hi
I have a problem rendering transparent (blended) models. By models I mean non-simple geometries, where parts of the geometry may be behind other parts.
Rendering a geometry like this it is rendered differently from different view-points. Sometimes transparency even disappears completely. The model is only rendered perfectly from a very certain point of view.
I know, that this is an ordering problem. I do render blended objects after opaque ones and I do sort blended ones front-top-back (farer objects first). But I don’t have a chance to sort the geometry’s polygons without extremely huge cost (I would have to rebuild the VBO or DisplayList). I read this article (especially the section about “Three-Dimensional Blending with the Depth Buffer”. But it doesn’t seem to work.
Is there a general solution for this issue?
Please ask, if you need more information or if I wasn’t clear enough.
Thanks in advance.
Marvin