Glass or clear texture

PhannehPhanneh Join Date: 2003-10-29 Member: 22125Members, Constellation
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So, I'm trying to figure out the best way to make a clear or see through texture or if I should use a glass prop.

<img src="http://i.imgur.com/XJTLQ.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />
The idea is that once there is water actually implemented, I'll be able to put it into a holding tank that is being sterilized with UV light.

Right now I have the yellow and grey arrows as the texture just to get an idea of what it should look like.

I don't have any experience using photoshop or any other similar program. So, I'm unsure how difficult of a task that this would be.

Thanks guys.
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  • TigTig Join Date: 2010-05-08 Member: 71674Members, Reinforced - Shadow, WC 2013 - Silver
    right now, putting a transparent solid color .dds in the emissive section of your material file is the only way to accomplish this as a texture.

    <map type="emissive" value="materials/ns2_skyfalls/glass_blue_illum.dds" /> is the one i used for my blue glass in skyfalls. pm me if you need more help.

    Tig
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  • PhannehPhanneh Join Date: 2003-10-29 Member: 22125Members, Constellation
    For some reason I don't think my PMs are working. I can't see the ones that I've sent you.

    I don't really have any experience with textures, so that's a new realm for me. I also don't have photoshop or any other program to make textures. So, a quick tutorial would be awesome.
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  • TigTig Join Date: 2010-05-08 Member: 71674Members, Reinforced - Shadow, WC 2013 - Silver
    really sorry i let this go for so long, check the custom skyboxes link in my signature for tips on working with material files and custom textures. i think paint.net is free.
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  • LV426-ColonistLV426-Colonist Space Jockey Join Date: 2011-08-05 Member: 114269Members, Constellation
    Is this how the wall @ crevice on summit was created?

    I've been pondering the idea as well.
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  • ssjsonic1ssjsonic1 Join Date: 2012-03-13 Member: 148729Members
    I was just looking at summit recently in the editor. It appears that every use of glass (more than you realize) uses the rectangle glass prop. You can get clever with scaling and stretching / hiding corners to do a lot with the prop.
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