XFile Creation and XFileClasses Effects

[MasterChiToes]

How do you control "rotate around the z axis" in the effects?

[Suicide Junkie]

Code:

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Effect 1 Rotate Z                                    := 0

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[MasterChiToes]

I get it... you mean rotate in position, where I meant rotate in orientation. Yeah, that would work for small sprites around a planet.

Anyway, I agree that wouldn't be practical for clouds, but it might be nice for asteroids or sub-tiny moons for huge worlds, or maybe planetary infestations.

[MasterChiToes]

Question:

I created an Effect, that I want to retain the original bitmap's color, without any transparency or 'brightness' recoloring. How do I do that?

Blend_Zero seems to result in a silhouette... and Blend_One seems to result in transparency.

[Suicide Junkie]

There are a whole bunch defined in the files (check the PDFs), perhaps you can find a mix of source and dest blends that will do something cool.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Destination blend one, source blend zero should do it.

[MasterChiToes]

dyslexically correct... Thanks!

Need to fix my graphics... black edges and not enough frames of animation.

But... I now have a small moon orbiting a planet... with an inclined orbital plane that matches the axial tilt of the planet.
Why 25 units = 90 degrees is a mystery to me.