Updated 9/16/16 Material Coding for Beginners! Glow, metal, transparent, more!

[Morgra]

Wow, thank you very much for this. I'll add this in my bookmarks for future reference, as i'm not really creating anything quite yet.

[Ruby1234]

Is it possible to make a glowing AND scrolling preset?

Yes, you just need to layer it accordingly... scroll > main > glow

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material EXAMPLEMAT
{
technique
{
pass
{
texture_unit
{
texture scroll.png
scroll_anim 1.0 1.0
}
}
pass
{
scene_blend alpha_blend
texture_unit
{
texture body.png
}
}
pass
{
scene_blend alpha_blend
emissive 1.0 1.0 1.0 1
texture_unit
{
texture glow.png
}
}
}
}

Wow, thank you very much for this. I'll add this in my bookmarks for future reference, as i'm not really creating anything quite yet.

My pleasure.
De rien.

[Vwang]

Is it possible to make a glowing AND scrolling preset?

Yes, you just need to layer it accordingly... scroll > main > glow

Code: [Select]

material EXAMPLEMAT
{
technique
{
pass
{
texture_unit
{
texture scroll.png
scroll_anim 1.0 1.0
}
}
pass
{
alpha_rejection greater equal 128
scene_blend alpha_blend
texture_unit
{
texture body.png
}
}
pass
{
alpha_rejection greater_equal 128
scene_blend alpha_blend
emissive 1.0 1.0 1.0 1
texture_unit
{
texture glow.png
}
}
}
}

Wow, thank you very much for this. I'll add this in my bookmarks for future reference, as i'm not really creating anything quite yet.

My pleasure.
De rien.

Can I have the full code? Or do I have to rebuild the whole entire code?

[Vwang]

HELPFUL
SO HELPFUL
OH MY GOSH I CANT BREATHEEEE

[Ruby1234]

Breathe, friend. xD
I'm glad you find this useful though.

[jackthealpha]

AAAA SO HELPFUL. +floof

*seeing this tutorial fills you with... determination. Enough determination to try another preset using something like this. (Not sure what character I'll make though...)

[jackthealpha]

Some of the pictures don't show up (I'm currently looking at transparent and semi-transparent and nothing's showing up)

[jackthealpha]

Ayyy, was trying out the ghost code, and for some reason it keeps on looking extremely bizarre. Think you could help? ;w; I can send you the files and code. I'd prefer it to be that the eyes and mouth are visible too, but it just doesn't seem to come out right. Using the canine model if that makes a difference, but it doesn't seem too. I purposefully put the code back to it's original state because I couldn't tell what part of it I was messing up, so I just put it make to normal.

[Ruby1234]

Some of the pictures don't show up (I'm currently looking at transparent and semi-transparent and nothing's showing up)

Yeah, tinypic was blocked on this site, so I need to redo some of the pictures. I'll fix them eventually.

Ayyy, was trying out the ghost code, and for some reason it keeps on looking extremely bizarre. Think you could help? ;w; I can send you the files and code. I'd prefer it to be that the eyes and mouth are visible too, but it just doesn't seem to come out right. Using the canine model if that makes a difference, but it doesn't seem too. I purposefully put the code back to it's original state because I couldn't tell what part of it I was messing up, so I just put it make to normal.

I'm not sure what you mean, could you code it how you did again and show a picture? Or code it how you did before and then PM me the files. Either way, I'll try and fix it up for you. cx

[jackthealpha]

Some of the pictures don't show up (I'm currently looking at transparent and semi-transparent and nothing's showing up)

Yeah, tinypic was blocked on this site, so I need to redo some of the pictures. I'll fix them eventually.

Ayyy, was trying out the ghost code, and for some reason it keeps on looking extremely bizarre. Think you could help? ;w; I can send you the files and code. I'd prefer it to be that the eyes and mouth are visible too, but it just doesn't seem to come out right. Using the canine model if that makes a difference, but it doesn't seem too. I purposefully put the code back to it's original state because I couldn't tell what part of it I was messing up, so I just put it make to normal.

I'm not sure what you mean, could you code it how you did again and show a picture? Or code it how you did before and then PM me the files. Either way, I'll try and fix it up for you. cx

Eh, sorry, I decided against it ^^" The preset looks fine without the ghost effect added to effect, so I won't put ya through the trouble on second thought. Thanks for offering, though! These tutorials are amazing <3