SU4: Material type "Sail" doesn't read blendmasks anymore

[Sasa]

Version: 1.6.5.0

Frequency: Consistently

Severity: High

See attached screenshot where I placed traditional grass models with material type “Sail” (best suitable for sunlight in MSFS2024). From SU4 on this doesn’t support reading the alphachannel in the texture anymore. Adding a separate blend texture to the material fixes this, but this needs additional VRAM and shouldn’t be the case with backwards compatibility in mind? Doesn’t look like this has been intentional?

[Boris]

Hello @Sasa,

Can you provide us with a max sample with textures that reproduce the issue please ?
See 3) Provide Private Content

Regards,
Boris

[Boris]

Hello,

Closing the topic as obsolete since we didn’t have any answer since two months.
Feel free to ping us if needed.

Regards,
Boris