Animated Sprays Options

[MonkeyFiend]

something I've been playing with - a (complex) way of getting L4D sprays animated... you do from time to time see a crap animation of a survivor in a closet being used as a tag.. it's pretty much the only animated spray I've seen.

So I thought I'd make a new one:



(although its smaller than this due to size limitations..

can be downloaded from:

http://sneakymonkeys.com/vtf/spray.vtf

The max file size for a VTF is 120KB, no limit on frames, but each frame needs a layer mask and other pointless stuff

I'll probably make something better soon, but at least we know animated sprays are possible

[Magik5]

ooh the possibilities

gna try this when i get home =]

[fido77]

hmmmmm. wonder if sound can be added also?!?! i want my dog to be barking, or growling

[MonkeyFiend]

hmmmmm. wonder if sound can be added also?!?! i want my dog to be barking, or growling

sound can't be added to a texture file.

A scripted object would work, but thats the realms of custom maps.

[fido77]

how can i get my doggy movin? like he's tearin through the wal!!! that would be awesome. lol

[MonkeyFiend]

well looking at a scaled 128x128 image, per frame consumes about 10K, so you're looking at 10 frames maximum (more like 8 in reality) for your animation. Basically you need a series of 256 or 128 sized images to form an animation.

Looking at the monkey with gun, this is 4 frames, the total being about 60KB (where the maximum for a VTF is 120)

I've also not seen any mechanism for controlling frame transition speed

[Magik5]

whats the default?

[MonkeyFiend]

can't tell... I'd take a stab at 20ms though

[fido77]

slowing down should be fairly easy if your programming this stuff in. just use a counter where it loops through the image a few times then changes.

[Magik5]

not if the compression software doesnt allow ;p

[fido77]

check out my new sig =FaRT=ikiltnoobs made for me!!!! i think its pretty good!!! even though it don't have our site adress on it.lol

[fido77]

i tried putting in a new avatar, but it don't seem to be changing

[edit] oh, there it goes. lol.[edit]

[kermit]

Can anyone make me a animated spray of a frog please havnt the foggys idea how

[MonkeyFiend]

Thar be a guide here:

http://orangpelupa.blogspot.com/2008/12/le...t-animated.html

Or post the animated gif or static frames to make an animation here and me or someone should be able to churn one out

[løṡτ_сøṉƒυṡεḋ:]

something I've been playing with - a (complex) way of getting L4D sprays animated... you do from time to time see a crap animation of a survivor in a closet being used as a tag.. it's pretty much the only animated spray I've seen.

So I thought I'd make a new one:



(although its smaller than this due to size limitations..

can be downloaded from:

http://sneakymonkeys.com/vtf/spray.vtf

The max file size for a VTF is 120KB, no limit on frames, but each frame needs a layer mask and other pointless stuff

I'll probably make something better soon, but at least we know animated sprays are possible

i have been making animated .vtf files for some time now and as long as you abide by several constraints it always work


keep in mind that an animated spray is not really animated rather just a selection of .vtf shown at different periods.

//constraints:

sizes must be integrals^2 i.e. 2,8,16,32,64 (no point going higher as u cant use multi frames and a animated spray is pointless) max use 256 but u are on the verge of going over the 128kb (real limit) of the allowed upload for a spray.

so image size and physical mem size are your real hurdles. create several (depending on project) .png files and save them in a "spray" dir, or whatever u want to call it. labled 1.png 2.png 3.png 4.png (their physical mem size now is NOT and indication of .vtf size.) open VTFedit (please get this from NEM'S tools) aynwhere else is a older version and dont support leechers. 

select file > import > select all 1,2,3,4.png > and import* . then under general select animated texture and under options make sure the "auto create vmt file" is selected. export to game dir and u r done.

[EveceGob73]

hypnotic... and marvellous... all animated content from here on in should have
this rhythmical arse involved somehow

[Magik5]

oh my, i just spilt my coffee

[MonkeyFiend]

was about to get the spamhammer out then realised it wasn't. Quality.. this guy should write horoscopes