ZDoom

Since blending translations don't work on models (turns them completely invisible -- currently under the impression of 'this is an unsupported feature'. If I'm wrong, please do tell!) I thought I'd try to use a TEXTURES re-blended graphic to apply to the model which, in my case, defines about 20 of the manipulated graphics for the sake of saving on file space.

Turns out, it cannot do that. Can this be changed?

I'm 100% for this, this would be a godsend.

Indeed. This is not only a headache to maintain, it's also a massive waste of space when it comes to having a ton of varieties. Those are literally just different colors and/or offsets (think Photoshop's Filter -> Other -> Offset effect, or TEXTURE's ability to define the offset of each specific graphic inside the box).

Agreed with this one. This would allow me to cut quite a few MB off of SMMP's size.

Do you want something like this? If so, it's fairly easy to implement.

Although I would like to have more comprehensive testing material for this feature.
It works with quickly hacked sample using a lamp model by Enjay. But it's better to check with something real.

If it can read from the TEXTURES lump, that's all I would like. Because right now it can't do that.

For example, make a quick TEXTURES entry on the graphic.
It won't work. Not even giving the full directory works at the moment.

OK, updated the sample with texture definition. With changes from the mentioned branch both actors are working fine.

Can this be pushed to a test branch on GZDoom itself for testing please?

It's here. Probably it's even faster to copy/paste the change into existing checkout. By the way you can pull from arbitrary Git remote.

_mental_ wrote:By the way you can pull from arbitrary Git remote.

@ Cooke: Not sure how to do it in SourceTree but it's easy to do from the command-line.
(though it is preferable such things are put into a branch that way the HEAD of the branch stays updated)

Rachael wrote:(though it is preferable such things are put into a branch that way the HEAD of the branch stays updated)

That's the biggest reason why I suggested it. Otherwise pulling updates from the HEAD can sometimes be a pain in the ass.

Thanks Mental! Will give it a try.

I also put it in the latest QZDoom devbuild.

Here you go. summon SNLightningBeam in console.

It's a shame blend modes don't work on textures applied to models.

Well, with my change textures are resolved correctly, right? Blending mode being ignored for models is unrelated to the initial request.

Yup. Works perfectly!