Order independent translucency was also in the Neon250 PC chip (i.e. same generation as DC) and in one MBX-based system. It has not, to my knowledge, been incorporated into any recent systems.So the order independent transparency is possible with the hardware?
I thought that Powervr dropped the feature from their chips after the Chip in Dreamcast.
I certainly could have done with it for a couple of technical demo programs I did. I really don't know how real developers cope.I would guess that plenty of developers like the feature.