Give pipes SpriteVariations

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snouz
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Give pipes SpriteVariations

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Hi, I was hoping to give some variations to my custom pipes, and I was sure I would be able to, but I just found out that pipe pictures use type Sprite, which allow only one image per direction.

The problem: pipe repetitiveness
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I suggest changing pipe pictures' types from Sprite to SpriteVariations. I assume it would not break __base__ or mods, since you can just declare a sprite in a sprite variations (e.g. wall.pictures.filling)


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Re: Give pipes SpriteVariations

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+1, will most likely be useful in my next overhaul and i can think of examples in other mods (Pyanadons, i think?) where this would have been useful
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Re: Give pipes SpriteVariations

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+1
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