When you say "click on the mesh in 3DO", is there something else I must do besides clicking my mouse pointer on the mesh to enable these transparency options?
Did you make pelt seams anywhere else on the model? If you didn't do that, then the open edge is the only option for where to stretch the unwrap out from.
As far a i remember there was an option to delete local transformation history or something. I didn´t touch animations for a long time, so it could be something else.
This is the truth... Japan like anywhere else is going to have cheap stuff and expensive stuff. Besides, its next to china and there is always cheap stuff from china.
I just finished watching through the series this weekend and was thinking about making the gate room. Glad to see someone else seemingly with the same brain as me.
Exactly as Froyok said but don't forget to switch from base colour to height from the channel dropdown(else you will be changing the blending mode of the base colour)