This is a log of me describing the problem. Hopefully one of the Gaslamp devs has time to investigate. [14:03] <Ruigi> MOOMAN! [14:03] <@MOOMANiBE> Ahoy [14:03] <Ruigi> I need to tell you something [14:03] <Ruigi> very important [14:03] <@MOOMANiBE> Oh my [14:03] <@MOOMANiBE> OH MY [14:03] <Ruigi> did you know that there is only a left and right sprite for the player using a wand? [14:04] <@MOOMANiBE> Makes sense [14:04] <Ruigi> even if the player targets something above or below him [14:04] <Ruigi> he will only face left or right [14:04] <@MOOMANiBE> Yeah. There's a lot of little holes in the sprite library like that [14:04] <Ruigi> ordinarily, this doesn't really matter [14:04] <Ruigi> but [14:04] <Ruigi> if a wand uses an anchored template effect [14:04] <Ruigi> it means that it can only point left and right [14:05] <Ruigi> not up or down [14:05] <@MOOMANiBE> hm [14:05] <rydash> That's bizarre. [14:05] <Ruigi> this issue has annoyed me [14:05] <Ruigi> In my swashbucklers mod [14:05] <@MOOMANiBE> (I think this is what happens when you use three+ different animators, never any two at the same time, over the course of developing a single game) [14:05] <Ruigi> i created special "wand" items based on flintlock pistols [14:06] <Ruigi> the wand effect will place an anchored template "muzzle flash" effect [14:06] <Ruigi> in the tile the character is facing [14:06] <@MOOMANiBE> Ahh [14:06] <Ruigi> but [14:06] <Ruigi> since the template effect can only face left and right [14:06] <@MOOMANiBE> yeah [14:06] <@MOOMANiBE> Heh, what a weird edge case [14:07] <@MOOMANiBE> Game's been out for what, almost a year? And you're the first to notice? Hahaha [14:07] <Ruigi> even if you don't want to draw a new sprite [14:07] <Ruigi> something should be done to make sure that the player [14:07] <Ruigi> face up and down when he uses a wand [14:08] <Ruigi> however, I have no idea where the info for the player sprite, his direction, and the use of wands is affected [14:08] <Ruigi> this issue seems easy to fix [14:08] <Ruigi> even if you didn't want to draw new sprites [14:08] <@MOOMANiBE> yeah [14:08] <Ruigi> I was going to make a post about it [14:08] <@MOOMANiBE> it's possible we'll just poke whitman and get him to allow that effect to work up and down or whatever the issue is [14:08] <@MOOMANiBE> I'd post about it in the bug forum if I weere you TLDR: If a wand uses an Anchored template spell effect, it can only face left or right, not up or down. Obviously this is a problem because anchored templates are supposed to work in all four directions.
