Yet another transparency Flag

[Galactygon]

I've worked and played around with .vvc into the night, and here is what I have found:

 

If you open up the .vvc editor in DLTCEP, you see 4 transparency fields. If you enter the value 0x2 for the second transparency field from the left, you get a nice 'Colour Overlay' effect. What it does it changes the colour of the background on which the animation is played, to the colour of the animation.

 

So for example, a white animation played on a black one will look something halfway between white and black (which is grey).

 

It's really hard to describe, so I put up a screenshot of it. It's the bottom animation that I am talking about, while the top one uses the 'brighten' flag.

 

btw, It's the Globe of Invulnerability animation in Lost Crossroads, for those wondering what it is.

 

http://galactygon/blackwyrmlair.net/Baldr005.zip

 

-Galactygon

[Guest Guest_Avenger]

Anyone got a suggestion for the name of this bit?

[igi]

The igiBit ?

 

Blend, perhaps?

[Smoketest]

Which offset in the VVC is being referred to?

 

IESDP's info for offset 0x18 says:

 

Bit 0: Opaque (It actually says "Not Transparent" but I like Opaque better. )

Bit 8: Transparent

 

And the Tint at offset 0x1A says:

 

Bit 3: Dark

Bit 5: Bright

Bit 9: Red

 

(Bits 0-2,4,6-8,10-15 = unknown)

 

As for suggested names for Bit 1 (hex value 0x02), perhaps "Blend" or "Translucent".

[igi]

I belive it's about bit 10 or thereabouts, I havent actually checked thi yet.

 

Some of the names of bits could be more descriptive, I dont actually know what some of them do (this applies to all file types, not just VVC)

[Avenger]

Apparently you didn't notice the mirror bits

[igi]

I'm not sure the mirror bits are in the current IESDP. I do have a fairly hefty update ready, but I want to resolve a few moer threads before uploading it.