[ Closed ] (Engine)Enchancements

Well, everybody know how do the graphic engine reacts to the skinfiles...

COLOR LAYER:
A recurrent problem with it is the team coloration...

The engine apply some mathematics algorithm who don't always give the result you want...

Well, the addition of a color layer would be useful:

The color layer is BLACK.
It have the display priority on his body part (ex:feet) but not on the upper one (ex:body)
The skinner can apply any kind of blur or transparency effects he want...
If the color layer is fully opaque, the tee will be fully red/blue/custom colored:

Without color layer:

With a fully opaque color layer:

DRAMATIZATION
So, the color layer only change from black to the custom color.

TOP layer:

The top layer would simply be a layer who have priority on the eyes.
It would allow to do:
*Hats
*Lenses
*Masks
*And so on...

Feel free to comment or add sugesstions...

*.SKN FILES:

The skn files would be a more complex kind of skin file.

They would simply be a .zip file renamed in .skn

A basic skn file contain:
-At least one skin frame
-A .ini file

The ini file would be used for scripting.

Eg:

My skinfile:

Lightbulb_off.png
Lightbulb_on.png
skin.ini

My .ini file:

Animated=null
TurnAround=0
DefaultFrame=./Lightbulb_off
Load ./Lightbulb_on if kill
Load ./Lightbulb_on if acapture
Load ./Lightbulb_on if capture

It means ("./" is the skn file root):

The skin is not animated
The skin must not turn around if he's aiming in his back (would be useful for ripped-off skins)
The defaut frame is Lightbulb_off
It switch to lightbulb_on when the player kill or capture of if an ally capture.

It would allow:
Animated skins;
Scripted skins;

.SKN FILES 2:

I will try to be as clear as possible:

The ini file is a text file, who can be read by a human with some efforts.

Me, as an example, I never programmed of my whole life and I'm going to imagine the structure of an .ini file.

-This is the x_ninjamario form homer.

-Lets say I have 10 frames.
-They're named frame_1, frame_2, frame_3...
(note for devs: The engine use the smallest natural number aviable as starting frame, even if it's something like 3 or 5)

-This skin is a profiled picture (the sides have an importance)

-And there is no reaction script

Before we start, I must tell you:
"%s": This is a token (a variable) Here, it design my frame number

"./": We're in a zip file, remember? It is very important to specify to the program we're working in the skn file and not anywhere else.

"#": These are just comment lines to make you understand

#The default animation of the skin use every files who's named frame_"a number"
Animated=default=./frame_%s
#The default animation must loop at end
LoopAtEnd=default
#The default animation must start as soon as we see it.
DefaultStart=default
#The default animation of the skin must turn around when aiming in his back.
TurnArounnd=default