How to use AnimState.OverrideSymbol to show mod images?

[LeafyFly]

Which is the definition of AnimState.OverrideSymbol?

1.AnimState:OverrideSymbol(symbol, build, overridesymbolname)  -- prefabs/cookpot.lua

2.AnimState:OverrideSymbol(symbol, atlasname, imagename)  -- prefabs/minisign.lua

When I used it to show a non-mod image, it worked:

cookpot.AnimState:OverrideSymbol("swap_cooked", "images/inventoryimages2.xml", "spear.tex")

But when I used it to show a mod image, it did not work:

cookpot.AnimState:OverrideSymbol("swap_cooked", "mods/mymodfolder/images/inventoryimages/mymoditem.xml", "mymoditem.tex")

I drew my mod item on a mini sign, but it was not shown.

[Rickzzs]

Add this. Asset('ATLAS_BUILD',xml,256)

[LeafyFly]

6 hours ago, Rickzzs said:

Add this. Asset('ATLAS_BUILD',xml,256)

Maybe I didn't understand it correctly. It still did not work.

Now if my atlas file is "images/inventoryimages/mymoditem.xml", and image file is "images/inventoryimages/mymoditem.tex", what should I do?

Like this?

Asset("ATLAS_BUILD", "images/inventoryimages/mymoditem.xml", 256)

[Rickzzs]

You need to add this asset into your mod'a Assets table in order to tell the Animation Manager to convert the xml into a build. Then minisign will show it. But I don't know how the minisign does so. It is typically like

Assets = {
  Asset("ATLAS_BUILD", "images/xxx_inventoryimages.xml", 256),
  Asset("ATLAS", "images/xxxp_inventoryimages.xml"),

 

Edited April 13, 2024 by Rickzzs

[LeafyFly]

1 hour ago, Rickzzs said:

You need to add this asset into your mod'a Assets table in order to tell the Animation Manager to convert the xml into a build. Then minisign will show it. But I don't know how the minisign does so. It is typically like

Do I have to put it in the Assets table of modmain.lua? I put it in the assets table of a Prefab, but it was not shown by minisign.

[Rickzzs]

Did you specify any of them?

1.inst.drawimageoverride

2.inst.components.inventoryitem.imagename and inst.components.inventoryitem.atlasname

3.Register it via RegisterInventoryItemAtlas(atlas,tex) and RegisterInventoryItemAtlas(atlas,hash(tex))

 

[LeafyFly]

33 minutes ago, Rickzzs said:

2.inst.components.inventoryitem.imagename and inst.components.inventoryitem.atlasname

Only this. My items can be shown in the inventory bar. By the way, in what case is the 3 used?

[Rickzzs]

If so, that's weird why minisign didn't show the icons, I might say I cannot know the cause then. 3 is a substitute for 2, so that you can register image and atlas in modmain.lua. Official icons all use that.

[LeafyFly]

3 hours ago, Rickzzs said:

If so, that's weird why minisign didn't show the icons, I might say I cannot know the cause then.

Thank you very much.

I already know why. Neither component drawable nor prefab minisign use resolvefilepath to resolve atlas. Minisign cannot show mod images if we do not modify them.