Semi-transparent object texture makes things in front of it invisible

[FZE]

I tried my hand at a semi-transparent skin today. It worked out surprisingly easily once I got the procedure down, but in-game I have a slight problem:

[img]http://img688.imageshack.us/img688/6533/gmconstruct00047435583.jpg[/img]

Somehow the transparent glass texture is overriding the lime slice in front of it, making any piece where they overlap invisible.

Similarly,

[IMG]http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/2089/gmconstruct00067508909.jpg[/IMG]

In this lighting environment, the lime slice texture (and the liquid I now notice) is visible [I]behind[/I] the glass, rather than just being made invisible.

Is there a setting or something I'm missing?

[gman003-main]

Post the VMT.

[fury_161]

Compile it with $mostlyopaque

[FZE]

[QUOTE=fury_161;21920618]Compile it with $mostlyopaque[/QUOTE]

Thanks mate, did the trick.

[B]EDIT:[/B]

Well, I've got a new problem. In fact I'm not sure the first was even solved, it just looked better after the suggested changes so I went with it.

Here we have the same model, with a different color liquid and a smaller construct inside with its own texture.

[img]http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/9766/rphometown2000000250916.jpg[/img]

The liquid is again "behind" the glass, regardless of its transparency.

By contrast, if I stick something in the liquid, it behaves as expected.

[img]http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/4409/rphometown2000000560126.jpg[/img]

I've tried it with the liquid completely opaque, in varying degrees of transparency, and as a completely different texture from the glass. All result in this.

Here is my QC file:

$cd "C:\Users\Jon\Downloads\HL2 Compile Toolkit v121b\HL2 Compile Toolkit\model_compiling_files\Margarita"
$modelname "Margarita\Margarita.mdl"
$cdmaterials "Margarita\"

$scale 0.09 
$surfaceprop "glass"

$keyvalues { "prop_data" { "base" "Glass.Small" } }


$body studio "Margarita"

$sequence idle "Margarita" fps 1

$collisionmodel "Margarita" {
    $automass
    $concave

$mostlyopaque

}

And the VMT

"VertexlitGeneric"
{
	"$basetexture" "Margarita/Margarita"
	"$surfaceprop" "Glass"
	"$surfaceprop2" "Glass"
	"$translucent" 1
	"$vertexalpha" 1
}

I have tried it both with and without $vertexalpha, both are the same.