Autospawning sprites on a material

Spike

Posted 16 years ago2008-04-01 14:11:24 UTC Post #248334

I want to make some grass sprites autospawning on a grass texture. Valve doesn't explain too much about this.

I've found that:

[quote]Group1
{

"alpha" "1"
Model1
{
	"sprite" "288 0 128 128 512"
	"spritesize" "0.5 0.0 19 25"
	"spriterandomscale" "0.2"
	"amount" "0.2"
	"detailOrientation" "2"
}
Model2
{
	"sprite" "0 0 128 128 512"
	"spritesize" "0.5 0.0 23 30"
	"spriterandomscale" "0.2"
	"amount" "0.1"
	"detailOrientation" "2"
	}

}
[/quote]

What does it mean? Why is it declared as Model? How do I link this file to the sprite texture?

Spike

The Mad Carrot

Posted 16 years ago2008-04-01 14:34:47 UTC Post #248335

Yeah, i want to know how this is done as well.
I do know that the detail.vbsp file has something to do with it...

The Mad Carrot

Spike

Posted 16 years ago2008-04-09 18:39:08 UTC Post #248636

I really need to know this. I hate because Valve explains all except the most important thing, how the hell do you link the .vtf to the .vbsp????

Spike

Penguinboy

Posted 16 years ago2008-04-09 19:11:48 UTC Post #248637

http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Detail_Props

PenguinboyHaha, I died again!

Spike

Posted 16 years ago2008-04-09 19:22:02 UTC Post #248638

http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Det
ail_Props

I want to make some grass sprites autospawning on a grass texture. Valve doesn't explain too much about this.

I've found that:

Quote:
Group1
{
"alpha" "1"
Model1
{
"sprite" "288 0 128 128 512"
"spritesize" "0.5 0.0 19 25"
"spriterandomscale" "0.2"
"amount" "0.2"
"detailOrientation" "2"
}
Model2
{
"sprite" "0 0 128 128 512"
"spritesize" "0.5 0.0 23 30"
"spriterandomscale" "0.2"
"amount" "0.1"
"detailOrientation" "2"
}
}

What does it mean? Why is it declared as Model? How do I link this file to the sprite texture?

Means I've already read all the stuff and it doesn't explain how to tell the .vbsp which texture file do I want to use.

Spike

Penguinboy

Posted 16 years ago2008-04-09 19:25:52 UTC Post #248639

You should read it again...it clearly states what you put in the VMT to link it to the VBSP.

PenguinboyHaha, I died again!

Spike

Posted 16 years ago2008-04-12 20:13:14 UTC Post #248729

Well I'm doing what it says there and is not spawning sprites. BTW I have tested the custom and the official ones and aren't shown on hammer neither ingame.

Spike

Penguinboy

Posted 16 years ago2008-04-12 20:44:54 UTC Post #248730

in general, sprites only appear on displacements with alpha applied.

PenguinboyHaha, I died again!

TheGrimReafer

Posted 16 years ago2008-04-12 21:53:51 UTC Post #248734

[quote]and aren't shown on hammer[quote]

They wont ever show in hammer, so keep your half-life 2 up

TheGrimReaferADMININATOR

Spike

Posted 16 years ago2008-04-14 10:58:32 UTC Post #248801

yes... seems on displacements work well, I'm going to try it with custom textures

Spike

Posted 16 years ago2008-04-18 14:36:13 UTC Post #248913

Ok, finally it works with a "custom" texture. But it seems to spawn on the wrong alpha too. Well, it doen't spawn on all the wrong alpha, but it does too much on the edge. I just want to spawn it on grass.

here's a pic, and the .vbsp

[blue]detail
{
tf_grass

{
	"density" "8000"
	Group1
	{
		"alpha" "1"

	}
	Group2
	{
		"alpha" "1"
		Model2
		{
			"sprite" "200 85 94 172 512"
			"spritesize" "0.5 0.0 16 37"
			"spriterandomscale" "0.1"
			"amount" "0.025"
			"detailOrientation" "2"
		}
		Model3
		{
			"sprite" "376 0 112 256 512"
			"spritesize" "0.5 0.0 12 18"
			"spriterandomscale" "0.1"
			"amount" "0.015"
			"detailOrientation" "2"
		}
		Model4
		{
			"sprite" "32 416 64 96 512"
			"spritesize" "0.5 0.0 10 14"
			"spriterandomscale" "0.3"
			"amount" "0.05"
			"detailOrientation" "2"
		}
		Model5
		{
			"sprite" "217 472 68 40 512"
			"spritesize" "0.5 0.0 12 12"
			"spriterandomscale" "0.4"
			"amount" "0.15"
			"detailOrientation" "2"
		}
	}

	Group3
	{
		"alpha" "1"
		Model2
		{
			"sprite" "200 85 94 172 512"
			"spritesize" "0.5 0.0 16 37"
			"spriterandomscale" "0.1"
			"amount" "0.025"
			"detailOrientation" "2"
		}
		Model3
		{
			"sprite" "376 0 112 256 512"
			"spritesize" "0.5 0.0 12 18"
			"spriterandomscale" "0.1"
			"amount" "0.025"
			"detailOrientation" "2"
		}
		Model4
		{
			"sprite" "32 416 64 96 512"
			"spritesize" "0.5 0.0 10 14"
			"spriterandomscale" "0.3"
			"amount" "0.05"
			"detailOrientation" "2"
		}
		Model5
		{
			"sprite" "217 472 68 40 512"
			"spritesize" "0.5 0.0 12 12"
			"spriterandomscale" "0.4"
			"amount" "0.15"
			"detailOrientation" "2"
		}
	}
	Group4
	{
		"alpha" "1"

		Model1
		{
			"sprite" "0 0 164 256 512"
			"spritesize" "0.5 0.0 24 37"
			"spriterandomscale" "0.3"
			"amount" "0.05"
			"detailOrientation" "2"
		}
		Model2
		{
			"sprite" "200 85 94 172 512"
			"spritesize" "0.5 0.0 12 32"
			"spriterandomscale" "0.25"
			"amount" "0.05"
			"detailOrientation" "2"
		}
		Model3
		{
			"sprite" "376 0 112 256 512"
			"spritesize" "0.5 0.0 12 18"
			"spriterandomscale" "0.1"
			"amount" "0.25"
			"detailOrientation" "2"
		}
		Model4
		{
			"sprite" "32 416 64 96 512"
			"spritesize" "0.5 0.0 10 14"
			"spriterandomscale" "0.25"
			"amount" "0.05"
			"detailOrientation" "2"
		}
		Model5
		{
			"sprite" "217 472 68 40 512"
			"spritesize" "0.5 0.0 12 12"
			"spriterandomscale" "0.25"
			"amount" "0.15"
			"detailOrientation" "2"
		}
	}
}

}
[/blue]

Spike

Tetsu0

Posted 16 years ago2008-04-19 13:28:48 UTC Post #248938

what's that look when compiled?

Tetsu0Positive Chaos

Spike

Posted 16 years ago2008-04-19 21:49:54 UTC Post #248965

I fixed it. It spawns the details even if you got 5% alpha on the texture. So it won't look as nice as I would want it to look

Spike

Posted 16 years ago2008-04-24 17:11:27 UTC Post #249142

Still having problems with it. It seems it recognize the custom texture (is the same original texture but in green), but it does with the original detail.vbsp parameters, so the detail.vbsp I have on the tf/ folder doesn't make anything.

Spike

Autospawning sprites on a material Created 16 years ago2008-04-01 14:11:24 UTC by Spike