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Multitexturing alpha based blending?

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skow
skow
I''m making some terrain, at a higher y value I want there to be snow and at a lower heights rock. In between the rock and the snow I want there to be a blending of both. The rock I have bound under GL_TEXTURE1_ARB and the snow under GL_TEXTURE0_ARB. I set the alpha values for the snow per vertex using glColor4f(). How do I set up the glTexEnvi to draw the snow over the rock depending on its alpha value? Thanks for any help.
cowsarenotevil
cowsarenotevil
I don''t think glTexEnvi will do the trick. Just choose a good blending mode with glBlendFunc, draw your tiles with per-vertex alpha data, and enable blending and you should be set.

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skow
skow
Well after a LOT of searching I found this which is supposed to do the trick, but it looks the same GL_DECAL.


    // Init texture unit 0

    glActiveTexture( GL_TEXTURE0 );
    // Set up texture function for RGB and alpha channel

    glTexEnvi( GL_TEXTURE_ENV, GL_TEXTURE_ENV_MODE, GL_COMBINE );
    glTexEnvi( GL_TEXTURE_ENV, GL_COMBINE_RGB_EXT, GL_MODULATE );
    glTexEnvi( GL_TEXTURE_ENV, GL_COMBINE_ALPHA_EXT, GL_REPLACE );
    // Modulate the RGB components of the primary color and texture

    glTexEnvi( GL_TEXTURE_ENV, GL_SOURCE0_RGB_EXT, GL_PREVIOUS_EXT );
    glTexEnvi( GL_TEXTURE_ENV, GL_OPERAND0_RGB_EXT, GL_SRC_COLOR );
    glTexEnvi( GL_TEXTURE_ENV, GL_SOURCE1_RGB_EXT, GL_TEXTURE );
    glTexEnvi( GL_TEXTURE_ENV, GL_OPERAND1_RGB_EXT, GL_SRC_COLOR );
    // Replace the alpha component

    glTexEnvi( GL_TEXTURE_ENV, GL_SOURCE0_ALPHA_EXT, GL_PREVIOUS_EXT );
    glTexEnvi( GL_TEXTURE_ENV, GL_OPERAND0_ALPHA_EXT, GL_SRC_ALPHA );

    // Init texture unit 1

    glActiveTexture( GL_TEXTURE1 );
    // Set up texture function for RGB and alpha channel

    glTexEnvi( GL_TEXTURE_ENV, GL_TEXTURE_ENV_MODE, GL_COMBINE4_NV );
    glTexEnvi( GL_TEXTURE_ENV, GL_COMBINE_RGB_EXT, GL_ADD );
    glTexEnvi( GL_TEXTURE_ENV, GL_COMBINE_ALPHA_EXT, GL_REPLACE );
    // Interpolate the RGB components of the first and second texture

    // using the alpha primary color

    glTexEnvi( GL_TEXTURE_ENV, GL_SOURCE0_RGB_EXT, GL_PREVIOUS_EXT );
    glTexEnvi( GL_TEXTURE_ENV, GL_OPERAND0_RGB_EXT, GL_SRC_COLOR );
    glTexEnvi( GL_TEXTURE_ENV, GL_SOURCE1_RGB_EXT, GL_ZERO );
    glTexEnvi( GL_TEXTURE_ENV, GL_OPERAND1_RGB_EXT, GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_COLOR );
    glTexEnvi( GL_TEXTURE_ENV, GL_SOURCE2_RGB_EXT, GL_PREVIOUS_EXT );
    glTexEnvi( GL_TEXTURE_ENV, GL_OPERAND2_RGB_EXT, GL_SRC_ALPHA );
    glTexEnvi( GL_TEXTURE_ENV, GL_SOURCE3_RGB_NV, GL_TEXTURE );
    glTexEnvi( GL_TEXTURE_ENV, GL_OPERAND3_RGB_NV, GL_SRC_COLOR );
    // Replace the alpha component

    glTexEnvi( GL_TEXTURE_ENV, GL_SOURCE0_ALPHA_EXT, GL_PREVIOUS_EXT );
    glTexEnvi( GL_TEXTURE_ENV, GL_OPERAND0_ALPHA_EXT, GL_SRC_ALPHA );


This doesn't work. I would really like to be able to do this without doing second poly pass, any suggestions?

[edited by - skow on February 29, 2004 6:15:18 PM]
skow
skow
Well I guess I''ll just break down and do 2 pass and blend.
WarAmp
WarAmp
If you only have 2 textures, use GL_COMBINE with GL_INTERPOLATE.
This will smoothly blend between 2 textures based on the supplied alpha value. look for the specs here: http://oss.sgi.com/projects/ogl-sample/registry/ARB/texture_env_combine.txt

Good luck.



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