[wip] Muzzle Flash

Cs42886 · December 2003

<div class="IPBDescription">New sprite.</div> Heres a pic of my latest work in progress. Its not much really. I making some more for the different guns. Just tell me what you think. Thanks. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'>

Cs42886

<img src='http://home.comcast.net/~cs42886/muztest.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image'>

Dark_Soul · December 2003

i love it !

looks way better then those silly standard ones

Xiile · December 2003

Looks great, but one thing, you should attempt to center it more somehow, it looks a bit off center. Fix that and itll be great!

Cs42886 · December 2003

Yeah, it isn't centered, but there is nothing that I can do about it. The models make it randomly rotate and such. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'>

Windelkron · December 2003

does the pistol have that sprite too, though??

editor321 · December 2003

omg it sucks sooo much go back from where you came from

j/k you already know what i think <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'>

Cs42886 · December 2003

Maybe. I'm still trying to understand exactly what each sprite does in the NS folder. I used to do sprites for DoD, so I know what im doing. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'>

Verthandi · December 2003

Just in case this helps...
All Marine weapons use muzzleflash1. (different sprites for different guns will <b>not</b> work)
Both Marine turrets use muzzleflash2.

PowerslavE · December 2003

Reduce the size majorily and it'll be neat. Keep it that big and people, including me, will complain about how much it clogs up the screen. Otherwise good work.

LockNLoaded · December 2003

oh my....if it isnt Cs42886 from the dod custom forums. welcome to the ns customization boards! <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'>

p.s love ur muzzle and blood sprites for dod...sadly i dont play that game nemore. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'>

Dark_Soul · December 2003

a pistol won't have this kind of muzz i think

besides, muzzleflashes are rare in real life
maybe you could make the sprite like, 3 frames: the normal one and 2 blank ones
so you won't see the muzz as much <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'>

(but i'm afraid not everyone will like that)

Warfare · December 2003

I used smokepuffs myself before. Just renamed the ones from the turrets. Now I use a solar flare, though.

Anyways, the pistol will use the muzzleflash the LMG and HMG uses, and it will be double in size.
Imagine that muzzleflash doubled.

Cs42886 · December 2003

Good comments. Anymore before I go and finalize these babies? <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'>

BlackPanther · December 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Verthandi @ Dec 16 2003, 11:45 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Just in case this helps...
All Marine weapons use muzzleflash1. (different sprites for different guns will <b>not</b> work)
Both Marine turrets use muzzleflash2.  </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> 
Actually it can work.
Just by tweaking the EVENT part in the .qc file of the gun:

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{event <#> <frame> <options>} Animation events. These vary quite a bit, but are the most fun. Events can call either a sound, sprite, map trigger, or a programming code event that can do whatever you'd like.
example 1: { event 5004 1 "weapons\shoot.wav" }
Event 5004 plays this sound on frame 1. Include the path starting from your mod folder.

example 2: { event 5001 1 "20" }
Events 5001, 5011 and 5021 are for sprites, particularly muzzleflashes for weapons. This example plays the mp5 sprite, muzzleflash1.spr on frame 1. "20" indicates that sprite # 0 is scaled 2 times larger than normal. Below is a chart of muzzleflash sprites with the number that they are assigned to and what they're used for:

This is for HL... pretty sure that NS hasn't changed that:
sprite number: name - use
0: muzzleflash1.spr - mp5
1: muzzleflash2.spr - shotgun, pistols
2: muzzleflash3.spr - hornetgun

An attachment point needs to be defined for these to show up in Half-Life. Event 5001 has it's origin at $attachment 0, 5011's origin is at $attachment 1, and 5021's origin is at $attachment 2.

example 3: { event 5002 10 "5" }
Event 5002 is for sparks. Here it plays on frame 10 and is scaled up 5 times. It's origin is the lowest attachment number, zero, unless you don't define zero. Then it will be at $attachment 1.

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Windelkron · December 2003

wow, that's helpful!

now how do I edit a qc file?

Daza4 · December 2003

Decompile the model and edit it in notepad.

[wip] Muzzle Flash

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