Hi all!
I've been struggling with an object (a boat, if that matters) that I gave a DXT5.dds texture with alpha transparency. But it REFUSES to keep its transparency--UNLESS I'm in CASt, in which case it shows up perfectly????? Otherwise, it shows up dead wrong, with no transparency, and I can't figure out why.
I even tried to switch the shader from Phong to Phong Alpha, and that was just....worse.
What am I doing wrong?????

Try settting the same alpha mask threshold value in the non-transparent group? I had a similar problem back then and this solved the issue..

read it from here:
https://web.archive.org/web/2022121...hong-alpha.html

Ohhhhh....
And reading Pocci's post, I think I need to separate the whole mesh group, too--the leaves need to be their own group from the boat's wooden parts--I have them in the same group, like a regular Plant Decor, but cuz they're together that's probably effing it all up, too.

Thanks for the tip! I'll report back once I try again.

Sad to report that everything I've tried failed. U_U
Maybe boats just can't support transparency?

Generally, the easiest way to use an effect like transparency is to start with an object that already does- so that all of the material data is set up for you already.
If you haven't already, start with a clone of an EA object that already has two groups and a transparent texture.

Otherwise, attach the .package and/or .wrk so we can take a look