[chescos]

Hey guys,

I want to use a temp entity to put a decal on a wall, I did that so far with that piece of code I found in the "Map Decals" plugin:

PHP Code:

public OnClientPostAdminCheck(client)
{
    TE_SetupBSPDecal(g_fOrigin, 0, g_iPrecacheID);
    TE_SendToClient(client);
}

TE_SetupBSPDecal(const Float:vecOrigin[3], entity, index)
{
    TE_Start("BSP Decal");
    TE_WriteVector("m_vecOrigin", vecOrigin);
    TE_WriteNum("m_nEntity", entity);
    TE_WriteNum("m_nIndex", index);
} 


Works great! My problem now is, I want to change the decal at the same position every X seconds. I thought about just putting the decals I want to switch between on top of each other and only transmit one at a time or about changing the TE's m_nIndex, is one of those possible?

Regards,
chescos

[Bacardi]

...I would say, you need create "Sprite Spray" or else, then have texture which contain multiple pictures/frames.
Then you "play" it.

:/

*edit
or do you like re-create pictures top of previous one ?

[chescos]

Originally Posted by Bacardi ...I would say, you need create "Sprite Spray" or else, then have texture which contain multiple pictures/frames. Then you "play" it. :/ *edit or do you like re-create pictures top of previous one ?

I tested recreating them on top but that just seems to work one time, not multiple times... what is Sprite Spray? Searched for it, didn't find anything.

[Bacardi]

is this for which game ?

you get temp entities list using SM server command
sm_dump_teprops teprops.txt

if I rember that command right.
This command can crash your server or else btw.

[chescos]

Originally Posted by Bacardi is this for which game ? you get temp entities list using SM server command sm_dump_teprops teprops.txt if I rember that command right. This command can crash your server or else btw.

Yesssss, ive seen that but what do i do with that information?

[Chdata]

just make an animated .vmt/.vtf

[h3bus]

The thing with TE is that when sent to client, they can no longer be modified by server.

One solution is to use TE with life and refresh them when they die, but it's not very clean.
Or you could use a regular entity.

[Bacardi]

here example, animated texture

PHP Code:

public void OnPluginStart()
{
    HookEventEx("bullet_impact", bullet_impact);
}

public void bullet_impact(Event event, const char[] name, bool dontBroadcast)
{
    float xyz[3];
    xyz[0] = GetEventFloat(event, "x");
    xyz[1] = GetEventFloat(event, "y");
    xyz[2] = GetEventFloat(event, "z");

    TE_SetupBSPDecal(xyz, 0, PrecacheDecal("decals/custom/test"));
    TE_SendToClient(GetClientOfUserId(GetEventInt(event, "userid")));
}

TE_SetupBSPDecal(const Float:vecOrigin[3], entity, index)
{
    TE_Start("BSP Decal");
    TE_WriteVector("m_vecOrigin", vecOrigin);
    TE_WriteNum("m_nEntity", entity);
    TE_WriteNum("m_nIndex", index);
} 


Add zipped material files (vmt, vtf) in your server and in your own game in right path,
so you not spread those files to all players for testing purpose.

Making animated texture, create multiple TGA pictures,
in VTFEdit create New file and select all TGAs,
choose format (I choosed RGBA888,
save file vtf

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