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Re: red glow sprite
Posted by Spartan on Sun Oct 24th at 5:04pm 2004


I am looking for a red glow sprite to use in NS. I want something that you would use for lights and I did not find any in the sprites folder. If some knows where I can find a download of a sprite like that it would help. Also How do I get the effect of steam spraying out of a vent. I found several steam sprites but all were small and circular. I am guessing it might take several of these sprites stacked to get a steam effect but if there is another way of doing it let me know. Thanks.



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Re: red glow sprite
Posted by Orpheus on Sun Oct 24th at 5:31pm 2004


i am confuse, sprite colors are set in the properties.. if you want red, make it red.

find a glow sprite..

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Re: red glow sprite
Posted by Spartan on Sun Oct 24th at 5:41pm 2004


I never knew you could change a sprites color. That's certainly new to me.





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Re: red glow sprite
Posted by Orpheus on Sun Oct 24th at 5:52pm 2004


? quoting Spartan 34

I never knew you could change a sprites color. That's certainly new to me.

been a while, but, maybe you better go look, before my foot goes any further in

[addsig]




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Re: red glow sprite
Posted by Spartan on Sun Oct 24th at 5:56pm 2004


Oh that's nice your not sure. Is there an exact method to creating good steam in NS?



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Re: red glow sprite
Posted by Orpheus on Sun Oct 24th at 6:07pm 2004


? quoting Spartan 34
Oh that's nice your not sure. Is there an exact method to creating good steam in NS?

look bud, i dunno about NS, it makes no sense that it would be different that normal HL..

get sprite viewer, pick the one you want, and edit it to suit..

edit it as in, tall and skinny, short and fat, fast moving, slow moving..

steam is steam.. why would NS do it differently?

get pakscape, extract the sprites, get sprite viewer..

[edit] the sprite you need, may not be called "steam" [edit]

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Re: red glow sprite
Posted by Spartan on Sun Oct 24th at 6:24pm 2004


I have sprite viewer and I checked all the sprites. Also I believe you can use HL sprites in any other mod (I think). Is this true.



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Re: red glow sprite
Posted by Orpheus on Sun Oct 24th at 6:28pm 2004


been 4 years, i dunno.. i think so, cause HL is the basic driving force behind the mods.. but..

make a test map, try.

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Re: red glow sprite
Posted by pepper on Sun Oct 24th at 6:29pm 2004


yes, you can change the sprite-colour info:
go to fx color
pick your color
there you go, the sprite is the right color.
this should be in any fgd, otherwise it would be a very old one.

let a env_shooter loop, make sure it shoot sprites, i think this works because you can use models as sprites so its probably possible.
there is a trick to let it loop with a multimaneger, but i dont know that exactly.

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Re: red glow sprite
Posted by Orpheus on Sun Oct 24th at 6:35pm 2004


i cheat, i place random triggerAAA brushes around my map.. when someone walks through it, random steam bursts occur.. is much easier to set up and NO MM's [addsig]



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Re: red glow sprite
Posted by fishy on Sun Oct 24th at 8:01pm 2004


Spartan, a quick search of the the site (map editing>resources) turned up this, would you believe.

you can set their scale in the properties, if you want to change the size of them.





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Re: red glow sprite
Posted by Orpheus on Sun Oct 24th at 8:05pm 2004


fish, i didn't make mine yellow, because he asked to many questions within one thread..

spartan, you should not ask but one per thread.

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Re: red glow sprite
Posted by fishy on Sun Oct 24th at 8:40pm 2004


? quoting Orpheus

fish, i didn't make mine yellow, because he asked to many questions within one thread..

Thanks for clarifying that. It would have been easy for me to be left with the assumption that you were unsure of the answer, by posting something like;

? posted by Orpheus

been a while, but, maybe you better go look, before my foot goes any further in

I did make mine yellow, because I was confident that my post answered the question in the thread title.

I've also edited in what is needed to answer the other part of Spartans question, if that makes any difference to you.





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Re: red glow sprite
Posted by Orpheus on Sun Oct 24th at 8:48pm 2004


? quote:
read me before posting:
Please post your compile log if you are having problems compiling your map. Also, DO NOT post multiple problems in a single topic- start new topics for each one, or else your post will be deleted.

now don't you feel silly?

i didn't want to draw to much attention to this thread, in fear of it being removed..

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Re: red glow sprite
Posted by Spartan on Mon Oct 25th at 12:02am 2004


Orph are you talking about me? Anyways I already knew you scaled down the texture but I wasn't sure if you could change its color. You'll get to see my sprite skills hopefully this week when I post up my NS map.





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Re: red glow sprite
Posted by Orpheus on Mon Oct 25th at 12:08am 2004


? quoting Spartan 34

Orph are you talking about me?

no, i was not.

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Re: red glow sprite
Posted by KungFuSquirrel on Mon Oct 25th at 12:53am 2004


Orph, NS has added a particle system which uses sprites to create much more complex effects that HL just couldn't really do on its own. Some aspects of that are different.

But yes, you can set sprite color, but there's also a few that have a reddish tint to them (redflare, for example). Your call what works best; the red you specify may be too saturated if you're not careful, but sometimes the pre-colored sprites don't give the right tone either. [addsig]




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Re: red glow sprite
Posted by Orpheus on Mon Oct 25th at 1:00am 2004


*nods head sagely*

thankyou very much andrew.. i figured the FGD's might be a bit different, but wasn't sure..

i do have a question, or will repeat his.. can he use the HL sprites too?

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Re: red glow sprite
Posted by fishy on Mon Oct 25th at 2:17am 2004


? quoting Orpheus

? quote:
read me before posting:
Please post your compile log if you are having problems compiling your map. Also, DO NOT post multiple problems in a single topic- start new topics for each one, or else your post will be deleted.

now don't you feel silly?

No, why should I. Spartan asked primarily for a red sprite. He couldn't find one. He can find one, or it's name and how to use it on the page of this site that i linked to. He also wanted a sprite that would look like steam, but had only been able to find round ones. Again, the link I provided would provide the required sprite, negating the need for any other editing questions about stacking round sprites. Two birds with one stone.

Anything else?





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Re: red glow sprite
Posted by Hugh on Mon Oct 25th at 2:32am 2004


Your link didn't really provide a sprite so much as showcasing ones he already had. Be nice to Orph you meanie. [addsig]




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