Alphas in UDK

lopesy1191

Hey guys, so this is my first question. I've been a lurker for a while, I figured it's about time I get serious about getting help at becoming a better 3D Artist, so here it goes

I'm working on a project right now and I need to use FBX objects as static meshes in UDK, the January 2011-2012 version. Right now I'm having problems getting an alpha channel to show up on my mesh. I have an alpha channel in Photoshop for the object I am creating and it shows up in Maya.

I watched a instructional video and it said to save the alpha channel out as a separate targa, and to pull that into the Opacity channel. When I went into my Mat editor in UDK however, my Opacity channel was locked.

So any solutions to this fix?

Thanks!

sprunghunt

You can just attach the alpha output from the image to the opacity slot on the shader. It's the forth output on the image.

Some other things:
You have to import a image as DXT5 for it to have an alpha channel

You have to set the shader blend mode to translucent for full alpha to work

lopesy1191

You have to set the shader blend mode to translucent for full alpha to work

Thank you sprunghunt I found the blend option and changed it. Now it appears to be working!

Thanks for the help!