Is there a way to have an objects icon be bigger than...

ID:164093
 
Jul 17 2007, 3:33 pm
What the default is?

Like with my HUD:
mob
    player
        proc
            AddHUD()
                src.client.screen += new/obj/HUD/Skills

obj
    HUD
        Skills
            icon = 'HUD.PNG'
            name = "Heroes"
            layer=MOB_LAYER+105
            screen_loc = "NORTH,WEST"


Or would I have to take it apart piece by piece and do it seperatly?
Jul 17 2007, 3:35 pm
You have to have it in pieces, or in the new 4.0 format, which still splits it up into 32x32 pieces. However, you can deal with larger icons programatically if the states are all named following a particular naming scheme.
Jul 17 2007, 3:35 pm
PNG images are converted to DMI images internally when you use them, so yes they are split up. You just have to change the icon_state of each tile to the corresponding icon_state. 0,0 is the lower left corner, the first number is x and the second is y.

Also don't use layers above 99, it won't work in later versions.
Jul 17 2007, 3:50 pm
In response to Nadrew
Nadrew wrote:
PNG images are converted to DMI images internally when you use them, so yes they are split up. You just have to change the icon_state of each tile to the corresponding icon_state. 0,0 is the lower left corner, the first number is x and the second is y.

Also don't use layers above 99, it won't work in later versions.

Damn all my layers are over 100 >.<

Thanks for the help guys
Jul 17 2007, 3:50 pm
This is a system I have to make big icons, it works but it wont work if it is piked up and put in ur inventory

atom/proc/bigicon(icon/I,state)
    var
        obj/O = new()
        list/L
        maxx
    if(isfile(I))
        L = list(I)
    else
        L = I
    src.overlays = null
    src.pixel_x =  0
    O.layer = FLOAT_LAYER
    for(var/X in L)
        O.icon = X
        for(var/i in icon_states(O.icon))
            if(findtext(i,","))
                O.icon_state = copytext(i,1,4)+((!L[X]) ? state : L[X])
                O.pixel_x = 32*text2num(copytext(i,1,findtext(i,",")))
                maxx = max(maxx,text2num(copytext(i,1,findtext(i,","))))
                O.pixel_y = 32*text2num(copytext(i,findtext(i,",")+1))
                src.overlays += O
    src.pixel_x -= maxx*16
    spawn del(O)

proc/importspritesheet(source,target,size_x=1,size_y=1,iconstate,moving,delay)
    var/maxx
    var/maxy
    for(var/i in icon_states(source))
        if(findtext(i,","))
            maxx = max(maxx,text2num(copytext(i,1,findtext(i,","))))
            maxy = max(maxy,text2num(copytext(i,findtext(i,",")+1)))
    if((maxx+1)%size_x||(maxy+1)%size_y)
        CRASH("Invalid Spritesheet! ([size_x]/[maxx]) ([size_y]/[maxy]) [source])")
    var/icon/I = icon(target)
    for(var/i in icon_states(source))
        if(findtext(i,","))
            var/thisx = text2num(copytext(i,1,findtext(i,",")))
            var/thisy = text2num(copytext(i,findtext(i,",")+1))
            var/thisdir
            var/thisframe = 1
            if(thisx != 0)
                thisframe = 1+round(thisx/size_x)
            if(maxy > size_y)
                if(thisy == 0)
                    thisdir = WEST
                else switch(round(thisy/size_y))
                    if(3) thisdir = SOUTH
                    if(2) thisdir = NORTH
                    if(1) thisdir = EAST
                    else thisdir = WEST
            I.Insert(icon(source,icon_state=i),"[thisx%size_x],[thisy%size_x][iconstate]",thisdir,thisframe,moving,delay)
    I.SwapColor(rgb(255,0,255),null)
    return I


That is the proc now for the actual atom

mob/enemy/
    Dragon
        name = "Dragon"
        health = 1000000
        strength = 100
        health = 200
        max_health = 200    //this defines "Killers" health
        player = 0
        var/mob/P
        New()
            ..()
            src.bigicon(list(src.icon,'dragon.dmi'))


Now all you have to do is in the icon file break it up into little parts, individual icons, and name them like this:

[0,1] [1,1] [2,1]
[0,0] [1,0] [2,0]

So that the second number is the line and the first number is the column
If anyone knows a better system tell me i would love to know