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HLDM & Adrenaline Smoke
Sprites
Writen By: -[S@NDM@N]-
Tweaked Smoke
Now I've seen some tweaks in my time but one of the cheekiest has to be the
custom smoke sprite. I spoke about it in the column 'Are You Lame?' but here I'll go into a little
more detail on what it is, how it works and why I'm against such lame tweaks.
What is it?
Simple, all of the graphic elements in Half-Life are mad up of textures or
sprites. By taking the textures (WAD files) or the sprites (SPR files) you can
redesign the look of them and to be honest it's not all that hard to do. Over a
short time some players have done this and not just to improve the look of
their Half-Life but also to improve their chances in matchs & games.
How's It work?
The smoke.spr located in your Half-Life\valve\sprites\... directory or for that
matter your aghl\sprities\... directory is such a file that has been tweaked to
have an advantage over others in the game. By removing the explosion and
replacing it with a quick flash blast or in some cases no blast at all you
greatly improve your game but for all the wrong reasons.
Why is it lame?
Again very simple, because those who don't have it, don't wish to have it or
don't know about it do not have the same advantage as those who do have it
& use it. Why is it an advantage? Well look at it this way, you're in a
fight and a rpg rocket exploses infront of both players but for the one with
the tweaked smoke sprite it only blinds them for a split second unlike the
other player who has to wait until the explosion & smoke clears before
he/she can see.
Can I see what it looks like?
Yes, take a look below:
Normal HL smoke Sprite
Tweaked HL smoke Sprite
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The normal smoke sprite takes time to fade like a real explosion would as for
the tweaked version it was hard to get a clean screen shot as it faded in less
than a second.
Where can I get it?
Ok I can see there is no stopping you if you want to join the rest of the lame
players feel free after all about 50% of all AG players are using quick-bow
scripts and/or flash smoke sprites with high vis models. Here is the file you
need just download the zip and place the sprite file into your sprites
directory under the game mode you wish to use it in.
Feedback
If you have something to say on the matter of custom sprites like the tweaked
smoke sprite feel free to post your comment (link top & bottom of column)
whether it be against such tweaks or if you are in favour or them we want know.
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