System Starspheres

[Treewyrm]

By vertex transparency I meant the vertex painting feature, look at the model link above, you can see areas on the surfaces which are black and white, specifying level of transparency the polygons have. This is how vanilla starspheres were made, so that at the edges the texture would fade into transparency. Nothing new here, many games utilize that feature to create soft transitions between various surfaces, for example transitions between grass and ground textures on the landscape, et cetera. However neither Milkshape nor, inherently, CMP/3DB exporter support that feature. So all you can do is to make panoramic render from 3ds MAX from such model and create a shell with six sides each having a texture rendered with 90 degree shift, creating an illusion due to seams being invisible. It's an old technique used for many games for skyboxes or skyspheres, both old and new, it can be used here as well.