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StartFiringFrame

The frame a shape-drawn vehicle's firing animation begins at.

Specification
Applies to
UnitType
File
art.ini
Section
[<Image ID>]Image ID: Image= value; ObjectType ID when omitted
Value
integer
When omitted
ComputedFacings × (StandingFrames + WalkFrames), counted from frame 0; a vehicle with no firing frames takes the derived StartStandFrame, settled before the section's own value for that key is read.

The firing block runs from here: one run of FiringFrames frames for each facing in turn. The derived default assumes the file is laid out walk block, standing block, firing block, and it is worked out from the Facings, WalkFrames and StandingFrames figures of the same section.

Writing the value out is how a different layout is described. The stock Core Defender puts its standing block first and its walk block after it, then names the frame its firing block begins at:

art.ini
[DEFENDER] ; the Image ID of the stock Core Defender
Facings=8
WalkFrames=8
FiringFrames=12
StartStandFrame=0
StartWalkFrame=8
StartFiringFrame=72 ; eight runs of 12, frames 72-167
See also — FiringFrames, StandingFrames, WalkFrames, Facings