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PrimaryFirePixelOffset

The screen offset a building's shots leave from, in place of its firing offsets.

Specification
Applies to
BuildingType
File
art.ini
Section
[<Image ID>]Image ID: Image= value; ObjectType ID when omitted
Value
point (x,y)
When omitted
65535,65535

Two whole numbers, X,Y, in screen pixels from the point the building’s artwork is drawn at. A positive X moves right and a positive Y moves down.

Any pair other than 65535,65535 places three points of the building at that offset:

  • the mounting, where the projectile is created and the firing solution is measured from;
  • the muzzle, where the fire animation and beam appear;
  • the point the building aims from when it turns to face a target, which is measured from the building’s center instead of its draw point.

The offset applies to every weapon the building fires, not only the first.

art.ini
[MYOBELISK] ; the Image ID of a BuildingType
PrimaryFirePixelOffset=2,-38 ; the beam leaves 38 pixels above the draw point

The offset does not raise or lower the shot. It moves the shot’s starting point across the map, at the building’s height, to the spot that is drawn that many pixels from the draw point. A negative Y therefore starts the shot on the map north of the building.

The offset also takes precedence over the barrel. A BarrelAnimIsVoxel=yes building with this set fires from the fixed screen point, not from the end of its barrel. PrimaryFireFLH covers the offsets it displaces.

See also — PrimaryFireFLH, SecondaryFirePixelOffset, BarrelAnimIsVoxel, TurretAnimX, Primary