Did a search to see if this has been discussed. didn't find anything specific. Will we have animated sprite support in reloaded? Fire, Smoke, etc.

Last release has effect_animate.fx and effect_scroll.fx shaders

Ahh! So we've shaders for this, Great! Say, is there any documentation available for they're general usage, such as frame rates, frame limitations, and texture layout parameters (single, or multiple textures, etc.)?

They are the same as the classic ones. make a sprite sheet texture with the number of frames on it. Set the values in the shader in notepad and it should work. like the bond1 tv thing.

It be cool to see a tutorial for this

Original Classic thread and tutorial.

http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=170127&b=24

Bond1 made one a while ago.

That's great, PirateMyke, thanks! Y'all amaze me!

So if we wanted to use the Animated Sprite Pack from FPSC Classic, would the particles.x file be replaced by the effect_animate.fx one in the FPE file?

I'm trying to get the old sprites working and not having much luck.

Xfile (.x) is the decal mesh. it is a single side polygon

effect_animate.fx is the shader file of the effect in reloaded.

I am not really sure how to implement this yet in reloaded. I see that the particles are in a folder of there own under the effectbank folder, but no xfile. So I am guessing that it is hard coded in the program, or being call internally to an x file some where.

Will have to play with this. I would start with the RPG script to look for the answers, also opening the effect file for the character shader in notepad, may shed some light on the subject.

StartParticleEmitter(e)
StopParticleEmitter(e)

Are the LUA commands.

The particle emitter is a very basic one right now, a placeholder for a more complete and robust system. I welcome suggestions on the number and scope of particle commands all LUA scripters might be looking for...

I haven't tried the new effect shaders, but with a modified classic Bond1 shader I used the animated sprite pack in my Rescue the Princess demo. I simply created a flat quad geometry and attached the modified Bond1 shader to it and specified the decal texture from the classic animated sprite pack. I would assume you could do the same with the new effect shaders, but I haven't tried it yet.