Miscellaneous: Velious Helmets Mega-thread

[Zaela]

Originally Posted by Sage Truthbearer [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

• Fix the transparency on visor for Erudite female custom helmet

The texture is it570erf03.bmp in gequip2.s3d.

But the texture itself is fine. The problem is in the gequip2.wld data -- the visibility/blending flag is wrong for the material that is applied to that texture.

Oldschool EQ models used two kinds of (cheap) partial transparency/blending algorithms. One is mainly used for particles and such (skulls with green beams of light coming out of their eyes in various old zones are an example): the texture is transparent as its color approaches black, opaque as it approaches white. The other, main one is more basic, essentially just multiplying the color of the texture with the colors of the world behind it, which makes for a somewhat more even effect as far as the transparency goes.

The erudite veil is using the first one instead of the second.

This is what it looks like with the particle-style blending (visibility flag: 0x80000017):
(I couldn't remember what packet or command is needed to make the model show up on the head, which is why it's in a dark elf's hand instead)
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And with the main transparency style (visibility flag: 0x80000005):
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I don't know if your texture fixer application can edit the .wld files; that's what would be needed here.

[Erati]

White Dragon Helm aka KT head quest does not have a Velious graphic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ytCEuuW2_A

[Chrysus]

Bump. Please fix my Erudite helmet.

My human ranger's hair sticking out the back of his chain helmet I imagine is the same problem; hair and hoods showing when a helmet is equipped.

[Ropethunder]

I'm the author of the classic texture patcher:

https://www.project1999.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=32380

Send me a PM on how to contact you over Skype on the WLD file specifications and I would be VERY happy to add support for blending modes. This is something I've wanted to add but didn't know how to parse the WLD files to do it.

[Thulack]

Originally Posted by Ropethunder [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I'm the author of the classic texture patcher:

https://www.project1999.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=32380

Send me a PM on how to contact you over Skype on the WLD file specifications and I would be VERY happy to add support for blending modes. This is something I've wanted to add but didn't know how to parse the WLD files to do it.

Wow almost 5 years since your last post. You sir are the King Lurker. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[thufir]

Kind of an old thread but the Noctivagant Crown from Growth has no graphic on my ogre shadow knight's head. No quest giver of course so can't turn it in for any customization.

[Rygar]

Originally Posted by thufir [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Kind of an old thread but the Noctivagant Crown from Growth has no graphic on my ogre shadow knight's head. No quest giver of course so can't turn it in for any customization.

While I am not 100% on this, in reading the patch note history, originally there was a mention of no graphics at all on Velious helms due to players being 'unhappy' with the helm for their class. It was later in timeline that custom helms were patched in to give players the option to use a helmet.

That would reason that PoG gear and non-customized velious helmets had no graphic, so your helm is working as intended.

[kecki01]

Any word on when we will get a fix to erudite female helms?

[Chrysus]

Bump for classic Velious helmets.

[Genuflect]

Bump, my Erudite Shadow Knight and Cazic Thule are like *this* but this faceless thing has gone too far.