Images along a line

[callimuc]

I wanted to ask, how you could show images along a line. Let´s say my line starts from:
x: 2
y: 3

and ends at:
x: 50
y: 36

I know how I could use it with a poly.

PHP Code:

showpoly(200, {x1, y1, x2, y2}); 


What I want is to have images along that line. That´s also not hard since I could stretch an Image (in case the length doesn´t match)

but how could I have, lets say a 16x16 pixel image, shown over and over on that line without stretching it?
Examples below (done in Paint.NET)



I thought I had seen such a script around but couldn´t find it anymore. Can anyone of you help me?

[cbk1994]

You have to show the image multiple times with a loop.

[fowlplay4]

Something like this should work...

Calculate the distance between the two positions and that will give you roughly how many images you need to draw if each image is one title in width and height (16x16).

Calculate the delta x, y (final - initial)

For image = 1; image <= images; image++

Show image at x + (delta x * (image / images)), y + (delta y * (image / images))

[callimuc]

Originally Posted by fowlplay4

Something like this should work...

Calculate the distance between the two positions and that will give you roughly how many images you need to draw if each image is one title in width and height (16x16).

Calculate the delta x, y (final - initial)

For image = 1; image <= images; image++

Show image at x + (delta x * (image / images)), y + (delta y * (image / images))

Have been messing around with something like this:

PHP Code:

//#CLIENTSIDE
function onCreated()
  onTimeOut();
function onTimeOut() {
  if (leftmousebutton) {
    temp.img = "wmace0.png";  //image to draw
    temp.distx = player.x - mousex;  //x distance
    temp.disty = player.y - mousey;  //y distance
    temp.lennew = (temp.distx^2 + temp.disty^2) ^ 0.5;  //length in tiles
    player.chat = temp.lennew;  //debug
    for(temp.i = 0; temp.i <= temp.lennew; temp.i++) {
      temp.indx ++;
      temp.newpos = temp.i/16*9;
      player.chat = newpos;
      with (findimg(200+temp.indx)) {
        x = player.x+temp.newpos;
        y = player.y;
        image = temp.img;
      }
    }
  }
  settimer(0.05);
} 


It seems to work, but it´s not exactly on the mousex. How could that get fixed?

[Tolnaftate2004]

Originally Posted by callimuc

Have been messing around with something like this:

PHP Code:

temp.newpos = temp.i/16*9; 


Give temp.newpos = temp.i/temp.lennew*(-temp.distx); (as fp4 described) a whirl for us.

[callimuc]

Thanks guys for helping. I think I understood it now

Originally Posted by Tolnaftate2004

Give temp.newpos = temp.i/temp.lennew*(-temp.distx); (as fp4 described) a whirl for us.

Oh that fixed it :P