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So I stumbled upon this video series while looking up this developing technology called brain-computer interfaces. Really interesting stuff here, and they even briefly mention applying the technology to our favorite game JKA. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wlwvgm3AHvc&index=1&list=PLbbCsk7MUIGcO_lZMbyymWU2UezVHNaMq

Skip ahead about 8 minutes in if you just want to hear about potential applications of the technology.

After a little bit of trial and error, using two of the same texture to do RGB and transparency worked!

Here's what my shader files ended up being for the fur textures:

models/players/chewbacca/tint_chewbacca_1sided
{
	cull	twosided
    {
        map models/players/chewbacca/tint_chewbacca_1sided
        blendFunc GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA GL_SRC_ALPHA
        detail
        rgbGen lightingDiffuse
    }
    {
        map models/players/chewbacca/tint_chewbacca_1sidedb
	blendFunc GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA GL_SRC_ALPHA
        rgbGen lightingDiffuseEntity
    }
}

models/players/chewbacca/tint_chewbacca_2sided
{
	cull	twosided
    {
        map models/players/chewbacca/tint_chewbacca_2sided
        blendFunc GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA GL_SRC_ALPHA
        detail
        rgbGen lightingDiffuse
    }
    {
        map models/players/chewbacca/tint_chewbacca_2sidedb
	blendFunc GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA GL_SRC_ALPHA
        rgbGen lightingDiffuseEntity
    }
}

I actually had to reverse items on the blendFunc line, GL_SRC_ALPHA and GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA. Maybe that means I did the alpha channels backwards on the textures? In any case, that link gave me what I needed. Thanks Ruxith!

As for the team skins, I think I'm just going to let it use the default model/blue and model/red skins. But thanks for having those discussions with me, I think I learned a little bit from it!

I'm not really sure what you mean. If I use a species skin (default or custom) during a TFFA, I can choose my model's RGB colors from the options available and verify that the RGB values aren't 255 255 255 with /char_color_red, /char_color_green, /char_color_blue console commands. For example if I choose a blue color, then i get R=85, G=120, B=255, but in-game this is still displayed as red if I am on the red team. For the non-species models, it seems that it just uses the appropriate team skin, model/red or model/blue, if those skins are available. The RGB values appear to be unaffected. I'm curious about if a non-species model without team skins (like jawa) but with an RGB skin would allow you to change colors, or if it sets you to model/default...

No, you can't use RGB skins in team gametypes. If your model was chewbacca/default or chewbacca/rgb and you switch to TFFA/CTF/Siege, it will actually display chewbacca/red or chewbacca/blue depending on which team you're on. And you can't use a blue skin on the red team!  This would primarily be for use in the FFA or duel game modes.

Hey Circa!

The bottom two shaders are for the tint_chewbacca_1sided.tga and tint_chewbacca_2sided.tga textures to be used in the RGB skin. So, they will not replace the original shaders. This way you'll have chewbacca/default, chewbacca/red and chewbacca/blue like normal, but you'll also have chewbacca/rgb as a player model to use. I believe that the textures are in order, though if someone wants to look at them I can provide the image files.

The problem seems to be in how I'm using the alpha shader. I want to use it to do both the cull twosided and RGB functionalities.

Hello,

I'm currently looking to expand on Loda's RGB Skins (http://jediknight3.filefront.com/file/RGB_Base_Skins;94323) and include RGB functionality for all of the default player models. I've run into a road block with Chewbacca though. An alpha shader is used on his fur to make part of the texture clear/invisible, resulting in the spikey hair all over his body. However, I want to be able to use the same alpha channel to allow for RGB. I've been having a lot of trouble combining these two features.

Below are the original shaders for Chewbacca. These are found in assets1.pk3 > shaders > players.shader

models/players/chewbacca/chewbacca_2sided
{
	cull	twosided
    {
        map models/players/chewbacca/chewbacca_2sided
        blendFunc GL_SRC_ALPHA GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA
        rgbGen lightingDiffuse
    }
}

models/players/chewbacca/chewbacca_1sided
{
	cull	twosided
    {
        map models/players/chewbacca/chewbacca_1sided
        blendFunc GL_SRC_ALPHA GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA
        rgbGen lightingDiffuse
    }
}

Here's what I have for the RGB skin.

models/players/chewbacca/tint_chewbacca_1sided
{
    {
        map models/players/chewbacca/tint_chewbacca_1sided
        rgbGen lightingDiffuseEntity
    }
	cull	twosided
    {
        map models/players/chewbacca/tint_chewbacca_1sided
        blendFunc GL_SRC_ALPHA GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA
        detail
        rgbGen lightingDiffuse
    }
}

models/players/chewbacca/tint_chewbacca_2sided
{
	cull	twosided
    {
        map models/players/chewbacca/tint_chewbacca_2sided
        rgbGen lightingDiffuseEntity
    }
    {
        map models/players/chewbacca/tint_chewbacca_2sided
        blendFunc GL_SRC_ALPHA GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA
        detail
        rgbGen lightingDiffuse
    }
}

Basically, I have two main questions:

1. Is what I'm trying to do even possible?

2. If it is possible, can you point out for me what is wrong with my shader file?

Thanks in advance!