Black Dragon avatar rebake ?

[Bronsin Dakota]

Hello all.  I am running Black Dragon build 6.4.13.47872 , version 4.01 
Is there an option to force a rebake of avatar textures like in Firestorm ?

I sometimes find  my Omega-applied bra-or-tattoo-layer tattoos will not appear in any viewer after I apply them , and a rebake forces them to re-appear.

Edited August 14, 2021 by BronsonRedwood659
clarification

[NiranV Dean]

There's no rebake in BD. What do you mean with disappear? How does it disappear...

[Theresa Tennyson]

21 hours ago, BronsonRedwood659 said:

Hello all.  I am running Black Dragon build 6.4.13.47872 , version 4.01 
Is there an option to force a rebake of avatar textures like in Firestorm ?

I sometimes find  my Omega-applied bra-or-tattoo-layer tattoos disappear in any viewer, and a rebake forces them to re-appear.

If you're using an applier it means the bra/tattoo is applied to an "onion layer" and is probably an "alpha blended" texture. With a complicated shape like a body, it's easy for one alpha-blended texture to be "erased" by another one that the graphics engine thinks is on top of it. In this case "rebaking" can change the order the various alpha-blended textures are sorted in the viewer, but it's not a permanent or reliable fix.

[Bronsin Dakota]

30 minutes ago, Theresa Tennyson said:

If you're using an applier it means the bra/tattoo is applied to an "onion layer" and is probably an "alpha blended" texture. With a complicated shape like a body, it's easy for one alpha-blended texture to be "erased" by another one that the graphics engine thinks is on top of it. In this case "rebaking" can change the order the various alpha-blended textures are sorted in the viewer, but it's not a permanent or reliable fix.

Appreciate your answer, that gives me a clearer picture. 

So is there a reliable fix?   Can I control the order of layering textures on my body ?
 

Edited August 14, 2021 by BronsonRedwood659

[Bronsin Dakota]

20 hours ago, NiranV Dean said:

There's no rebake in BD. What do you mean with disappear? How does it disappear...

Hi Nirvan. I get the same issue in FS.   I'll apply a tatt to my top layer using an Omega applier, and it just won't appear.  Then I'll go to another sim, or relog, and it suddenly will appear, or it will appear darker because its been laid "twice" - in FS re-baking fixes both these issues.   Or I'll apply it to my tatt or Bra layer and it will appear 10% of the time.  
I think Theresa Tennyson's answer  has helped me understand what's going on.

[Theresa Tennyson]

1 hour ago, BronsonRedwood659 said:

Appreciate your answer, that gives me a clearer picture. 

So is there a reliable fix?   Can I control the order of layering textures on my body ?
 

If it's an option, you should use Bakes-on-Mesh for tattoos. That way they'll display as the same texture as your skin.

[NiranV Dean]

onion layer skins have many issues, the order is one of them due to them using alpha blending, which might also explain the darkening (wrong lighting)