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Posted: **Thu May 17, 2018 5:48 pm**

Hi,

I really suck at getting my image size/offsets correct.
I have the attached drill image. The image plus shadow is 155x155, but if you leave off the shadow, it's more like a 155 x 100 (w x h)

I want to create an entity that's or a 3 x 4 or a 3 x 5, not sure what will look better. but then I want to create a secondary entity, it will be hidden, with no image, but a selection box of 1x2, (maybe a 1 x 3) right over the drill bit of the main image.

So I'll have a Base (X) and drill. (O)

Layout

Given this, how will I scale my image and do my Collision box code?
Not sure if I should upload the image or Mod, please let me know.

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animation =
    {
      layers =
        {
		{
          filename = "__Bio_Industries__/graphics/entities/bio_drill/bio_drill_entity.png",
          priority = "high",
          width = 100,
          height = 155,
          frame_count = 16,
          line_length = 4,
		  --shift = util.by_pixel(?, ?),
		  --scale = ??
          hr_version =
          {
			  filename = "__base__/graphics/entity/assembling-machine-2/Bio_Drill.png",
			  priority = "high",
			  width = 100,
			  height = 155,
			  frame_count = 16,
			  line_length = 4,
			  --shift = util.by_pixel(?, ?),
			  --scale = ??
          }
        },
		},
    },

Thanks.

Posted: **Fri May 18, 2018 2:55 pm**

Please add pictures that you have and show what center you want.

Posted: **Fri May 18, 2018 3:59 pm**

I'm having an issue combining the individual images, the background in not staying transparent, so I've attached the individual images.

Here is my current code. (This is using an assembler, and burner drill.) I now have the drill image, so will replace this.

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    --- Drill has been built
	if entity.valid and entity.name == "bi-drill-base" then
	writeDebug("Drill has been built")
		   

		local drill_bit_name = "bi-drill-radar"  
		local drill_base = entity 

		local position_c = {position.x + 0.45, position.y + 0.13}
		local create_drill_bit = surface.create_entity({name = drill_bit_name, position = position_c, direction = entity.direction, force = force})
	
		create_drill_bit.minable = false
		create_drill_bit.destructible = false
		
		global.bi_drill_table[drill_base.unit_number] = {inventory=drill_base, drill_bit=create_drill_bit}
	
	end

The new config will only use the 1 image for the base and the drill-bit (second created entity) will just be a blank selection box of 1x2 or 1x3 around the bit part of the drill.
So the result should look something like this:
Not sure if the final entity will be 3x4 or 3x5 and if the drill will be 1x2 or 1x3:

So the final result will be something like:

Mod also attached. The entities are: \Bio_Industries_2.5.4\prototypes\Bio_Drill\entities.lua - The first two entities. The first one is the "drill-bit" and the second the "base"

Thanks!

Posted: **Fri May 18, 2018 7:00 pm**

You have sprites:

: 2018-05-18 20_32_07-drill images.png (37.13 KiB) Viewed 1549 times

Download and unpack this program Factorio_IMagick_best_spritesheet:
viewtopic.php?f=34&t=5336&start=20#p335708

Put your sprites to folder /Input and run 4x4 or 4x8 script (first 4 is width and you have 16 or less sprites, they do the same).

code for script

And in one second you get this file:

: best_spritesheet_4x4.png (251.02 KiB) Viewed 1549 times

As you see, it's very compact file 600x576 and width = 600/4 = 150, high = 576/4 = 144. All empty fields are deleted.

One new sprite is 150x144, it looks like:

: 2018-05-18 20_52_17-best_spritesheet_4x4.png - paint.net v4.0.12.png (33.43 KiB) Viewed 1549 times

Here you see (screenshot is 200%) than the width in pixels is 94, it's very good for 3 tiles width entity (3 x 32 = 96 pixels by scale=1).

Much better to make it 3x3, square only.
Then I draw vertical line 47 pixels from the bottom and connect this point with the middle point of the sprite (dx = -28, dy = 21). New shift will be shift = {x=-28/32, y=21/32}.

Result code for your radar will be:

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pictures =
  {
    layers =
    {
      {
        priority = "high",
        width = 150,
        height = 144,
        line_length = 4,
        filename = new_filename, -- replace it with your filename --
        frame_count = 16,
        direction_count = 1,
        animation_speed = 0.5,
        run_mode = "forward-then-backward",
        shift =  {x=-28/32, y=21/32},
        scale = 1
      },
    },
  },

hr version must be twice bigger (also higher quality!), same shift as above and scale=0.5. That's all.

Posted: **Fri May 18, 2018 8:02 pm**

Thanks so much Darkfrei,

So using the above, I got the below:

I know you have the off-set tool mod, but even with that, I'm still not entirely sure how to center the image.

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	animation =
    {
      layers =
        {
		{
				width = 150,
				height = 144,
				line_length = 4,
				filename = "__Bio_Industries__/graphics/entities/bio_drill/bio_drill_entity.png",
				frame_count = 16,
				direction_count = 1,
				animation_speed = 0.5,
				run_mode = "forward-then-backward",
				shift =  {x=-28/32, y=21/32},
				scale = 1,
          hr_version =
          {
				width = 150,
				height = 144,
				line_length = 4,
				filename = "__Bio_Industries__/graphics/entities/bio_drill/bio_drill_entity.png",
				frame_count = 16,
				direction_count = 1,
				animation_speed = 0.5,
				run_mode = "forward-then-backward",
				shift =  {x=-28/32, y=21/32},
				scale = 1,
	
          }
        },
		},
    },

Posted: **Fri May 18, 2018 9:21 pm**

How is your selection/collision box defined?

Posted: **Fri May 18, 2018 9:22 pm**

TheSAguy wrote:Thanks so much Darkfrei,

So using the above, I got the below:

Minus and plus are so difficult in this situation!
shift = {x=28/32, y=-21/32}

Please always press F9 before making screenshot, so shifting is much easy.

Posted: **Fri May 18, 2018 11:55 pm**

Thanks Darkfrei!
All good now

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