[General] tga image with alpha

[sentrywiz]

Title says it all. I'm trying to import a tga with an alpha and nothing seems to work. I have a .png image which has an alpha and i want to use it as an icon inside wc3, but i can't seem to find a way to make it work. any ideas?

 

[Wietlol]

Icons cant have an alpha channel.
If they do, it will display either black or green.

 

[A Void]

.png is not .tga. Convert .png to .tga or .blp and import it. Don't listen to Wietlol, Alpha channel works for any textures including icons.

 

[Wietlol]

It works for textures but not for icons.

 

[Avahor]

It works for textures but not for icons.

It works for icons.

 

[sentrywiz]

.png is not .tga. Convert .png to .tga or .blp and import it. Don't listen to Wietlol, Alpha channel works for any textures including icons.

I did exactly that, but it didn't work. I tried both .tga and .blp, but both display as either white or black ingame.

I tried with these two images:

 

[Wietlol]

Are you sure that you used the right path?

 

[Dr Super Good]

0017.png is not supported as its dimensions (420*420) are not a power of 2.

Attached is a blp version of agt_update_misc_256.png to try. Although not tested, I see no reason for it to not work.

 

[sentrywiz]

Are you sure that you used the right path?

For .tga i don't use a path.

0017.png is not supported as its dimensions (420*420) are not a power of 2.

Attached is a blp version of agt_update_misc_256.png to try. Although not tested, I see no reason for it to not work.

I'll give it a go. is there a path i should change to?

EDIT:

Tried it without a path. here are the results:



It looks good before i place it, but after i place it it has black all around it.
Note that I am using IconBase.mdl as the model file on the destructible.

 

[Dr Super Good]

Does that model support alpha?

 

[Wietlol]

For .tga i don't use a path.

-_- nothing more to say.

Btw, I recommend you to just use an image and not a destructable.

 

[sentrywiz]

-_- nothing more to say.

Btw, I recommend you to just use an image and not a destructable.

So you're saying that .tga without a path is the problem? I've seen other maps from which I have learned how to do what I am doing right now and neither of them use a path for .tga

And this is an image, just attached to a destructible with model IconBase.mdl and its texture replaced by the image.

Does that model support alpha?

No idea. how to check?

 

[Dr Super Good]

No idea. how to check?

Try it with a known working alpha texture. For example, some unit texture.

 

[Wietlol]

So you're saying that .tga without a path is the problem?

No, I'm saying that you have 0 idea of what I am talking about.
Every file added to the game has a specific path.
In the import manager, you can change the path of the file to be of more use or fix problems that occur in the path.

That is a file's path.

 

[A Void]

Your model has no transparency set. This is likely the issue, just give us the model and we'll fix it.. Since writing is of no use.

 

[sentrywiz]

your model has no transparency set. This is likely the issue, just give us the model and we'll fix it.. Since writing is of no use.

View attachment IconBase.mdx

 

[A Void]

Here you go.

 

[sentrywiz]

Here you go.

Thanks! Will test and post feedback if it works.