Custom Reticles

Banshee Ace · Post by **Banshee Ace** » Tue Aug 31, 2004 4:00 pm

what is the sequencing index? that's a part i couldn't understand.. do i hav to put a number there according to the mipmap number or whatever it's called?

Danke · Post by **Danke** » Tue Aug 31, 2004 4:23 pm

Either you leave it blank or you put a zero there, it's for multiple bitmap .bitmap's, it tells which one to go to. If you open up a multibitmapped .bitmap tag, it'll have a drop down menu and have the sequencing index to the left, I think.

Banshee Ace · Post by **Banshee Ace** » Tue Aug 31, 2004 4:30 pm

so basically the number right next tom the bitmap is the one i i use in the sequence index?

Danke · Post by **Danke** » Tue Aug 31, 2004 4:37 pm

All right, if you open, say, effercts\particles\energy\bitmaps\charge c energy.bitmap (which is really cool looking BTW) and click "show bitmaps" You'll see a dropdown list that says bitmap: 0. If you click the list you'll see bitmap: 1. The 0 and the 1 are the sequencing index. If your bitmap only has one bitmap, put zero. If it has multiple, check the bitmap for what sequencing index number it is.

Banshee Ace · Post by **Banshee Ace** » Tue Aug 31, 2004 4:56 pm

ok.. im was just making sure.. now... this is the part that made me really confused.. open the reticle bitmap tag. the one for the default guns (AR, Pistol, etc.) look at their sequence index.. they're wrong... yet, they appear with a different crosshair in game.. look and ee what i mean.. look at the plasma rifle's sequnce index.. yiou'll see what i mean right away..

Danke · Post by **Danke** » Tue Aug 31, 2004 5:11 pm

Actually, no I don't. It looks fine to me...

viperfreek89 · Post by **viperfreek89** » Wed Sep 01, 2004 3:34 pm

very good explination man

Banshee Ace · Post by **Banshee Ace** » Wed Sep 01, 2004 3:39 pm

guys how do you make "sprite" bitmap tags?

sprite bitmap tags are the bitmap atsg that make up reticles. open the reticle tag and see what i mean if i dont know what they are...

viperfreek89 · Post by **viperfreek89** » Wed Sep 01, 2004 5:15 pm

all you do is the same think as you would with making any bitmap tag, only instead of saying "bitmaps" after the tool command, you would use "bitmap" (no 's'). an example is instead of using

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"tool bitmaps levels\blah\bitmaps"

for a level, you would do

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"tool bitmap hud\reticles"

Banshee Ace · Post by **Banshee Ace** » Wed Sep 01, 2004 5:17 pm

the only difference mine came out was that it had multiple mipmaps but it was called a "2D Texture" in the pulldown menu...

Danke · Post by **Danke** » Wed Sep 01, 2004 7:32 pm

Sprites need to be on a sprite sheet. Halo uses a 512x512 sheet every time, and its the only way I've gotten it to "work". When I tried to redo the HUD, it showed the whole sprite sheet. Something didn't work right. You're better off using a 2d bitmap with alpha transparency.

Banshee Ace · Post by **Banshee Ace** » Wed Sep 01, 2004 7:43 pm

Dan do you have AIM cause i need some extra help with this.

- i must make my reticle bitmaps ALWAYS in 512x512?
- tool will only convert a 512x512 bitmap into a sprite?
- how the heck do I make an alpha trasparency?

axeman · Post by **axeman** » Sat Sep 04, 2004 11:20 am

A simple answer to sequence indexing....

Danke · Post by **Danke** » Sat Sep 04, 2004 11:23 am

Not that that wasn't helpful, but what does that have to do with the sequence index?

axeman · Post by **axeman** » Sat Sep 04, 2004 11:30 am

Well if you dont know what it has to do with sequence indexing then you'll never be able to do custom reticles/huds.

I know what im on about.

(damn wont let me do anymore pics)

Links to proof.

http://www.armyofassassins.com/forums/i ... ost&id=395

http://www.armyofassassins.com/forums/i ... ost&id=373

Danke · Post by **Danke** » Sat Sep 04, 2004 11:35 am

The sequence index specifies which bitmap in a bitmap tag to use. Whether or not the bitmap tag as a whole is a sprite or not has nothing to do with how many bitmaps are in the tag and which one to use.

axeman · Post by **axeman** » Sat Sep 04, 2004 11:39 am

d00D your missing the whole point here, this thread is asking how the indexing works, but seeing as its simpler not to make sprites in the first place, eg bitmaps you should check the box to tell halo that it is not a sprite, then halo bypasses the whole indexing all together.

ergo you will have no errors like 'Object blah blah has an invalid sequence index blah blah' and you get a nice shiney new reticle or hud item.

Thats what my original post said, 'A simple answer to sequence indexing', not 'this is what sprite index sequences are':roll:

Danke · Post by **Danke** » Sat Sep 04, 2004 11:45 am

All right, I gotcha now. I just wanted to know what that had to do with sequence indexing, I knew what the whole topic was about. Thanks for the help.