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Inkspaught Magpie
Spot of Ink
Join date: 3 Dec 2004
Posts: 4
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01-25-2005 08:20
It would be nice if "bald" was an option in the hair customization menus.
With some manipulation I am able to get a clean shaven head, but the "hair object" still resides hidden within the depths of my skull. When I assume certain positions, such as a forward lean to ride my hoverbike or when I attempt certain dances, one can see a white tuft of hair protruding from my head. This is most disconcerning.
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Chibi Chang
Resident Otaku
Join date: 17 May 2003
Posts: 43
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01-25-2005 08:23
Make your hair texture a fully transparent alpha image. It'll be gone. 
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Chip Midnight
ate my baby!
Join date: 1 May 2003
Posts: 10,231
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01-25-2005 09:16
You can also set the volume slider for hair down to 0 so that it's hidden inside your head.
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Richard Pinkerton
Registered User
Join date: 20 Jan 2005
Posts: 125
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01-25-2005 10:39
Volume=0 doesn't always work. Even then the head and hair objects are too similar in size and the hair sometimes shows through either cos the graphics engine doesn't synchronise the animation of the two objects properly *or* the z-order works out the same. Maybe it's just on my graphics card (ATi FireGL8800). Either way it's annoying cos your head flickers between skin tone and black. I hadn't though to change the texture to transparent.
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Shadus Stonebender
Evil Monkey
Join date: 17 Jan 2005
Posts: 37
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01-25-2005 15:31
From: Richard Pinkerton Volume=0 doesn't always work. Even then the head and hair objects are too similar in size and the hair sometimes shows through either cos the graphics engine doesn't synchronise the animation of the two objects properly *or* the z-order works out the same. Maybe it's just on my graphics card (ATi FireGL8800). Either way it's annoying cos your head flickers between skin tone and black. I hadn't though to change the texture to transparent. This zipfile contains a 16x16 full alpha transparency. Upload it to the game and set it as your hair texture, you could have a mohawk and it wont show up.
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Inkspaught Magpie
Spot of Ink
Join date: 3 Dec 2004
Posts: 4
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01-26-2005 08:36
Ha, such a simple solution.
Thanks; being the little blue bald man that I am I never thought of that. Didn't even know it was possible until this point. Duh.
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Moleculor Satyr
Fireflies!
Join date: 5 Jan 2004
Posts: 2,650
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01-26-2005 09:46
From: Shadus Stonebender This zipfile contains a 16x16 full alpha transparency. Upload it to the game and set it as your hair texture, you could have a mohawk and it wont show up. Why in the world do you need 16x16? That's HUGE for a texture that can easily be represented by a single pixel.
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Lex Neva
wears dorky glasses
Join date: 27 Nov 2004
Posts: 1,361
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01-26-2005 14:11
From: Moleculor Satyr Why in the world do you need 16x16? That's HUGE for a texture that can easily be represented by a single pixel. That makes it 16 times more transparent. Errr, actually, 256 times, I guess. |
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Shadus Stonebender
Evil Monkey
Join date: 17 Jan 2005
Posts: 37
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01-26-2005 23:06
From: Moleculor Satyr Why in the world do you need 16x16? That's HUGE for a texture that can easily be represented by a single pixel. Does it take less memory to display a 16x16 texture or display 1x1 texture 16 times? Shrug. I don't think it makes a bit of difference honestly. I just happened to have a 16x16 file open for some webwork, i dropped everything off it and saved it. Shrug.
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