Make alpha mask/displacement map filters handle mask's icon_state, dir, or animation.

ID:2817775
 
Sep 5 2022, 8:21 am
Applies to:DM Language
Status: Open
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Make alpha mask/displacement map filters handle mask's icon_state, dir, and animation.
This will add more visual flexibility to projects, I can imagine 3 features i'll add in my project when this thing will be released.
For all BYONDkind.
Sep 13 2022, 2:42 pm
This is something I'd like to add, but there's a tricky aspect to this that's the reason why it hasn't been done yet.

In a filter, the mask is determined during the render phase, not the pre-render. The pre-render is where the actual resolution from icon, state, dir, movement, animation to a single frame is done. The reason current filters have to use the default frame is they have no way of doing that resolution.

So it's on the radar but it's a tricky beast to work out.
Apr 22 2023, 8:12 am
Just wanted to add +1.

Would love to see, and it will help us greatly. With SS13 body types and other things.
Aug 27 2023, 7:23 pm
Bumping / +1-ing, I started a few projects assuming this was the case and was disappointed it was not.
Aug 19 2024, 5:21 am
Chiming in to agree, this would be very useful.