Feature Idea: Sprite scaling via scripting

The Ultimate DooMer · Post by **The Ultimate DooMer** » Sat Aug 16, 2003 6:01 pm

Here's an idea: add an actor property that behaves like the bex sprite scaling function - eg. SetActorProperty (APROP_Scale, 1.5) where the value is relative to 1 like in the bex patches. (so 1.5 is 150% of original size , 0.7 is 70% etc. etc.). So then you can scale individual things like in Duke.

(note: just because I can't use any new versions beyond 47 doesn't mean I can't make suggestions - after all they would benefit everyone else and besides, there's always the faint hope of somehow fixing my system problems)

Mighty Duck X-treme · Post by **Mighty Duck X-treme** » Sat Aug 16, 2003 6:03 pm

Don't we already have sprite scaling?

Cyb · Post by **Cyb** » Sat Aug 16, 2003 9:56 pm

reseat your ram!

Hirogen2 · Post by **Hirogen2** » Sun Aug 17, 2003 4:20 am

Uh, doesnot the DECORATE Scale command suffice?

Post by **Enjay** » Sun Aug 17, 2003 5:29 am

Hirogen2 wrote:Uh, doesnot the DECORATE Scale command suffice?

It would if you wanted to define a few different DECORATE items at different scales. If you wanted to have a level with a bunch of normal imps, and one giant one, you'd need to do it with dehacked at present. If you could scale items as suggested, then you could make your giant imp using ACS.

Post by **Graf Zahl** » Sun Aug 17, 2003 6:56 am

Enjay wrote:
Hirogen2 wrote:Uh, doesnot the DECORATE Scale command suffice?
It would if you wanted to define a few different DECORATE items at different scales. If you wanted to have a level with a bunch of normal imps, and one giant one, you'd need to do it with dehacked at present. If you could scale items as suggested, then you could make your giant imp using ACS.

And you can even create a shrinking/expanding item. Might be useful...

Hirogen2 · Post by **Hirogen2** » Sun Aug 17, 2003 9:08 am

Heh a growing imp@secs.

Post by **Enjay** » Sun Aug 17, 2003 11:39 am

Graf Zahl wrote:And you can even create a shrinking/expanding item. Might be useful...

Hmmmm, first thoughts on that. How about a boss enemy that you either wear down to a smaller and smaller version until you kill it? Or an enemy that grows in size once a certain HP value has been reached (similar to Eidolon in Hexen II)?

Post by **Xaser** » Sun Aug 17, 2003 12:52 pm

Hirogen2 wrote:Heh a growing imp@secs.

Yeah, there could be like a scene where a bunch of marines are in a laborotory experimenting on a dead imp (except that it's really alive, just knocked out), but then it comes to life (well, it wakes up, as it was already alive) , and it scares the hell out of one of the marines, who then accidentally hits a button which makes the imp start to grow, and then it busts out of the cage and kills the marines. And this all happens before your very eyes, but a sheet of bulletproof glass is in between the two rooms, so you can't do anything about what you see (until maybe the giant imp busts through the glass). Heh, that sounds like a good scene for Doom 3, don't ya think?

HotWax · Post by **HotWax** » Sun Aug 17, 2003 1:53 pm

Enjay wrote:How about a boss enemy that you either wear down to a smaller and smaller version until you kill it?

Yoshi's Island Doom.....