Author Topic: Engine Change: colorShift->Paint (Read 1089 times)

Space Guy · January 10, 2009, 07:18:08 AM

Many people have suggested that things like the "Lightsabers" and similar tools blend to your paint colour. Perhaps an option in the Image ~~and Item~~ datablocks could make them do this. ~~(Items being to the brick's colour?)~~ I suggest making it happen if the "doColorShift" field in each is set to false - this currently has no use, as you can already make it shift to "1 1 1 1" to appear white and such an option might prevent the need for creating hundreds of identical datablocks for a single weapon or purpose. For instance, the Paint Cans could change from 256 datablocks (64 x images + particle data + emitters + explosion data) to about two or three.

EDIT: It turns out you can set items to a specific colour by setNodeColor. It'd still be useful for weapon images, though.

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Sirrus · January 10, 2009, 08:33:44 AM

Space, you can just eat the engine, digest it in your stomach of 1's and 0's, and then crap out a log of better engine, right?

Packer · January 10, 2009, 08:51:24 AM

I still want a custom avatar area with the same properties.

Space Guy · January 10, 2009, 12:18:34 PM

I had an idea for a custom avatar-ish system which used separate models. I'll see if I can find it.

player.setImageColorShift(%slot,%colorID) ?

EDIT: Aha, found it:

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What would be interesting is body part Add-Ons with some sort of structure like this:
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Add-Ons/BodyParts_Default.zip description.txt server.cs <-- This file is empty like decal add-ons /LHAND LHand.dts LHand.png <-- The icon that shows in the Avatar menu LHook.dts LHook.png /LLeg LShoe.dts LHand.png LHook.dts LHook.png

(New body parts come as an Add-On organised into folders for the node names, then your body parts are selectable through the avatar menu. Not-found ones in servers are replaced with the default appearance.)

I doubt it'd be possible (efficient) without lots of engine changes, though.

Tom · January 10, 2009, 12:41:40 PM

Use skins?

Space Guy · January 10, 2009, 12:43:33 PM

Skins use textures. I'm looking for an option that allows me to set an RGBA or paint set colour for the weapon image/item, not a texture.

Ephialtes · January 10, 2009, 12:46:20 PM

The idea with moddable body parts would be an absolute tragedy. It'd be so much work just so a bunch of stupid kids could run around with guns and cats for hands.

Space Guy · January 14, 2009, 11:36:24 AM

Back on topic (this isn't about avatars), does anyone else have an opinion on this? I think it'd be useful for many different mods and isn't a huge change to the game.

Space Guy · January 17, 2009, 07:07:13 AM

It turns out that you can set an item's colour by using item.setNodeColor("ALL",whatever);. I still think that it'd be good for weapon images, though.