Tutorial wrote:Custom effect meshes do not require collision, lowrez, shadowvolumes or even a dummyroot.

But MshEx does need a dummyroot (or some other type of null) to export models. So I'll have to put it under a null. Would the effect mesh still work?


EDIT - The tutorial also calls for the polygons to be transparent. How do I make them transparent with Modtool 6? Should I hex-edit the mesh or use Meshtool somehow or what?

do not require means that it isnt necessary
you have to hexedit transparency, if you export with meshex

How transparent should I make it?

doublesided, if you make it singlesided, the polygonw will only be invisible from one side

What do you mean by doublesided? Transparent on all sides? I just, for now, want to make a bubble, so I model a sphere in XSI and texture it.... Spheres don't have sides, do they?

ah now i understand, i would try to give the texture around 50-30%color