Funky see through objects in Shaded viewport?

Lil_bob

Hi, There is something weird happening while im in shaded viewport. I think it might be something with my opacity map? Im using 3dsmax 2013. The only way i can explain it is by showing you.
http://tinypic.com/r/oqja88/6
That is it in Realistic, everything is okay. But then i switch to shaded
http://tinypic.com/r/rkah3m/6
Anyone have any idea whats up? When I bring it into unity, its does the same thing.

Thankyou

aliasbane

to me it looks like something got translated in the wrong direction by accident tho that is prolly not whats happening.

I must say the boat looks pretty good.

Lil_bob

Thanks

What do you mean by translated the wrong way?
I've tried to find the solution everywhere, but no one seems to have the answer. The only thing i know is when i turn off my opacity map it goes away, but i checked my opacity map, its pure white and pure black. In realistic it doesnt make a difference, its always fine.

vemadesign

Try applying new materials to everything. It looks like they might be at less then 100 opacity. so if its 99% it will show like that. Hope that helps.

Eric Chadwick

This is a depth-sorting problem, caused by having alpha blend on the entire model.

One fix would be to use transparency only on the parts that absolutely need it, not on the whole model.

Another solution is to use a shader that combines alpha blend (soft transparency) and alpha test (hard transparency). The alpha test prevents the opaque areas from having any transparency at all.

Some more ideas here
http://wiki.polycount.com/TransparencyMap#Sorting_Problems

Lil_bob

Awesome! first one worked like a charm. I have no idea how to go about shaders. Thanks for the help!

Eric Chadwick

You're welcome!

Here's some info about shaders.
http://wiki.polycount.com/CategoryShaders