Are there any color combinations for engine glows to actualy show in a pure white space background in a system?
I'm seeing if I can make somthing like a Paper EV.
So far, black and grey tones dont show and only the mask of the glow is visible when passing over a ship or planet.

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Everything I have done in white systems was to no avail. It isn't just engine glows, though, the CICNs do not show, weapon glows do not, and translucent ships get kinda screwy. I've also noticed that grey tones are translucent, which really irks me.

The only thing I have gotten to work is to have a light grey background, but that is still not very good.

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Im not sure if Im getting what you mean entirely here, but what I would do is make a mask for the glow just as normal (white siloette on black), same with the ship mask (white on black again) and make the the ship colour on white. I dont see why that wouldnt work.

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Would it work to reverse the masks - black on white? Really can't imagine this working though simply because of how binary data(?) works in masks. Might be worth a shot though.

And there you have it. Another completely useless post written with the very best intentions.

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Nope, it won't work. Anything in EVN that's supposed to be glowy - engine glows, weapon glows, transparent weapon shots - blend with something at least similar to an additive mode. Since white is the brightest the screen can display, you can't get brighter than white, so all those additive things stay white and, as far as you can see, don't show up. That's also why light grey works - there's a little bit of room left to show the brightening effect.

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