I would like to place a Decal on a door, say a fire decal or smoke decal, then shoot at the decal which would then be activated .

Could do it easily in the old fps creator.

Many Thanks

I will take a look and see if this is possible yet.
So basically you want the door to open after you shoot the decal?

Here you go.
Mapfile included in attachments. Place it and the .dat file in the mapbank folder.
Place the script in the scriptbank folder.
In the properties of the decal Numberpanel.fpe. You need to set the colmode to 0, instead of 11, so it will register the hit.

All objects are stock, so run the map. collect the weapon. shoot the decal. the decal is set to destroy and activateif used when health or strength is below 10. this allow the door to be opened then.

Pirate Myke thanks for your prompt reply, but what I would like is to shoot at a Decal on a door or building which would then start
Smoke or Fire bellowing out of it.

I will see if I can use part of your attachment to help me in this task.

Any other help would be much appreciated - Many Thanks

Add turn particle on, but the particle system is not fully implemented yet.
But there is a script to use it in a zone and can be applied to objects also.


the global.lua file contains the commands tied to the engine at the moment.
The particle is located in the effectsbank folder.

Let me know if you get it, or still need assistance.

This is interesting information, but I need a tutorial that shows how to apply and use decals. Does one exist yet?

As in placing in the editor or actually making your own?

For placing in the editor, grab one from the decal folder in the library, and place it on the map. Notice the handle to grab it easier.
Adjust it like any other object with the widget. Including scale.

Now if you want to make your own, you make them in a paint program and the normal ones are 16 celled on the decal sheet.

Open one of them in a paint program and you will see how they are laid out. They are run in order by the shader from top left, then to the next line repeating this till it gets to the last one, then repeats.

Duplicate a set and rename it and then modify it. If you want a different number of tiles in it, then make your texture sheet as so and change the value in the text file in that folder.

You may have to adjust the shader cell numbers to keep the decal from scrolling, instead of animating from one position, depending on the number of tiles you use.

Nice info, thanks Myke

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Your welcome.