Author Topic: How to make transparent chassis? (Read 4154 times)

hkwh · « **on:** November 12, 2008, 01:03:39 PM »

this AI bot is cool, its chassis is tranparent, can see inside wires and stuff, how can i do it?

Reier · « **Reply #1 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:

Naryar · « **Reply #2 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.

roboman2444 · « **Reply #3 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.

Somebody · « **Reply #4 on:** April 04, 2009, 07:13:56 PM »

See: Lethal Force in the Starcore packs.

System32 · « **Reply #5 on:** April 04, 2009, 07:19:27 PM »

Nice bump. You helped an already answered question.

russian roulette · « **Reply #6 on:** April 04, 2009, 09:35:06 PM »

system burned you!!!!!!!!!!!!.
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Naryar · « **Reply #7 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.

Condor33 · « **Reply #8 on:** September 30, 2009, 01:37:03 PM »

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

Hydro · « **Reply #9 on:** September 30, 2009, 02:14:27 PM »

The Hydro senses a spambot...

Natef · « **Reply #10 on:** September 30, 2009, 06:32:16 PM »

Quote from: Condor33;69746

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.

JoeBlo · « **Reply #11 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

Wolfsbane · « **Reply #12 on:** March 12, 2011, 05:24:08 PM »

can u try to fix it?

Reier · « **Reply #13 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.

Kujii · « **Reply #14 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.

Jack Daniels · « **Reply #15 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

JoeBlo · « **Reply #16 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

kill343gs · « **Reply #17 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...

JoeBlo · « **Reply #18 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

kill343gs · « **Reply #19 on:** April 14, 2011, 10:36:14 AM »

I did not read the next page. Welp...