Life meter questions

ssx345123 · 10-19-2006, 05:51 PM

1. What is the extra frame?
2. How do you place the extra frame?
3. Is there any way to make the bar fill diagnaly?

**laser123454321** · 10-19-2006, 10:29 PM

1) What extra frame? What is its Metrics or Graphics name (eg LifeBarWhatever)

2) See Answer 1

3) Ok this one i can answer. No.

The current way that SM 3.9 does the life bar, prevents it from filling up at an angle. However, SM 4.0 has the Skew command, specififly skewx which when applied to the life bar, slants the object at an angle, making it fill at an angle. However the bar its self would also be slanted. The bar frame would have to be skewed the oppsite direction in a graphics program like Photoshop and Gimp.

In other words the bar would have to be this \\\\\\\\\\\\ inorder for it to be displayed as ||||||||| when it is skewed. So to get this ///////// the image would have to be this ||||||||||.

ssx345123 · 10-20-2006, 05:57 PM

it's metrics, how do you use the lifebar extra frames

**AJ 187** · 10-20-2006, 08:41 PM

you have to get Extra Stage, that's when they're used. It's strictly a gameplay thing.

ssx345123 · 10-20-2006, 08:49 PM

i just made some life bars and the bar sticks out of the frame, what should i do?