Maximum Sprite Size?

Post by **Enjay** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 5:25 am

Can anyone tell me if there is a maximum sprite size in Zdoom or if any special consideration has to be made for large sprites? I know that LilWhiteMouse produced a mod a couple of years ago that had some very large sprites (scaled down) and for some people the game would crash when these sprites came in to view. Although I think it may have been possible to avoid the problem by using a command line option or console command?

Anyway, I'd like to use a sprite that is 128 wide but 512 tall (it's a space rocket). I have tried it and it seemed OK but does anyone know if it is likely to cause any problems?

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Post by **Graf Zahl** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 5:52 am

It depends on the conversion tool. ZDoom supports larger graphics but the original sprite format couldn't handle these. Most modern converters should though. But if it works it's ok. You should see corruption if it wasn't

Cutmanmike · Post by **Cutmanmike** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 6:04 am

Big sprites are always a problem for me, since I use wintex

Post by **Enjay** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 6:07 am

OK, thanks. I was just concerned because of LWM's mod. Her sprites looked fine when run with the command line param, but crashed the game without it.

Mind you, it was a long time ago with a much older Zdoom.

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Post by **Graf Zahl** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 7:21 am

cutmanmike wrote:Big sprites are always a problem for me, since I use wintex

Get rid of that stone age tool. This is not its only problem. It's pathetic enough that it still doesn't support Hexen format levels.

blender81 · Post by **blender81** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 8:13 am

Wintex always wonks out for me.

I use Deutex. It gives you a ton of error messages when you try to import large sprites, but nevertheless does successfully import the large sprites.

wildweasel · Post by **wildweasel** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 4:27 pm

XWE works perfectly fine for everything nowadays, especially with the latest beta (which includes WinTex-style sound playing on selection).

Cyb · Post by **Cyb** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 4:04 pm

Graf Zahl wrote:
cutmanmike wrote:Big sprites are always a problem for me, since I use wintex :x

Get rid of that stone age tool. This is not its only problem. It's pathetic enough that it still doesn't support Hexen format levels.

uhhhh, yes it does

Post by **Graf Zahl** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 4:51 pm

Since when?
I haven't seen a version that does so far.

Biff · Post by **Biff** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 5:18 pm

Graf Zahl wrote:Since when?
I haven't seen a version that does so far.

Version 4.8 does.

Post by **randi** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 5:29 pm

You just have to select Hexen as your IWAD, but I don't use WinTex anymore.

Post by **Graf Zahl** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 5:51 pm

That explains it! Somehow it just fits perfectly into WinTex's design philosophy of limiting the user as much as possible...

Cutmanmike · Post by **Cutmanmike** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 8:01 am

I use it. And i'll keep using it until it doesn't support something I badly need. Becides, I have XWE gathering dust in the corner just incase.