put the UnshadedArray material files in the test repo only.





BTW do you know if there is a limitation on how many textures you can send to the GPU like this?

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is there any chance for a ShadedArray.j3md?

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Well yes, it just depends on if anyone writes it.

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Hi,



How can I add textures with alpha channel? It seems that doesn’t work with the following code:



[java]

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mat = new Material(assetManager, “Textures/UnshadedArray.j3md”);

Texture tex0 = assetManager.loadTexture(“Materials/Glass.png”);



List<Image> images = new ArrayList<Image>();

images.add(tex0.getImage());



TextureArray tex = new TextureArray(images);

mat.setTexture(“ColorMap”, tex);

mat.getAdditionalRenderState().setBlendMode(BlendMode.Alpha);

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[/java]

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I guess the shader(fragment) is just ignoring alpha values

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ok but how can I add alphachannel-support to the fragmentshader?

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The fragment shader is in fact writing the alpha value from the texture into the pixel. Something else must be wrong …

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Ok i built a custom mesh here is my code:



[java]



//First I set all buffers

FloatBuffer bufferpos = BufferUtils.createFloatBuffer(max_cubes_per_chunk * 24 * 3);

m.setBuffer(Type.Position, 3, bufferpos);



FloatBuffer buffertex = BufferUtils.createFloatBuffer(max_cubes_per_chunk * 24 * 3);

m.setBuffer(Type.TexCoord, 3, buffertex);



IntBuffer bufferind = BufferUtils.createIntBuffer(36 * max_cubes_per_chunk);

m.setBuffer(Type.Index, 1, bufferind);



FloatBuffer buffernorm = BufferUtils.createFloatBuffer(max_cubes_per_chunk * 24 * 3);

m.setBuffer(Type.Normal, 3, buffernorm);





VertexBuffer pvb, tvb, ivb, nvb;

FloatBuffer bufferVert, bufferTex, bufferNorm;

IntBuffer bufferInd;



//Get Meshbuffers

pvb = m.getBuffer(VertexBuffer.Type.Position);

tvb = m.getBuffer(VertexBuffer.Type.TexCoord);

ivb = m.getBuffer(VertexBuffer.Type.Index);

nvb = m.getBuffer(VertexBuffer.Type.Normal);



//Get DataBuffers from Meshbuffers

bufferVert = (FloatBuffer) pvb.getData();

bufferTex = (FloatBuffer) tvb.getData();

bufferInd = (IntBuffer) ivb.getData();

bufferNorm = (FloatBuffer) nvb.getData();



//Bufferreset

bufferVert.rewind();

bufferTex.rewind();

bufferNorm.rewind();

bufferInd.rewind();



//Then i write all datas (texcoords, vert, normals, indexes) to the buffers

//+ updating at the end

pvb.setUpdateNeeded();

tvb.setUpdateNeeded();

ivb.setUpdateNeeded();

nvb.setUpdateNeeded();



m.updateBound();

m.createCollisionData();





[/java]



It runs great but the textures with alphachannel are black boxes for example:





how can I solve that?

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Are thy in the Alpha queue bucket? (You need to have transparent objects in another queue than non transparent ones.

Also transparent boxes are not a perfect case for batching in a box world, since depending on case there is no right renderorder so taht all transparencies are correct)

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yes i have set the transparency bucketmode



[java]m.setQueueBucket(Bucket.Transparent);[/java]



should i build a new custom mesh only for transparent boxes?



so there is no way to handle transparent and solid blocks in one mesh?

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Forgive me if this has been covered already, but what makes the background of your screen shot blue? Do you have a sky or have you set the viewport’s background color?

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I have set the vieport’s backgroundcolor:



[java]viewPort.setBackgroundColor(new ColorRGBA(0.7f, 0.8f, 1f, 1f));[/java]

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Also the blend mode of your material must be Alpha

material.getAdditionalRenderState().setBlendMode(Blend.alpha);

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I have already set the blend mode to alpha but it has no effect



[java]mat = new Material(assetManager, "Textures/UnshadedArray.j3md");

Texture tex0 = assetManager.loadTexture("Materials/Glass.png");



List<Image> images = new ArrayList<Image>();

images.add(tex0.getImage());



TextureArray tex = new TextureArray(images);

mat.setTexture("ColorMap", tex);

mat.getAdditionalRenderState().setBlendMode(BlendMode.Alpha);[/java]

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It works!



I only have to add an alphachannel to all my textures.







thx for your help