3.1.2

[kenh]

Whatever happened to Auto and Foreground sprites ?

[Woody]

I would also like to know the answer to that. I tried using the Auto and Foreground folders from a past version and could not get them to work.

[chkman]

There are all in the same folder now. Ones with starting with ( and ending with ) will not be automatically shown by G-Force. How G-Force can tell a foreground from a background, I do not know.

I think you can do something in a script or by making a .txt file with the same name as the picture file to determine how they display.

[JayPro]

Ch-

I believe that if you preface the title of the sprite with the "~" symbol, it gets relegated to background..........I'm *fairly* positive of this.

EDIT: On second thought, this is a good question, as what I mentioned above may have been a pre-v3 feature.

Sorry

[chkman]

Okay, here's what I was talking about. In sprites there are two "G-Force Watermark" files, a .jpg and a .txt. The text file has this content:

// Center the Splash image...
X="-.97"
Y="-.97"
PDur="120"

// To make the item background-only, omit Pen (and just use EPen)
EPen=".5"

// Compatibilty...
Vers=300

As the comment indicates, omitting the Pen parameter means to use as a background. So you could edit (Default).txt and add a line for Pen and that would make all sprites (without their own .txt file not having Pen) be a foreground sprite. Or make a .txt file for each and every sprite with or without Pen to control back/fore ground.

This unfortunately is more difficult than just placing the .jpg in one of two folders. It marks a trend, I must complain, of making things more difficult on the user such as placing the particles in with the waves. That annoying change makes it much more difficult to automate script generation.

I say:
Bring back separate foreground/background folders as well as separate wave/particle folders. (Please)

[Woody]

Bring back separate foreground/background folders as well as separate wave/particle folders. (Please)

Yes,
Woody

[kenh]

The more advanced we become the more difficult it becomes..I shall go back to the previous version and pray........

[andy55]

Whatever happened to Auto and Foreground sprites ?

Check out this post:

http://forums.soundspectrum.com/viewtop ... =4359#4359

Andy