Idea: Number decals

[Ishtvan]

Looking at the target range in the training map, we have 5 separate textures that duplicate the brick floor texture but have a number on them (10-50). Would it be useful to have instead some generic "number decals" with digits 0-9 that are transparent except for the number? The decals would be nonsolid so we wouldn't have to worry about them changing the material properties of the surface.

 

We could do them in a few different styles (neatly stenciled, painted on haphazardly, etc), and color could be varied with the rgb parameters in the material def. It would be useful for numbered warehouse buildings like Shipping & Receiving, numbered flats in an appt. building, scaled down for numbered cubby-holes or mailboxes, etc. It seems like this could save the mapper some time if they didn't always have to make their own numbers.

 

Then again, maybe this could also be done with a GUI/large font readable and just type what you want to say on a gui overlay? But that seems like it would take longer to set up.

[Flanders]

There are some of those decals in doom, look for 'alphabet' in the decals folder.

[SneaksieDave]

(neatly stenciled, painted on haphazardly, etc)

..written in bloooooooooooood!

 

Said with a creepy voice of course.

[OrbWeaver]

..written in bloooooooooooood!

 

I would imagine that's exactly what the Doom 3 ones look like.

[SneaksieDave]

Alien bloooooooooooooooooooooood!

[Komag]