"From David Glenn and Paul Martz. This change adds support for the NO_COLOR bit in the Vertex records' flags field. If NO_COLOR is set, and PACKED_COLOR is not set, the code will now properly default to using the face color at those vertices. See the osg-users thread "Open Flight characteristic not reflected in the current OSG" for more info."
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"In consultation with David Glenn, it appears we needed to change a second file to correct how OpenFlight handles transparency when vertices have NO_COLOR. "