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Alpha Planes, two Materials?
Hey there! I'm currently working on a prop which is a crate with hay in it. And I'm going to use alpha planes with hay and would like to know the best way to do this performance wise. If I have understood it correct, materials with alpha is heavier to render and therefore should use it as little as possible. So what is the… -
Re: Alpha Planes, two Materials?
does it have to be soft alpha ? if alpha-test/masked is good enough id say make the whole thing one material. if this prop is supposed to be used 1000+ on screen id also say one material only ! but if its a one two or three times on screen deal and you must have soft alpha than do 2 materials ! -
Re: Alpha Planes, two Materials?
Theres really two main considerations here, draw calls and texture memory. If you need soft alpha, that means 8 bit alpha which will double the vmemory for that texture sheet when compressed. In that case it usually makes sense to have the bits that need alpha be on a separate, smaller texture, and of course a separate… -
Re: Alpha Planes, two Materials?
I will most likely use $alphatest and I don't know how much the prop will be used in maps but i would guess around 10 on screen. So one material and all on one texture? -
Re: Alpha Planes, two Materials?
Alright, thanks for the help guys!
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