Alpha Blending

[ViolentHamster]

I'm trying to use additive blending on a bunch of fire particles. The fire particles are using a texture with no alpha. It works really well when the background is black. However, when the background is a light color, the fire particles blend with the background color and I end up with a white fire.

How do I fix this? I like the additive blending when the fire goes from red to orange to yellow to white at the core.

[ViolentHamster]

This poster had the same problem. http://gamedev.stackexchange.com/questio...g-and-particles

[ZbuffeR]

Have you ever watched real fire over a bright white background ? It is just white.

[ViolentHamster]

No, I've never seen a completely white fire.

[ZbuffeR]

Because background in your chimney is dark.
Try over snow on a sunny day.

[Kopelrativ]

But then, who wants realistic effects? We want impressive effects :-)

For some reference, see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ellRP5pYibs
The clip contains a nice daylight firework, including explosives with lot of fire.

[ZbuffeR]

Nice smoke !