Emulator Issues #5861
closedLuigi's Mansion - Introduction textures missing transparency.
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Description
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LUIGI'S MANSION - GLME01
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When waiting at the start screen or starting a new game and viewing the in-engine introduction (When Luigi looks at his map and sees the mansion for the first time). The gates to the mansion (just past E. Gadd's wooden shed) show the texture of the iron grating on a black background, showing no transparency at all: the whole 3D plane is black with the superimposed metal grating texture.
The same happens to the metal spikes on the stone brick walls around it: A long black plane along the top of the stone brick walls show the textured spikes yet misses transparency.
The effect is also noticeable on the grass spots around the tombstones past the gates themselves and the trees in the background (making a clear black cut in the sky where it should show dim light trough the "tree" textured background 3D plane. We see it also when the camera focuses on the crows on the lower left of the screen.
Normally we should only see the metal spikes and see through the rest of the texture. Other texture transparency (such as the cobwebs and the ghost themselves) in the game seems to display normally with no problems, though I have not played through the game to confirm this fact. The problem may be present in other farther areas as well...
- Dolphin used to show this transparency correctly, not too far back in memory, though I can't pinpoint when it stopped working... Videos on Youtube showcasing Dolphin in HD have both the problematic and correct versions.
A video showing the correct transparency:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpOTrW6yQjE
(3 years old)
Another that is one year old:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nacBHl5jSU4
A 7 months old video (look at 50 seconds in) showing the incorrect transparency:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PwG4k-LaBQ
4) What steps will reproduce the problem?
- Execute Dolphin, use either DirectX9, DirectX11 or OpenGL renderer and start a new game.
- Play through to the start menu and either wait or start a new game to see the introduction.
- I have used the latest stable Dolphin (3.5 and 3.5-124), 64 bit version. I have a windows 7 laptop with an AMD Radeon HD 6570M Graphics card and a Windows 7 Desktop with an NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250, latest drivers from manufacturer (just updated).
6) Please provide any additional information below.
I have tried about every graphic configuration in the options, and nothing fixes this problem, even the most precise and ressource intensive options. I'm returning to the default configuration without success.
Updated by tommyhl2.SS over 12 years ago
You might be better off just posting screenshots of what you say is working correctly and not working correctly. People normally don't like to load several videos to see an issue.
Updated by marcantoineboily over 12 years ago
I have managed to upload pictures of the anomaly, as follow:
Here's an example of working transparency on the same run. The trees farther in the background are actually a texture with transparency pasted on a plane to simulate a forest. Their transparency works.
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/5219152/Dolphin%20Issue/GLME01-1.png
On this next picture, we have a good view. First, the gates and the spikes lining the stone walls have a texture, but no transparency, it is mostly black. We can also see the farthest trees (behind the mansion). We see the bark texture but also with a black background, the sky doesn't appear through the branches and the black tree wall cuts the sky sharply. We can also see the same effect, although smaller on the tufts of grass around the tombstones.
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/5219152/Dolphin%20Issue/GLME01-2.png
Now a close-up view of the scene, the gates are very noticeable, the grass and the trees behind the mansion on the sides.
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/5219152/Dolphin%20Issue/GLME01-3.png
The close-up of the crows. It shows the black tree wall clipping the sky.
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/5219152/Dolphin%20Issue/GLME01-4.png
A closer shot of the tufts of grass under the windows and again a black wall of trees to the left behind the mansion.
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/5219152/Dolphin%20Issue/GLME01-5.png
Thank you for your time.
Updated by Billiard26 over 12 years ago
- Status changed from New to Questionable
- Category set to gfx
- Issue type set to Bug
I do not experience this issue.
Updated by NeoBrainX over 12 years ago
- Status changed from Accepted to Invalid
... uhm, I don't, actually.
Invalid, I guess? Ask on the forums if you need further help.