Regarding overlays

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Nov 2 2007, 9:52 am
I'm not sure how to make a mob's overlays flip or turn when the mob's icon itself gets Flip()ed or turned. When you add an overlay isn't it supposed to make it function as a part of that icon?
Nov 3 2007, 3:25 am
Search before posting, this has been discussed in a couple, ... million topics already.

Obs wrote:
When you add an overlay isn't it supposed to make it function as a part of that icon?

No. If used with an icon_state, flick() changes the icon_state of overlays as well, however other than that overlays are independent of the base atom's icon.
Nov 3 2007, 5:10 am (Edited on Nov 3 2007, 6:28 am)
In response to Kaioken
What is the memory footprint of an overlay?


And if this has been discussed before I sure as hell didn't find it when I searched. The original question is obsolete anyway now since I already discovered a method to emulate the flip and turn procs, so overlays are now dependent on the base icon.