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Robot Arena => Discussion => Topic started by: hkwh on November 12, 2008, 01:03:39 PM

Title: How to make transparent chassis?
Post by: hkwh on November 12, 2008, 01:03:39 PM: (http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c206/woohoi/trans.jpg)
this AI bot is cool, its chassis is tranparent, can see inside wires and stuff, how can i do it?
Title: How to make transparent chassis?
Post by: Reier on November 12, 2008, 01:07:23 PM: It's a a bunch of cheat components. Get it in your bot lab and look at it.
The real chassis is right here:

(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/70569trans2.PNG)
Title: How to make transparent chassis?
Post by: Naryar on November 12, 2008, 01:20:44 PM: LOL.

Hkhw, you simply CAN'T make the chassis transparent, but you can skin it/add custom components to give the illusion it is transparent.
Title: How to make transparent chassis?
Post by: roboman2444 on April 04, 2009, 07:10:48 PM: You can skin it so it looks like it has the components underneath it. Just use something like GIMP to do it.
Title: How to make transparent chassis?
Post by: Somebody on April 04, 2009, 07:13:56 PM: See: Lethal Force in the Starcore packs.
Title: How to make transparent chassis?
Post by: System32 on April 04, 2009, 07:19:27 PM: Nice bump. You helped an already answered question.
Title: How to make transparent chassis?
Post by: russian roulette on April 04, 2009, 09:35:06 PM: system burned you!!!!!!!!!!!!.
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Title: How to make transparent chassis?
Post by: Naryar on April 05, 2009, 01:20:05 AM: Quote from: russian roulette;33017
system burned you!!!!!!!!!!!!.
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And he's going to burn you too if you continue acting stupidly.

I think.
Title: How to make transparent chassis?
Post by: Condor33 on September 30, 2009, 01:37:03 PM: :ban_smily:

Anyway, Lethal Force looks like crap IMO, so I dunno if that's really a great way to do this.
Title: How to make transparent chassis?
Post by: Hydro on September 30, 2009, 02:14:27 PM: The Hydro senses a spambot...
Title: How to make transparent chassis?
Post by: Natef on September 30, 2009, 06:32:16 PM: Quote from: Condor33;69746
:ban_smily:

Anyway, Lethal Force looks like crap IMO, so I dunno if that's really a great way to do this.

What about parts of Wedge Tracker. And Stratocaster.
Title: How to make transparent chassis?
Post by: JoeBlo on September 30, 2009, 09:33:57 PM: I actually made a 100% transparent BMP skin texture for RA2 but the BMP format was a later one (one RA2 couldn't handle) first time applying a texture has crashed my game :P
Title: Re: How to make transparent chassis?
Post by: Wolfsbane on March 12, 2011, 05:24:08 PM: can u try to fix it?
Title: Re: How to make transparent chassis?
Post by: Reier on March 12, 2011, 06:00:46 PM: Can't, you have to edit the .exe and you need a special code which we don't have.
Title: Re: How to make transparent chassis?
Post by: Kujii on April 14, 2011, 01:18:18 AM: Does anyone think they could make a transparent skin? Its something I'd use on a lot of my bots.
Title: Re: How to make transparent chassis?
Post by: Jack Daniels on April 14, 2011, 04:20:39 AM: Quote from: Kujii on April 14, 2011, 01:18:18 AM
Does anyone think they could make a transparent skin? Its something I'd use on a lot of my bots.

Well you can't technically make a transparent skin. But you can give the bot the illusion of being transparent. Like Kill343's Stratocaster.

Basically, if you take a screenshot of the bot while it is in the lab (while you are working on it and without the chassis visible) you can edit that that picture and use it for the final skin on the bot.

I.E. take a screenshot of the top, cut and paste it into the skin for the top of the bot.

If you find a pic of Stratocaster on the forum, you will get the idea.

Edit: https://gametechmods.com/RA2wiki/index.php?title=Stratocaster (https://gametechmods.com/RA2wiki/index.php?title=Stratocaster)
Title: Re: How to make transparent chassis?
Post by: JoeBlo on April 14, 2011, 06:11:39 AM: Quote from: Kujii on April 14, 2011, 01:18:18 AM
Does anyone think they could make a transparent skin? Its something I'd use on a lot of my bots.

Quote from: JoeBlo on September 30, 2009, 09:33:57 PM
I actually made a 100% transparent BMP skin texture for RA2 but the BMP format was a later one (one RA2 couldn't handle) first time applying a texture has crashed my game :P

RA2 cannot handle a photoshop BMP with Alpha channels :(
Title: Re: How to make transparent chassis?
Post by: kill343gs on April 14, 2011, 10:24:52 AM: Quote from: Kujii on April 14, 2011, 01:18:18 AM
Does anyone think they could make a transparent skin? Its something I'd use on a lot of my bots.

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Quote from: Reier on March 12, 2011, 06:00:46 PM
Can't, you have to edit the .exe and you need a special code which we don't have.

HOWEVER, what you CAN do is take a screenshot of the components inside the botlab from directly overhead, and then edit them into the robot's custom skin.

And I don't have a screenshot of Stratocaster on this computer, but if you check my stock showcase it is a good example of what using an image of the internals can look like.

EDIT: EVERYBODY JUST BEAT ME TO IT...
Title: Re: How to make transparent chassis?
Post by: JoeBlo on April 14, 2011, 10:34:07 AM: Quote from: kill343gs on April 14, 2011, 10:24:52 AM

EDIT: EVERYBODY JUST BEAT ME TO IT...

Just? by 4 and 6 hours ? :P
Title: Re: How to make transparent chassis?
Post by: kill343gs on April 14, 2011, 10:36:14 AM: I did not read the next page. Welp...
Title: Re: How to make transparent chassis?
Post by: Resetti's Replicas on April 14, 2011, 11:12:26 AM: In addition to the screenshot method, you can try adding some grey or white tint to give it that plasticy look. That's how I made Killerhurtz's skin.
Title: Re: How to make transparent chassis?
Post by: Jack Daniels on April 14, 2011, 02:32:53 PM: Quote from: JoeBlo on April 14, 2011, 10:34:07 AM
Quote from: kill343gs on April 14, 2011, 10:24:52 AM

EDIT: EVERYBODY JUST BEAT ME TO IT...

Just? by 4 and 6 hours ? :P

I feel bad now... Essentially, this question is THE KILL343GS question. No other question suits him better and we totally ruined his fun. :gawe:
Title: Re: How to make transparent chassis?
Post by: R0B0SH4RK on April 27, 2011, 10:52:49 PM: 13daybumplol

Anyways, Madiaba succeeded in creating an invisible chassis IIRC. However, since all baseplate components are invisible anyways outside of the botlab, everything attached directly to the chassis is invisible too.

See here: https://gametechmods.com/forums/index.php/topic,1951.15.html (https://gametechmods.com/forums/index.php/topic,1951.15.html)
Title: Re: How to make transparent chassis?
Post by: S.T.C. on April 27, 2011, 11:21:24 PM: 13 day bump?

There's a 2 year bump on the 1st page here.

BTW: Invisible chassis - epic.