Repeating switchgate tile texture

[strong fjord]

Does anybody know how to slightly randomize a custom switchgate texture so that it doesn't look as repetitive?

[drowsy hare]

they are not supposed to be random

i don't think you can do this

you can look at Sprites.xml

[strong fjord]

yeah I couldnt even find the line for these in it

[drowsy hare]

then yeah, you can't randomize them without code mod

you could make different thing

you can make decal

which attach to block

and instead of having sprite for block you just add many decals

[strong fjord]

oh yeah I can try that

[strong fjord]

Looks good like this but i cant attatch them to the actual movement of the block

[bright pond]

to attach a decal, you need a DecalRegistry.xml

look for staticMover

[strong fjord]

okay thanks

[strong fjord]

would something like this work?

<decals>
<decal path="DJ/starjump_increased/">
<staticMover x(168) y(64) width(16) height(72)/>
</decal>
</decals>

[bright pond]

nope

<decals>
  <decal path="DJ/starjump_increased/">
    <staticMover x="168" y="64" width="16" height="72" />
  </decal>
</decals>

[strong fjord]

okay i will try that real quick

[bright pond]

this means all your decals in starjump_increased will have the same properties

[strong fjord]

Okay I see what i did now

Well It didnt crash this time but it still didnt move the decals

[bright pond]

wait your static mover is 168 pixels right and 64 pixels up from the actual decal

i think you want

<staticMover x="0" y="0" width="8" height="8" />

[strong fjord]

oh does that mean the dimensions of the decal

[bright pond]

no, this means the dimentions of the attachment to the solid block

x="0" y="0" here means "the attachment's top left corner is in the same place as the top left corner of the decal"

width="8" height="8" means "the attachment rectangle is 8 pixels wide and tall"

[strong fjord]

okay I didnt realize it was relative to the decal

[bright pond]

oh wait it's to the CENTER of the decal

[strong fjord]

i thought it wanted world coords

[bright pond]

so you want x="-4" y="-4"

[strong fjord]

okay

will this work if I just reload my level or do I need to close out the game for XML changes?

[bright pond]

think reloading should work

if not, ctrl+f5 to quick restart

[strong fjord]

kay thanks

nice that worked