Yet another Nifty Trick
Posted: Fri Feb 28, 2003 6:18 am
I've discovered a neat way to make windows with shutter-like capabilities:
1) Place a half-size wall tile
2) Place a full-size wall tile on either side of the half-size wall tile.
3) Place a Village Fence door entity (entities/doors/village/) in the "hole" between the two full-size walls and above the half-size wall.
An actor (who's tall enough to reach it) can open/close the "door" like normal, but because of the "door"'s position, it looks like a shutter. Pretty spiffy, I say. Instead of having either a normal window or a blocked window, one can have a window that can be seen/shot through while the "door" is open and cannot be seen/shot through when the "door" is closed.
I was going to save posting this little gem for when I finish Revenge2, but I'm such a nice guy, I decided to share it with my fellow mappers. Yer welcome!
And hey, if Red ever gets around to putting in sprite editing/making capabilites into his lovely viewer, someone with the artistic talent could make a new door entity that actually looks like a shutter! (Consider that sentence me bugging you about the editor, Red
1) Place a half-size wall tile
2) Place a full-size wall tile on either side of the half-size wall tile.
3) Place a Village Fence door entity (entities/doors/village/) in the "hole" between the two full-size walls and above the half-size wall.
An actor (who's tall enough to reach it) can open/close the "door" like normal, but because of the "door"'s position, it looks like a shutter. Pretty spiffy, I say. Instead of having either a normal window or a blocked window, one can have a window that can be seen/shot through while the "door" is open and cannot be seen/shot through when the "door" is closed.
I was going to save posting this little gem for when I finish Revenge2, but I'm such a nice guy, I decided to share it with my fellow mappers. Yer welcome!
And hey, if Red ever gets around to putting in sprite editing/making capabilites into his lovely viewer, someone with the artistic talent could make a new door entity that actually looks like a shutter! (Consider that sentence me bugging you about the editor, Red