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IFL textures
Packer:
Has any one successfully created IFL animations in Blockland except Badspot? I'm looking into using IFL's in a small idea project for Blockland I want to know if anyone has actually gotten them working and cares to share. I'd Appreciate it, thanks.
Treynolds416:
For stupid people like me, could you explain exactly what those are?
Packer:
--- Quote from: Treynolds416 on February 26, 2011, 09:41:11 AM ---For stupid people like me, could you explain exactly what those are?
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If you don't know you're not helping. IFL, like GIF's but in Torque. Thats the most basic understandable way of explaining it.
Iban:
Huh, so that's what an IFL is. This explains a lot.
CityRPG's GUI has IFLs in it but I never really quite understood what they were.
In the Stats GUI, there is an animated object like the one in the Options GUI where you play dress-up. In order to set the face or chest decal, you need to use this:
--- Code: ---CRPG_Avatar.setIflFrame(CRPG_Avatar.dynamicObject, "face", getIflFrame("face", $Pref::Avatar::FaceName));
CRPG_Avatar.setIflFrame(CRPG_Avatar.dynamicObject, "decal", getIflFrame("decal", CRPG_Avatar.decal));
--- End code ---
(CRPG_Avatar is the GuiObjectView. CRPG_Avatar.dynamicObject is the embedded dynamic object.)
This diddy gets the line of the IFL file specified where %name appears.
--- Code: ---function getIflFrame(%node, %name)
{
%file = "base/data/shapes/player/" @ %node @ ".ifl";
if(isFile(%file))
{
%name = stripTrailingSpaces(fileBase(%name));
if(%name !$= "")
{
%fo = new FileObject() {};
%fo.openForRead(%file);
%hasFound = false;
%lineNum = 0;
while(!%fo.isEOF())
{
%line = %fo.readLine();
%thisDecal = stripTrailingSpaces(fileBase(%line));
if(%thisDecal $= %name)
{
%hasFound = true;
break;
}
else
{
%lineNum++;
}
}
%fo.close();
%fo.delete();
if(%hasFound)
{
return %lineNum;
}
else
{
return 0;
}
}
else
{
return 0;
}
}
else
{
echo("\c2getIflFrame(\"" @ %node @ "\", \"" @ %name @ "\") : You did not supply a proper IFL file name to read from.");
return 0;
}
}
--- End code ---
The IFL file is a composite of file paths to all default and add-on decals.
--- Code: ---base/data/shapes/player/decals/AAA-None.png
Add-Ons/Decal_Zombies/ZAPT-Witch.png
Add-Ons/Decal_Zombies/ZAPT-Suit.png
Add-Ons/Decal_Zombies/ZAPT-StoClerk.png
Add-Ons/Decal_Zombies/ZAPT-MallCop.png
Add-Ons/Decal_Zombies/ZAPT-Bowling.png
Add-Ons/Decal_Zombies/ZAPT-BillyMays.png
Add-Ons/Decal_Zombies/ZAPT-Basketball.png
Add-Ons/Decal_WORM/worm_engineer.png
Add-Ons/Decal_WORM/worm-sweater.png
--- End code ---
So if I
--- Code: ---echo(getIflFrame("decal", "Add-Ons/Decal_Zombies/ZAPT-Witch.png"));
--- End code ---
It prints this
--- Code: ---1
--- End code ---
What this says to me is that IFL files are not actual animations but a collection of single frames. This means the player's face and decal is actually a single frame in a still animation.
Beyond that, beats me. I can't model so I don't know anything about the process. Perhaps try referencing an IFL file instead of a PNG file for a texture, and then set the IFL file up properly. That may work.
Treynolds416:
--- Quote from: Packer on February 26, 2011, 10:40:01 AM ---If you don't know you're not helping. IFL, like GIF's but in Torque. Thats the most basic understandable way of explaining it.
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I am quite aware that I wasn't helping.
But that makes sense. Look at how Badspot made the "Ghosting" IFL. He ran a bunch of static images one after another.
Torque doesn't really like fast moving image uploads however, so keep the animation somewhat primitive, to avoid headache.
Again, I may or may not be helping. If I am not, don't say anything.