Blocks Animation, question

[bosapara]

Is it possible to use similar effect in Minetest only with 1 png animation file for several nodes?



Checked this variant, in result have this

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minetest.register_node("default:ice", {
	description = "Ice",
	tiles = {
		{
			name = "(default_river_water_source_animated.png)^(default_gravel.png)",
			animation = {
				type = "vertical_frames",
				aspect_w = 16,
				aspect_h = 16,
				length = 2.0,
			},
		},
	},

[TumeniNodes]

Not sure what you're trying to achieve here for an end result.

If you are looking to have gravel appear under the water apng, using this method will not work.

Can you give a bit more description of what you are trying to do, visually?
It is rather confusing as you have it set up as ice in both name and desc, then you are trying to use the water apng with gravel?

The animation you show (the book) does not use an overlay, it is all done within each frame of the animation

[todada]

You have to create a base image with same size as the animation.
Afaik. there is no easy way to fill an image with a pattern, so you have to combine the static png 16 times.
You can try something like:

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             name = "[combine:16x256:0,0=default_gravel.png"..
                                   ":0,16=default_gravel.png"..
                                   ":0,32=default_gravel.png"..
                                   ":0,48=default_gravel.png"..
                                   ":0,64=default_gravel.png"..
                                   ":0,80=default_gravel.png"..
                                   ":0,96=default_gravel.png"..
                                   ":0,112=default_gravel.png"..
                                   ":0,128=default_gravel.png"..
                                   ":0,144=default_gravel.png"..
                                   ":0,160=default_gravel.png"..
                                   ":0,176=default_gravel.png"..
                                   ":0,192=default_gravel.png"..
                                   ":0,208=default_gravel.png"..
                                   ":0,224=default_gravel.png"..
                                   ":0,240=default_gravel.png^[mask:default_water_source_animated.png",

The result looks not very nice, though. But this can be used as a start...

Edit: looks much better if you remove the "[mask:" operator.

[TumeniNodes]

or..., one could simply do this



of course then you would have to switch to

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use_texture_alpha = true

this is one of many reasons I wish we could implement a way to use texture properties from within the TP, per texture, without the need to go in and alter the base code.

maybe a bit obnoxious but using rather than '.mcmeta' we could implement .mtmeta or even .texmeta file extension in which we could add such definitions to a texture

[bosapara]

You have to create a base image with same size as the animation.
Afaik. there is no easy way to fill an image with a pattern, so you have to combine the static png 16 times.
You can try something like:

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             name = "[combine:16x256:0,0=default_gravel.png"..
                                   ":0,16=default_gravel.png"..
                                   ":0,32=default_gravel.png"..
                                   ":0,48=default_gravel.png"..
                                   ":0,64=default_gravel.png"..
                                   ":0,80=default_gravel.png"..
                                   ":0,96=default_gravel.png"..
                                   ":0,112=default_gravel.png"..
                                   ":0,128=default_gravel.png"..
                                   ":0,144=default_gravel.png"..
                                   ":0,160=default_gravel.png"..
                                   ":0,176=default_gravel.png"..
                                   ":0,192=default_gravel.png"..
                                   ":0,208=default_gravel.png"..
                                   ":0,224=default_gravel.png"..
                                   ":0,240=default_gravel.png^[mask:default_water_source_animated.png",

The result looks not very nice, though. But this can be used as a start...

Two layers have the sam transparency. Need to make first - isn't transparency, second is transparency that will be animate

Here the result of 'combine' with your variant:

[bosapara]

or..., one could simply do this



of course then you would have to switch to

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use_texture_alpha = true

this is one of many reasons I wish we could implement a way to use texture properties from within the TP, per texture, without the need to go in and alter the base code.

maybe a bit obnoxious but using rather than '.mcmeta' we could implement .mtmeta or even .texmeta file extension in which we could add such definitions to a texture

Yep, its easy idea, but it waste a lot of 'mb' that we will spend for 16*256, if we need to animate 50 textures (tools, blocks etc)

[bosapara]

at 50% solved

how to make 'right' animation overlay for blocks - found (for tools - no)

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minetest.register_node("default:ice", {
   description = "Ice",
   tiles = {
      {
                    name = "[combine:16x256:0,0=default_stone.png"..
                                   ":0,16=default_stone.png"..
                                   ":0,32=default_stone.png"..
                                   ":0,48=default_stone.png"..
                                   ":0,64=default_stone.png"..
                                   ":0,80=default_stone.png"..
                                   ":0,96=default_stone.png"..
                                   ":0,112=default_stone.png"..
                                   ":0,128=default_stone.png"..
                                   ":0,144=default_stone.png"..
                                   ":0,160=default_stone.png"..
                                   ":0,176=default_stone.png"..
                                   ":0,192=default_stone.png"..
                                   ":0,208=default_stone.png"..
                                   ":0,224=default_stone.png"..
                                   ":0,240=default_stone.png^(default_torch_on_floor_animated.png^[opacity:290)",
         animation = {
            type = "vertical_frames",
            aspect_w = 16,
            aspect_h = 16,
            length = 2.0,
         },
      },
   },
})