Grass and Shaders

[Arkon11]

Well, I'm working on an un-anouced map, I found this neat grass shader in a bushido map pack for JO.

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textures/f0x0r/japanvertgrass01
{
qer_editorimage textures/f0x0r/japanvertgrass01
{
map textures/f0x0r/japanvertgrass01
}
{
map $lightmap
blendfunc filter
rgbgen identity
}
{
map textures/f0x0r/ss_grassjapan
surfaceSprites vertical 5 20 25 2000
ssVariance 1 2
ssWind 4.0
alphaFunc GE192
blendFunc GL_SRC_ALPHA GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA
depthWrite
rgbGen vertex
}
}
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It's pretty decent, and with a little tweaking it will suit my needs (if i get permission to use it that is). But I am having trouble. to use this shader, you have to lay down this grass shader/texture. Which is visable and solid. Then the grass sprites appear on that. I want it so I can lay down something that is invisible and not solid. Kinda like nodraw. I don't have any idea what to do. Any suggestions.



Oh and I just did this---


Well, I made a few changes, ignore the file names and stuff.

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textures/grass/floor
{
qer_editorimage textures/grass/floor
surfaceparm nomarks
surfaceparm nodraw
surfaceparm nonsolid
surfaceparm nonopaque
surfaceparm trans
q3map_nolightmap

{
map $lightmap
blendfunc filter
rgbgen identity
}
{
map textures/f0x0r/ss_grassjapan
surfaceSprites vertical 5 20 25 2000
ssVariance 1
ssWind 0.0
alphaFunc GE192
blendFunc GL_SRC_ALPHA GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA
depthWrite
rgbGen vertex
}
}

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I thought that would make the ground texture invisble.(the nodraw part) But it made everything invisable so it seems. I still need some help.

[lauser]

Okay is this for M/P? If it is and you use grass_sprites all over, don't expect great framerates. Sprites lag maps.

[wedge2211]

Get rid of surfaceparm nodraw. This section:

Originally posted by Arkon11
{
map textures/f0x0r/ss_grassjapan
surfaceSprites vertical 5 20 25 2000
ssVariance 1
ssWind 0.0
alphaFunc GE192
blendFunc GL_SRC_ALPHA GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA
depthWrite
rgbGen vertex
}

Is what maps a texture to the surface. (See the "map textures/..." line?) Try making yourself a jpeg that's all black and replacing the stage I highlighted with:

{
map textures/whatever/black
blendfunc add
}

Then you should be able to apply the shader to a brush and just get grass sprites sprouting from an invisible surface.