Headlight textures

mtm2 and other sensible chat
Post Reply
N_Gage_18
Member
Posts: 498
Joined: Wed May 14, 2008 7:20 am
Location: Behind you

Headlight textures

Post by N_Gage_18 »

Heyo all, quick question. I recently ttied to make some new light textures for a project. I made the texture but when I brought it into Binedit it loaded the entire image with the background instead of just the light. I've looked for tutorials but couldn't find one. Maybe I'm just being a noob but can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong here?
Admin of the MTM2 Draggers facebook page, find it here!
https://m.facebook.com/groups/337032006 ... =bookmarks

Nat Gage (She/They, pls)
I used to be PM Customs but now I'm taking meds for that ;)
Mat-Allum
MTM2 Fanatic
Posts: 680
Joined: Thu Sep 04, 2003 1:48 pm

Re: Headlight textures

Post by Mat-Allum »

Are we talking about the texture that one would assign to the front corners of the truck, or the flat glowy texture used to simulate the glow of a lit headlight?
N_Gage_18
Member
Posts: 498
Joined: Wed May 14, 2008 7:20 am
Location: Behind you

Re: Headlight textures

Post by N_Gage_18 »

The one used to simulate the glow, sorry I didn't clarify.
Admin of the MTM2 Draggers facebook page, find it here!
https://m.facebook.com/groups/337032006 ... =bookmarks

Nat Gage (She/They, pls)
I used to be PM Customs but now I'm taking meds for that ;)
Mat-Allum
MTM2 Fanatic
Posts: 680
Joined: Thu Sep 04, 2003 1:48 pm

Re: Headlight textures

Post by Mat-Allum »

As I recall, the glow texture is drawn in mtm2 with an "additive" effect, which BINEdit's software renderer (?) doesn't support. This won't affect the final result - just go ahead and place the lights where you need them, and in the game they will have their border-free glow.

Edits: I assume you're talking about a truck project, using the built-in light system. If you're talking about something you're trying to assign as a "static" glow on a truck body or track prop, that poses a problem as mtm2 does not offer a "Transparent Additive" face type. But my guess is that's not your goal anyway.
N_Gage_18
Member
Posts: 498
Joined: Wed May 14, 2008 7:20 am
Location: Behind you

Re: Headlight textures

Post by N_Gage_18 »

Yeah, it's a truck. I'll try it out tonight or over the weekend. I'll try and get pics if it doesn't work
Admin of the MTM2 Draggers facebook page, find it here!
https://m.facebook.com/groups/337032006 ... =bookmarks

Nat Gage (She/They, pls)
I used to be PM Customs but now I'm taking meds for that ;)
Post Reply