Trees FBX in Leadwerks vs Unity vs UDK etc

[domi]

what's the trick to get trees look right ?

[nick.ace]

Well, the 3D models are kind of dark, so it's hard to tell. A few general suggestions:

• Open the model in the model-editor. Press the Calculate Normals button under tools or something like that. Then use the Angular Threshold option. This gets the model to not be black (if it actually is black).
  
• For the leaves, make sure the compression of the leaves Texture is DXT5 or Uncompressed. Then, for the leaves Material, select the alphamask shader. There are a few to pick from. This will cause the leaves to have transparency in the textures.
  

You could also use this shader instead. This makes the leaves sway.

http://www.leadwerks.com/werkspace/files/file/471-animated-vegetation-shader/

[domi]

I had only partially luck

the leaves are not going well...

[TattieBoJangle]

You need to set the textures to DXT5 and set shader to alphamask

[nick.ace]

It looks like you are using Alpha blending, is this correct? What I meant by alphamask is that the shader should be an alphamask shader under the shader tab.

 

So,

http://www.leadwerks.com/werkspace/page/documentation/_/user-guide/material-editor-r8

 

Under the Properties tab, you set the blend mode to Solid. Under the shaders tab, you pick an alphamask shader or the one I gave you.

[domi]

thanks for helping

much appreciated at this late hour

 

I still have a strange alpha thing

 

Everything set as you suggest

I looked but all set to solid no alpha

[nick.ace]

Could you post the .mat file? You can literally copy/paste the .mat file, it's only a few lines long. Sometimes you have to play with some of the settings. I just want to see what settings you are using overall.

[shadmar]

Use blendmode solid and an alphamasking shader.

[Imchasinyou]

Properties tab, I have the following checked, cast shadows, Two sided, Depth test and Depth Mask with Blend Mode as solid.

Textures, all that are with the model assigned properly.

Shaders I have Diffuse+Normal+specular+alphamask assigned to the Shader slot and the Shadow+alphamask in the shadow slot.

 

Then set all your leaf textures to DTX5

[domi]

Imchasinyou, CHEERS FOR THAT

it works perfect now

[Imchasinyou]

Glad I could help out bud!