3D [SOLVED] (GMS 1.4) 3D Translucent textures

[marasovec]

When I look from one side (upper pic)
When I look from the other side (bottom pic)

Is there a way to fix it?

 

[zendraw]

is this 3d?

 

[marasovec]

@zendraw Yes it is
Those are 2 blocks with the same depth and translucent textures

 

[zendraw]

@zendraw Yes it is
Those are 2 blocks with the same depth and translucent textures

yeah i saw, but after i posted. anyway 3d and depths and transparency in gms1 is bad and bizzare.

 

[marasovec]

Well then I guess I'll have to turn off d3d_set_hidden. It looks like the upper pic but at least it looks equally from both sides

 

[Binsk]

It's not aGM issue. It's a common issue for any 3d rendering because of how the depth buffer works.

GameMaker uses forward rendering which means you will only be able to see the stuff BEHIND a translucent object if it is drawn first.

This is why it works one way and not the other. Disabling hidden just disables writing to the depth buffer, which will allow seeing the objects from both sides but one will be incorrectly drawn in front of the other.

Translucent objects are a complicated subject and unless you are willing to write some complicated rendering pipeline stuff I would use translucency as little as possible.

 

[marasovec]

So, I made a script that solved my problem. I need to use more objects but it works. It basically disables sides that touch other walls

Spoiler: Code

global.layer = 0;
for(var l = -6; l < 100; l++)
    {
    global.layer = l*8;
 
    instance_activate_object(obj_water);
    with(obj_water)
        {
        if z != global.layer instance_deactivate_object(id);
        }
 
    with(obj_water)
        {
        side1active = true;
        side2active = true;
        side3active = true;
        side4active = true;
     
        for(var i = 0; i < image_yscale; i++)
            {
            if collision_point(x-4, y+4+(i*8), obj_water, false, true)
                side4active = false;
            if collision_point(x+4+(image_xscale*8), y+4+(i*8), obj_water, false, true)
                side2active = false;
            }
        for(var i = 0; i < image_xscale; i++)
            {
            if collision_point(x+4+(i*8), y-4, obj_water, false, true)
                side1active = false;
            if collision_point(x+4+(i*8), y+4+(image_yscale*8), obj_water, false, true)
                side3active = false;
            }
        }
    }
instance_activate_object(obj_water);

Spoiler: Result