Laser beams/tracers with Sprite?

[Pastaspace]

Been messing around with 3.3, I noticed on the release page is says we can use the new Sprite class to easily make tracer rounds and laser beams, which sounds sweet.

But uh, how would one go about doing this? The Sprite class doesn't seem to have any documentation yet.

[Josh]

It does:

http://www.leadwerks.com/werkspace/page/documentation/_/command-reference/sprite/

 

Basically, just use SetSize() to make it really long and skinny, and then set the view mode to 6:

http://www.leadwerks.com/werkspace/page/documentation/_/user-guide/spritesetviewmode-r832

 

That will make it rotate around its own Z axis, so you just point the sprite entity wherever the laser beam should point and it will look right.

 

This is how I did the bullet tracers in the FPS weapon model pack.

[randomkeyhits]

The sprite page under the command reference is empty.

 

The user guide page looks like it should be a page that the empty command reference page would point to.

 

I also can't find any reference in the user guide to sprites (I may well have missed it) so I can't see any other of the sprite functions.

[Thirsty Panther]

Look under documentation-index-sprite.

 

Spritesetview mode http://www.leadwerks.com/werkspace/page/documentation/_/user-guide/spritesetviewmode-r832

 

Spritegetview mode http://www.leadwerks.com/werkspace/page/documentation/_/command-reference/sprite/spritegetviewmode-r833

 

[Josh]

Thanks for pointing that out. It was just a page permissions issue. You can access it now.

[Pastaspace]

It does:

http://www.leadwerks.com/werkspace/page/documentation/_/command-reference/sprite/

 

Basically, just use SetSize() to make it really long and skinny, and then set the view mode to 6:

http://www.leadwerks.com/werkspace/page/documentation/_/user-guide/spritesetviewmode-r832

 

That will make it rotate around its own Z axis, so you just point the sprite entity wherever the laser beam should point and it will look right.

 

This is how I did the bullet tracers in the FPS weapon model pack.

 

Alright, what are the rules for loading files in for sprites, just flat .mdl files? .tex files?

Also it doesn't seem that the C++ class for sprite has a SetViewMode function.

[gamecreator]

It looks like you use Create with an Entity.

[Josh]

Prefabs can be saved from any object in the editor, including sprites. Or you can create a sprite in code.