Looking for examples of adding icons on top of player characters or enemies

[slikts]

I'd like to add icons on top of the things that move, but their definitions are somewhat complex, so it'd be very useful to have an example of how it could be done.

[PyroFire]

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events.on_event(defines.events.on_tick,function()
	for k,ent in pairs(ENTITIES_WE_WANT_SPRITES_TO_FOLLOW)do
		for i,sprite in pairs(global.sprite_cache[ent.unit_number])do
			rendering.set_position(sprite,ent.position)
		end
	end
end)

/thread

[Bilka]

Without usage of on_tick, the sprite will follow the target around:

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/c rendering.draw_sprite{sprite="item.iron-plate", target = game.player.character, target_offset = {0,-2}, surface = game.player.surface}