Cold thermal for non rvmat textures

[[aps]gnat 28]

Hi all,

Looking for a simple way to have any vehicle textures that don't use RVMATs, to be cold and stay cold for Thermal imaging.

Currently any vehicle model that doesn't have the RVMAT / StageTI setup for each and every texture, "glows" Thermally when it starts the engine and move.

ie, problem is I have an old model with a dozen small non ArmA textures and each texture becomes a Thermal hot-spot. I really want them to just be cold.

[[aps]gnat 28]

Solution, but not bypassing the need for an RVMAT

Make an "General.rvmat" file that only contains;

class StageTI
{
texture="MyAddon\tex\General_ti_ca.paa";
};

General_ti_ca.paa is a file with all RGB layers as black.

Then in O2 on every face you want to remain cold, in "Material" place;

MyAddon\tex\General.rvmat

[soul_assassin 1750]

you can also use:

texture = "#(argb,8,8,3)color(0.5,0,0,0,TI)";

or variations thereof

[[aps]gnat 28]

OK, thanks SA