How to add numerous 2D sprites (like grass) into level ?
How to add numerous 2D sprites (like grass) into level ?
I create a level and want to add numerous 2D grass sprites into it, but if use Foliage entity this bitmap will alway face to player. So how can i add numerous 2d grass sprites like this one? Help me please ! I'm new with RF
Re: How to add numerous 2D sprites (like grass) into level ?
it could be some kind of act I think, but y would make your game slow... 
Greetings, Sorington
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Re: How to add numerous 2D sprites (like grass) into level ?
No doubt it'll make it more slower but still we need to know that 'how to' aspect? so do tell us. We may support thoughts by advanced graphic chip-sets.
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Re: How to add numerous 2D sprites (like grass) into level ?
by Sorington » Sat Aug 02, 2008 4:02 am
https://sites.google.com/site/theneverendinguniverse/ <-- Infinite Universe Website. It's a 2D MMORPG I'm releasing into beta near the late summer (I hope 
) note: RF isn't an MMO maker. Not yet anyways.
) note: RF isn't an MMO maker. Not yet anyways.Re: How to add numerous 2D sprites (like grass) into level ?
The best way to create a 2D sprites is to have a look and study how someone else has gone about creating the image(s), and having ago yourself. Zooming in on the image to see how its drawn is a great method!
Re: How to add numerous 2D sprites (like grass) into level ?
have nt tried them,But,you can do search yourself to find something that is working ,is easy enough and suits you.
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Re: How to add numerous 2D sprites (like grass) into level ?
The sprites do not have a facecamera lag to turn that off so,now you would have to add as actors with Lod i guess to hide them from far.
You can use staticmesh actor that uses zsort = true and backfaced,but i ensure it will be just a small sample of foliage not real dense vegetation.
Add a staticmesh to the northeast,another to the north center and so on to be able to use lod if you want.
Rf can handle better very low resolution bitmaps nad these will not look very good at very close views..
If you want to have a staticentity ,before export you got to copy and flip polygons before the export.
If you use foliage actors of the last kind you got to keep the backfaced to false to avoid rendering twice the polygons and get crawling frame rate.
To optimize it a little set the Lod2 distance to the environment settup lod distance settings and use a version of the grasses with half and less polygons to display at far distance,and use an actor with just the bones and no mesh for the lod2 or lod3 to make the grasses disappear.
There would be a glitch when you use stencil shadows and the shadows can be seen on the invisible areas of the grasses,
but if you just use blob bitmap shadow it will be ok.
i would not do that even with lod because at close views it will be slow to Render.You can use less but there will not be enough foliage to cover the terrain.
You can use less dense actors to go on with prototyping levels.Or use other engines that can do foliage.
The games you can do with rf will have Retro look graphics that appeal to a smaller number of fans,no way to approach level design like that of the picture.
You can use staticmesh actor that uses zsort = true and backfaced,but i ensure it will be just a small sample of foliage not real dense vegetation.
Add a staticmesh to the northeast,another to the north center and so on to be able to use lod if you want.
Rf can handle better very low resolution bitmaps nad these will not look very good at very close views..
If you want to have a staticentity ,before export you got to copy and flip polygons before the export.
If you use foliage actors of the last kind you got to keep the backfaced to false to avoid rendering twice the polygons and get crawling frame rate.
To optimize it a little set the Lod2 distance to the environment settup lod distance settings and use a version of the grasses with half and less polygons to display at far distance,and use an actor with just the bones and no mesh for the lod2 or lod3 to make the grasses disappear.
There would be a glitch when you use stencil shadows and the shadows can be seen on the invisible areas of the grasses,
but if you just use blob bitmap shadow it will be ok.
i would not do that even with lod because at close views it will be slow to Render.You can use less but there will not be enough foliage to cover the terrain.
You can use less dense actors to go on with prototyping levels.Or use other engines that can do foliage.
The games you can do with rf will have Retro look graphics that appeal to a smaller number of fans,no way to approach level design like that of the picture.
Re: How to add numerous 2D sprites (like grass) into level ?
I forgot to tell that when you model the grasses and place the plants to groups,make sure the polygons do not intersect anywhere between them because there is a bug that does not render the transparent textured intersecting faces.
Using an edged faces display mode in the window of modelling program will help seeing any intersections between polygons and edges.
And,you have to rotate the grasses to all sides so it will look grassy from all or most sides which makes it more difficult to place closely the carved or not sheet polygons.
It will be easier to make a grass bundle by placing less sheets for each group before you clone and rotate.
Using an edged faces display mode in the window of modelling program will help seeing any intersections between polygons and edges.
And,you have to rotate the grasses to all sides so it will look grassy from all or most sides which makes it more difficult to place closely the carved or not sheet polygons.
It will be easier to make a grass bundle by placing less sheets for each group before you clone and rotate.
Re: How to add numerous 2D sprites (like grass) into level ?
Right before Gekido left for bv/gamecore, he released a level that had the exact same thing you're asking for in it. He did it with flipbooks.