Fixed Angled Sprites

ChromeAngel

<div class="IPBDescription">How to?</div> I want to have a spite that is fixed parallel to the floor. I have tried setting the angles property, but it does not seem to be restricting the sprite. What am I doing wrong?

blue2k

nothing at all, sprites are 2d in nature and will always turn to face the player so they appear "whole" gunman messed around with the sprite code with some interesting effects by constraining the sprites access's.

there is a utility to lock the z axis on a sprite though, so it will remain stationary and not turn to face you, but as far as i know there is no way of making a sprite lay "flat" without added code.

<a href='http://www.mapscene.de/cgi-bin/download.cgi?files/andere/SpriteMage.zip' target='_blank'>http://www.mapscene.de/cgi-bin/download.cg.../SpriteMage.zip</a>

its in german though so you could translate the options , i did, and not very well either <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->

dadurch dreht sich das sprite im kreise kann aber nicht kippen
thus the sprite turns in circles cannot however not tilt

zumindest von einer seite dreht sich das sprite beim naherkommen weg
at least from a side the sprite turns with closer away

altbekannte standardeinstellung, das sprite bewegt sich mit dem spieler
long-known standard attitude, the sprite moves with the player

das sprite steht fest im raum
the sprite is located firmly in the area

my german isnt great but you get the general idea.

watch_me_die

if you want it fixed parallel to the floor couldn't you just use a func_wall textured on all the other sides with NULL and change the sprite into a texture?

ChromeAngel

I was planning on using an animated sprite. That would waste a lot of my precious texture memory.

Fam

Not direct translation, but easier to understand.

dadurch dreht sich das sprite im kreise kann aber nicht kippen
- The sprite turns to face the player, but stays upright.

zumindest von einer seite dreht sich das sprite beim naherkommen weg
- No idea, my German/HL knowledge isnt this good. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->

altbekannte standardeinstellung, das sprite bewegt sich mit dem spieler
- The sprite faces the player at all times.

das sprite steht fest im raum
- The sprite holds its angle property

Greedo

Make a particle system and check the 'face up' flag.

CrAcKbRoCk

You can modify the sprite files themselves also. I beleive you edit it in a hex editor or somthing like that...I'll find out more on it

CrAcKbRoCk

Ok, here that hex stuff I've found. You can change how HL reders a sprite by editing the sprite file, with out having to use env_partilce ent. Check out the link
<a href='http://www.cryotank.net/maps/tutorials/sprites1.html' target='_blank'>Customizing sprites</a>

Crash

wrong wrong wrong. You use a program called sprite fixer, which you can get <a href='http://www.cszone.co.uk/files/tools/SpriteFixer.exe' target='_blank'>here</a>.

When you enter the PYR values, they must all have a value or it won't work properly.

ie. a PYR setting of '0 90 0' doesn't work (correctly). It needs to be '0.1 90 0.1'

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