TFC Death Message Sprite Addon Release 1.01
by Robert "aXon" Stephens
aka [MST]TomServo
[email protected]
Pixel Map Reviews: http://www.pixelmaps.com/
TFMapped: http://tf.valve-erc.com/
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Changes in version 1.01:


Fixed a minor bug which caused the Mortar sprite to
be displayed incorrectly in 512x384 or smaller
screen resolutions.


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About


"Death Message" refers to the stuff that scrolls
up the top right corner of your screen, showing
who killed who with what. This will add death
icons to replace the skull and crossbones shown
for the more exotic deaths.


To use this addon, unzip the included files into:


Half-Life\tfc\sprites


If you do not have this directory, create it.
If you have trouble on this step, or the icons
aren't working, don't hesitate to contact me.


I would reccomend testing the icons by blowing
yourself up with a detpack in a fake offline
LAN game and seeing if the correct icon comes
up.
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General Deaths Included:


- Detpacks
Icon looks like a detpack


- Infection Kills
Icon is the Biohazard symbol


- Respawn Turrets and Miniturrets
Icon looks like a turret


- Dispensers
Looks like a dispenser


- Worldspawn (Drowning/Falling Deaths)
Icon is an O2 symbol and an arrow pointing
at a fixed surface


- Lasers/Beams
Looks like the symbol off of a laser warning
sign


- Doors/Elevators
Picture of a door and a plat with arrows
pointing up to make it more obvious what
it is


- Fans
Looks like a fan


- Mortars and Tankmortars
A little explosion lookin' thing


- User-controlled Gun Turrets
Picture of an emplaced machine gun


- Xen Trees (those things that whip you)
Loox like a Xen tree


Map-Specific Deaths:
Rock2:
- Respawn Lasers correctly display
Laser icon
- Falling deaths correctly display
worldspawn icon
- Nerve Gas kills show up as a gas
mask icon. (this is buggy due to
an error in the map itself)


Note that on some maps, falling down a
bottomless pit, getting killed by lasers,
etc. will still show up as a skull and
crossbones. These deaths are done with
trigger_hurt entities, which are MUCH
too general to assign an icon to. The
death could be just about anything.


ATTENTION MAP MAKERS:
If you give your trigger_hurt entities
"deathtype" values ("Goal Death Message" in
Worldcraft) of env_beam (for a laser kill),
worldspawn (for a bottomless pit) or
#rock_gas_kill (for a toxic gas death), the
addon will display these deaths correctly.
Contact me if you use this in a map or need
more information.


All graphics are either reduced images of
models from TFC, or drawings I did by hand.


This pack and all contents are Copyright 2002
Robert 'aXon' Stephens. All Rights Reserved.
If you want to use the graphics, ASK FIRST.
I'll probably say yes.


No llamas were harmed during the making of
this addon.