How can i draw a texture with Alpa Transparency ?

[-Mervin-]

I'm trying to draw a texture (PNG file with 8 bit transparency) for a 2D user interface.
i will use DDS files later.

TV3D 6.5 just draws the transparent parts black.

I'm using C#

How can i fix this?

[SylvainTV]

How do you load the texture ?

If you're loading a transparent png file, you should use the COLORKEY_USE_ALPHA_CHANNEL flag in colorkey.

[-Mervin-]

i'm loading it this way:

Code:

TextureNum = TexFac.LoadAlphaTexture(FileTemplate + SkinPart + ".png", SkinName + "_" + SkinPart);

if i would use TVTextureFactory.LoadTexture i would also have to specify a width and height and i do not want that.

i'm guessing that this won't work? :

Code:

.LoadTexture(FileTemplate + SkinPart + ".png", SkinName + "_" + SkinPart, 0, 0, CONST_TV_COLORKEY.TV_COLORKEY_USE_ALPHA_CHANNEL);

(setting the width and height to 0 )

Edit: Hmm that does seem to work, i hope it won't cause any problems.
thanks for your help.

[SylvainTV]

Yea 0 or -1 for width/height uses the actual size of the texture in the file.