Controlling images (move/stretch/transparent/rotate/...)

[Serial K!ller]

GIF's will be in the next version but it would be cool if you where able to control an image so you can make it move/stretch/transparent/rotate (using DirectX functions) so it's more resource friendly for some animations but I guess that would take more work to implement.

f.e.
- a light that fades in, stays on, fades out, stays off in a loop to create a broken TL lamp.
- Moving one or more images to create special effects like clouds or fire instead of a big GIF or APNG.
- A moving vehicle (f.e. a Jetplane),  with APNG or GIF you would need an image as wide as the map and a lot of frames to make it look good/smooth but that would be very inefficient and would most likely create lag.

[KYnetiK]

Good point, and Im glad that someone is aware of the limitations of an internally animated rectangle. My question is, how do we manipulate this proposed control? Through the server scripts?

[Serial K!ller]

I assume you would define it in the mapmaker similar to controlling images in video editor programs.

Maybe being able to add certain triggers could make it usable for scripting.

[KYnetiK]

But the mapformat wont be changing, so Im not anticipating this to be done as much as I love the idea. Perhaps MM has considered things like this for LinkDead.

[Gotfryd]

F12, but I'm pretty sure it'd be hard work to implement.
So I'd probably put it along other "wishes for future".

[Gnoblar]

I'd like it, maybe a "set object motion path" type function for clouds and planes, it could also be curved so you could have Artiller at the back, and some deep "BooM"