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Overall transparency of a mesh is controlled by the 'opacity' setting in the .model file. See [[Model system]]

At the default of 100, the mesh is fully opaque, and the texture's alpha channel is ignored. Below 100 the mesh starts to become translucent, and the alpha channel can be used to increase transparency in specific areas.

Set opacity to 99 if you want the mesh to be opaque overall, but have transparent parts set by the alpha channel.

Alpha checks slow down rendering, so a transparent section of a model should be a separate mesh.

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	Overall transparency of a mesh is controlled by the 'opacity' setting in the .model file. See [[Model system]]		Overall transparency of a mesh is controlled by the 'opacity' setting in the .model file. See [[Model system]]

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	Set opacity to 99 if you want the mesh to be opaque overall, but have transparent parts set by the alpha channel.		Set opacity to 99 if you want the mesh to be opaque overall, but have transparent parts set by the alpha channel.

−	Alpha checks slow down rendering, so a ~~transparent section~~ using alpha should be a separate mesh with its own texture.	+	Alpha checks slow down rendering, so any part of a model using an alpha channel should be a separate mesh with its own texture.

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	Set opacity to 99 if you want the mesh to be opaque overall, but have transparent parts set by the alpha channel.		Set opacity to 99 if you want the mesh to be opaque overall, but have transparent parts set by the alpha channel.

−	Alpha checks slow down rendering, so a transparent section ~~of a model~~ should be a separate mesh~~, and if you are using a texture~~ with ~~alpha, make it separate from the main~~ texture.	+	Alpha checks slow down rendering, so a transparent section using alpha should be a separate mesh with its own texture.

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 Overall transparency of a mesh is controlled by the 'opacity' setting in the .model file. See [[Model system]]
-At the default of 100, the mesh is fully opaque, and the texture's alpha channel is ignored. Below 100 the mesh starts to become translucent, and the alpha channel can be used to increase transparency in specific areas.
+At the default of 100, the mesh is fully opaque, and the texture's alpha channel is ignored. Below 100 the mesh starts to become transparent, and the alpha channel can be used to increase transparency in specific areas.
 Set opacity to 99 if you want the mesh to be opaque overall, but have transparent parts set by the alpha channel.
-Alpha checks slow down rendering, so a transparent section of a model should be a separate mesh, and should have its own texture.
+Alpha checks slow down rendering, so a transparent section of a model should be a separate mesh, and if you are using a texture with alpha, make it separate from the main texture.

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	Set opacity to 99 if you want the mesh to be opaque overall, but have transparent parts set by the alpha channel.		Set opacity to 99 if you want the mesh to be opaque overall, but have transparent parts set by the alpha channel.

−	Alpha checks slow down rendering, so a transparent section of a model should be a separate mesh.	+	Alpha checks slow down rendering, so a transparent section of a model should be a separate mesh, and should have its own texture.