need help with magos model editor

hi, i was editing my model in magos model editor (fiddleing around with geosets and materials.)

i wondered what these do?
material manager:




filtermodes:



transparent, blend, additive, add alpha, modulate.


this is the no animation bit;



this is what it is like for all the animations,(the shoulders and helmet are a different geoset.)





i need to know, because i acidently messed with it and imported it into my map and its corrupted my map. otherwise i will have to start again.

if you want i can upload the file on this post so you can fix it.

No, you will not upload that file. It is a WoW export which is agasint our rules. Moved.

No, that looks like that Orc Warlord made from the gluescreen orc that's on Search, with a WoW skin.

Anyway, the filtermodes:
None is the default one, if your mesh has no alpha bits of teamcolour, leave it.

Transparent will make all alphaed areas transparent, this is one method for adding teamcolour.

Blend is most commonly used for teamcolour, it makes the alphaed areas transparent, but unlike Transparent, which makes a solid block of teamcolour, Blend blends it.

Additive makes the dark areas of your skin transparent, black is completely transparent, and as you work your way it it becomes more solid. There's a more technical explination but that's pretty much it, I think.

I'm not completely sure how Modulate and Modulate2x (I think it's called that, Magos doesn't have an option for it) work, they're another method of transparency, not commonly used.

That should be all you need to know, if you have more questinos feel free to ask.

WoW skin == Export. :P

its a wow skin cos im making a wow map

Anyway, back on topic.

Additive does exactly what it says on the tin - adds everything. Black becomes transparent because black is 0,0,0 - 0 plus X is X, so X is the colour behind the model.

Modulate is a multiplication; since colours here are on a 0 to 1 scale, it takes the model closer to black. It's not quite the opposite of additive, but it's a similar effect.

Don't listen to Metal_Sonic about team colour, he doesn't know what he's talking about . Team colour comes from combinations of layers with different filtermodes.

I didn't say it MAKES teamcolour, it's to be used with the teamcolour texture texture to make the teamcolour.

It alse eats your Z-order if you try to fade out when the material is TwoSided