how do i get a sprite to display properly?

[aximx51v]

I can't seem to get a sprite image to display like i want (i want it to display the way 2d mobs do in sapiers animals mod)
i have:

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entity={
    physical = false,
    timer=0,
    physical = true,
    visual = "sprite",
    visual_size = {x=4,y=4},
    textures = {"image.png^[makealpha:128,0,0^[makealpha:128,128,0"},
    sprite_div = {x=6,y=1},
    initial_sprite_basepos = {x=0, y=0},
    --
    lastpos={},
    collisionbox = {-0.8,-0.8,-0.8,0.8,0.8,0.8},
    full = false,
    attached = ""

but where do i put this part?

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setsprite({x=0,y=0}, 1, 0, true)

currently i have it in entity.on_step as:

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entity.on_step = function(self, dtime)
    self.object:setsprite({x=0,y=0}, 1, 0, true)

but it doesn't display right. i see the whole image (not just the tile i want to) and it rotates so that the image is always facing me

how to fix this?

[prestidigitator]

From the LuaEntitySAO reference page, I'd guess you just have to set it once if you are using set_horiz_by_yawpitch=true. So I would just do it in the entity's "on_activate(self, staticdata, dtime_s)" callback. I'd also guess that you don't want a framelength of zero, but I confess I'm not entirely sure exactly how framelength or set_horiz_by_yawpitch work.

[aximx51v]

i tried

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some_entity.on_activate = function(self, staticdata)
    self.object:setsprite({x=0,y=0}, 1, 1, true)
end

but no luck..

[PilzAdam]

Use

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visual = "upright_sprite",

instead of

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visual = "sprite",

[aximx51v]

Use

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visual = "upright_sprite",

instead of

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visual = "sprite",

well, i still have the same image(all 6 faces smushed in to one image), but it's not self aligning to my view angle anymore.
how many faces does an upright sprite support? can it have 6 sides?

[PilzAdam]

Use

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visual = "upright_sprite",

instead of

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visual = "sprite",

well, i still have the same image(all 6 faces smushed in to one image), but it's not self aligning to my view angle anymore.
how many faces does an upright sprite support? can it have 6 sides?

An uprigight sprite is just a flat texture, so it supports 2 textures (one for each side).
You can rotate it with https://github.com/minetest/minetest/bl ... .txt#L1216

[leetelate]

plizadam ++ thanks for telling this very much

now it is line 1873 in current document!