.m.notex - will support remain?

Hi,

My question is - simple, and titled especially to n3v team.

Will .m.notex material type remain supported in very-very future trainz versions?
Related wiki entry about support is a little bit confusing me. Seems for me it won't be supported in the future...

I use this material type for invisible container meshes with attachment points (playing with diffuse opacity settings - many thousands of my content are affected...)
For me, it is a big benefit that I don't have to use any texture file, saving gigs of HDD space...

If it won't be supported in the future I should know it in time, with preferred alternative solution. I am updating my contents...

Thank you so much in advance for your answers.

Krisz

bekaember said:

Will .m.notex material type remain supported in very-very future trainz versions?

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Probably not. But we have no immediate plans to remove it. And even if/when we do remove it for new content, it's unlikely to disappear from legacy support. I wouldn't worry about it.

I use this material type for invisible container meshes with attachment points (playing with diffuse opacity settings - many thousands of my content are affected...)
For me, it is a big benefit that I don't have to use any texture file, saving gigs of HDD space...

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Sounds less than ideal to have any polygons at all, but I can't say for sure what options you have here. If you can avoid it, you should. That will amount to substantially more savings in practice than worrying about a few tiny "blank" textures.

chris

Hi Chris,

Thanks so much for your answer.

Krisz

I created streets with very dark gray pavements. I created gray031.m.notex material. In TANE, the streets are very dark gray. In TRS2019, the streets are light gray. I replaced gray031.m.notex with gray031.m.onetex that has image file.

So the streets in TRS2019 are both too light AND too dark? Am I the only one confused by your post?

If the streets have notex material, they are too light. If the streets have onetex material, they are dark which I want.