Damage Textures and HiddenSelections

[Kydoimos 915]

Hiya guys,

 

Was curious to know if anyone might be able to give some advice on a little problem relating to hiddenselections and damage textures. Now, I have a computer screen which correctly shows as damaged when it is hit. I also wanted to add the same screen as a hiddenselection, so it could be emissive and users could change its texture. However, when I add the hiddenselection, it overwrites the damage textures. So, essentially, I can get the damage textures working, and the hiddenselections - but not together! Does anyone know where I'm going wrong? The config is below.

 

Maybe I need to add a new transparent plane, positioned just in front of the screen, for the damage texture switch? But if that works, is that really the only way to do it?

 

Thanks all! Hugely appreciate any help - as always! :D

 

EDIT: If anyone is stumped by a similar issue, it can be fixed by inserting an overlaying, transparent plane. Looks like hiddenselections will overwrite areas that are shared with the damage textures.

class Portable_GCS_Base_F : Portable_GCS_F
	{
		author = "Kydoimos";
		editorCategory = "EdCat_Things";
		editorSubcategory = "EdSubcat_Military";
		displayName = "GCS";
		icon="iconObject_1x1";
		mapSize=2;
		scope = 2;
		_generalMacro = "Portable_GCS_F";
		model = "\data\objects\gcs\portable_GCS.p3d";
		vehicleClass = "military";
		hiddenSelections[] = {"screen_01", "screen_02", "screen_03"};
		hiddenSelectionsMaterials[]={"\data\objects\GCS\GCS_01.rvmat"};
		hiddenSelectionsTextures[]={"\data\objects\GCS\GCS_01_co.paa"};

		class HitPoints : Hitpoints
		{

			class Screen_01 : Screen_01 
  			{ 
   				armor = 0.1; 
   				material = -1; 
   				name = "Screen_01"; 
   				visual = "Screen_01"; 
   				passThrough = 0;
				explosionShielding = 0.4;
				radius = 0.25; 
  			}; 
  
			class Screen_02 : Screen_02
  			{ 
   				armor = 0.1; 
   				material = -1; 
   				name = "Screen_02"; 
   				visual = "Screen_02"; 
   				passThrough = 0; 
				explosionShielding = 0.1;
				radius = 0.25; 
  			}; 

			class Screen_03 : Screen_03
  			{ 
   				armor = 0.1; 
   				material = -1; 
   				name = "Screen_03"; 
   				visual = "Screen_03"; 
   				passThrough = 0; 
				explosionShielding = 0.1;
				radius = 0.25; 
  			}; 
		};

[abash 1]

Try declaring one texture for each hidden Selections:

 

hiddenSelectionsTextures[]={"\data\objects\GCS\GCS_01_co.paa", "\data\objects\GCS\GCS_02_co.paa", "\data\objects\GCS\GCS_03_co.paa"};

 

 

without changes...

 

hiddenSelectionsTextures[] = {"","",""};

 

if you only want to change one...

 

hiddenSelectionsTextures[] = {"\data\objects\GCS\GCS_01_co.paa","",""};

 

 

you can also declare hidden Selections in the model.cfg

 

sections[]=

{

"screen_01",

"screen_02",

"screen_03"

};

 

You really need to change hiddenSelectionsMaterials?

 

They are just ideas.

But I think you need to declare 3 hiddenSelectionsTextures.

 

Sorry for my bad English :)

[Kydoimos 915]

@abash - thanks for your help, mate! Always appreciated! I managed to do a workaround in the end, by creating a transparent, overlaying plane :D

[x3kj 1247]

look at vanilla damage textures - they are detailmaps (*_dt.paa) - which get overlaid over the main texture, without requiring extra overlaying planes. You can only have one dt active per "normal" texture though.