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waynecochran
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11 days ago
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How to set alphaMode on custom material?

I only see the alphaMode in the SceneMaterial constructor, but not in the SceneMaterial.custom function? Not is there a settable property for this?

 I want objects with some of my custom materials to use the TRANSLUCENT_POST option.

  • dav-s's avatar
    dav-s
    11 days ago

    Hi! AlphaMode is effectively specifying both a blend mode and a sort order.

    When using a custom SceneMaterial, you cannot specify the AlphaMode but rather you can control SortOrder (SceneMaterial.setSortOrder()) and BlendMode (SceneMaterial.setBlendMode()) individually. For TRANSLUCENT_POST, you will probably need to use BlendMode.TRANSLUCENT and SortOrder.POSTPROCESS.

     

    Hope this helps!

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    dav-s
    Meta Employee
    11 days ago

    Hi! AlphaMode is effectively specifying both a blend mode and a sort order.

    When using a custom SceneMaterial, you cannot specify the AlphaMode but rather you can control SortOrder (SceneMaterial.setSortOrder()) and BlendMode (SceneMaterial.setBlendMode()) individually. For TRANSLUCENT_POST, you will probably need to use BlendMode.TRANSLUCENT and SortOrder.POSTPROCESS.

     

    Hope this helps!