Maya Transparency Depth Sorting problem

PolyPutty · Apr 2007

I have been trying to to apply this alpha transparency to my model in maya. I am trying to get my parts that are supposed to be invisible to render in realtime in the maya viewport. Problem is when I apply it things that are supposed to be hidden by the body like straps, arms and legs render on top of the body as well as rending ontop of each other. Is there anyway to solve my problem? I am stumped and about ready to just give up on a transparency map in maya.

Uly · Apr 2007

IICR... In your viewport options, Shading -> Polygon Transparency Sorting?

Should relieve some of your alpha woes.

Marine · Apr 2007

transparency sorting has always been a bit buggered in maya, i think it's supposed to be fixed in 8, but i've not checked.
if uly's suggestion doesn't work, you could try detaching the polys that have transparency applied

Steve Schulze · Apr 2007

Polygon Transparency Sorting appears in Maya 8 but doesn't work if you've got high quality rendering turned on (so no normal maps in viewport). If you're using an earlier version or want to use high quality rendering then you've pretty much just got to deal with it. If you've got a coder they might be able to work some magic on a viewport replacement that lets everything work happily together. Maya 8 is set up to make that relatively simple.

PolyPutty · Apr 2007

yah I tried all those things, guess I am stuck with it. Guess I just won't apply the transparency in maya.

Whargoul · Apr 2007

For display purposes, create 2 materials: one with alpha and one without and apply them accordingly. At least the alpha'd stuff won't draw on top on non-alpha parts that way.

pior · Apr 2007

Detach all the alpha bits and reattach them from the inside out. The chuncks added last will get the higher vertex numbers and will be drawn last. Bling!

DarkStryder · Apr 2007

Try going to your shaders options and go to the Hardware Texturing section. In the Texture Channel drop down, select Combined textures. This should solve your problem (you may have to be in high quality render mode).

Hope this helps

Maya Transparency Depth Sorting problem

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