Ok...here's what I'm trying to do. I want to make a MAT pose file that will put a transparency on an outfit without changing the texture of the outfit. So say I have a dress...i want to have a choice of either having the tummy on the dress invisible or not invisible...without changing the texture of the dress. Any way to do this? Any help would be appreciated.

I'm assuming you want a separate MAT file that only affects the transparency of the material. Say you want V3's abdomen to disappear:

{

version
{
number 4.01
}
figure
{
material SkinTorso
{
tMin 1
tMax 1
tExpo 0
transparencyMap ":Runtime:MyFolder:TransMap.jpg"
0 0
}
}
} (Substitute your transparency map for ":Runtime:MyFOlder:Transmap.jpg") If you want the entire abdomen to disappear, you can even take out the transparencyMap line and the double 0's on the next line. Grain of salt: I'm in the middle of a project, so I can't test this to make sure I have all the }'s in place. It should be right, but it may need a touch of tweaking. Cheers!

oh im such a putz...i had all that and it didn't work...turns out I forgot the tMin 1 tMax 1 tExpo 0 part...how embarassing :( Thanks for the help cresent!

you need to create separate Mat files.. then edit it manually using your text editor.. you can pick up the exact settings from the cr2 files.. something like this.. this will set up the tummy material to 100% transparent without to affect the textures.. ---------------------start_code---------------------------- { version { number 4.00 } figure { material Tummy { KdColor 0.0588235 0.0588235 0.0588235 1 KaColor 0 0 0 1 KsColor 0.0588235 0.0588235 0.0588235 1 TextureColor 1 1 1 1 NsExponent 30 tMin 1 tMax 1 tExpo 0.6 } } } ------------------end_code------------------------------ that is simple transparent Mat files that need to be save as a pz2 .......... Cath

Ops.. was to late with reply LOL :)

well i appreciate the help anyway :)