Hello forum guys.

I was wondering how in c-lite a 2d entity can be created without using a 2d model.

could this be done.

and is using the ent_decal the way to do it.

thx in advance,

Djamidin

You can create sprites i.e. 2D entities or billboards exactly the same way as you create 3D entities with ent_create. Just pass a bitmap instead of a model file to ent_create. I've never heard of a function named ent_decal.

hey while posting this question i discovered pretty mucht the same thing.

and ent_decal is a function for particles which i overlooked.

so far i tried using ent_create with a tga file that did not seem to work but a pcx file it did seem to work.

i am going to try some file extentions to see if some take alpha layering.

wish me luck.

and thx uhrwerk!

ok tested :

256 * 256
.pgn
.tga
.bmp
.dds
.pcx
with and without alpha.

All gave error bad file format on debug.

Only file that seemed to work was palette.pcx which is a 1 kb bleu value only picture.

Am i overlooking something here or what?

thx in advance.

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