$translucent

The $translucent VMT command specifies that the material should be partially see-through. The alpha channel of $basetexture is used to decide translucency per-pixel.

Any object that has a $translucent material does not affect VIS, and can be seen through by NPCs from any angle.

Tip:Certain shader parameters (such as $envmap) can disable translucency. If you are having trouble getting it to work, try commenting out other parts of the material.

Warning:$translucent can sometimes cause rendering artefacts. Consider $alphatest when this happens.

VMT syntax example

$translucent <bool>

LightmappedGeneric
{
	$basetexture glass\window001a
	$translucent 1
}

Additional parameters

$additive <bool>

Renders the texture additively, so that its colors add to, instead of replacing, what is displayed behind.

$alphatest

$alphatest enables low-detail translucency if used instead of $translucent. This drastically lowers quality, but is much faster to draw and can resolve 'flickering' artefacts.

See also

• $alpha, for texture-wide translucency.