Problems with Transparent BSDF shader

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Hi there all,
I’ve been having a problem with my project where the Transparent BSDF shader (or even PrincipledBSDF withno alpha) show up as black in places. I use a node group to control these things (its kinda messy sorry) and I’ll include some reference images along with the file itself. I tried cleaning up the mesh with recalculate normals outside and merge vertices by distance, but it didnt seem to make a difference. I also tried disconnecting the node group and replacing it with just a Principled BSDF shader with no alpha, but to no avail. I’d appreciate any tips any of you might have, and thanks for your time!

ShouldBeTransparent
ShouldBeTransparent1920×1080 395 KB

Holographic
Holographic1920×1080 412 KB

Solid
Solid1920×1080 403 KB

The file: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SLEBlxFKC8o5L0ajknvVqIvAbxes5oem/view?usp=sharing

Note: the only difference with the renders I uploaded and the file I shared is that I removed the engine and it’s files from the shared file because it is payware and I don’t want to get in legal troulble :slight_smile:

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For rendering in Cycles, you’re going to need many, many more transparency bounces. When it runs out of transparency bounces, it defaults to black. Look in properties/render/light paths.

For rendering in Eevee, which includes a material preview, you’re going to have to set a blend mode in the material settings (after changing renderer to Eevee.) I would strong recommend “alpha clip” as there’s pretty much zero chance that Blender is going to sort these meshes correctly.