<function name="DrawSprite" parent="render" type="libraryfunc"> <description> Draws a sprite in 3D space. <rendercontext hook="false" type="3D"/>⤶ <rendercontext hook="false" type="3D"></rendercontext>⤶ </description> <realm>Client</realm> <args> <arg name="position" type="Vector">Position of the sprite.</arg> <arg name="width" type="number">Width of the sprite.</arg> <arg name="height" type="number">Height of the sprite.</arg> <arg name="color" type="table" default="Color( 255, 255, 255 )">Color of the sprite. Uses the <page>Color</page>.</arg> </args> </function> <example> <description>Draw a sprite at the center of the map</description> <code> local pos,material,white = Vector(0,0,0), Material( "sprites/splodesprite" ),Color(255,255,255,255) --Define this sort of stuff outside of loops to make more efficient code. hook.Add( "HUDPaint", "paintsprites", function() cam.Start3D() -- Start the 3D function so we can draw onto the screen. render.SetMaterial( material ) -- Tell render what material we want, in this case the flash from the gravgun render.DrawSprite( pos, 16, 16, white) -- Draw the sprite in the middle of the map, at 16x16 in it's original colour with full alpha. cam.End3D() end ) </code> <output>An orange star appears at 0,0,0 on the map.</output> </example> <example> <description> Function that displays a sprite at the given position, without the need of a specific rendering context draw.VectorSprite(<page>Vector</page> position, <page>number</page> size, <page>Color</page> color, <page>boolean</page> constantSize) </description> <code> local toDraw3d = {} local sprites3d = 0 local toDraw2d = {} local sprites2d = 0 local material = Material("sprites/light_ignorez") function draw.VectorSprite(position, size, color, constantSize) if (not isvector(position)) then error("bad argument #1 to draw.DrawVectorSprite (Vector expected, got " .. type(position) .. ")") end if (not isnumber(size)) then error("bad argument #2 to draw.DrawVectorSprite (number expected, got " .. type(size) .. ")") end if (not IsColor(color)) then error("bad argument #3 to draw.DrawVectorSprite (Color expected, got " .. type(color) .. ")") end local tbl = {position, size, color} if (constantSize) then sprites2d = sprites2d + 1 toDraw2d[sprites2d] = tbl else sprites3d = sprites3d + 1 toDraw3d[sprites3d] = tbl end end local render_SetMaterial = render.SetMaterial local render_DrawSprite = render.DrawSprite hook.Add("PreDrawEffects", "draw.VectorSprite", function() if (sprites3d ~= 0) then render_SetMaterial(material) for i = 1, sprites3d do local info = toDraw3d[i] toDraw3d[i] = nil -- Clear the table every frame render_DrawSprite(info[1], info[2], info[2], info[3]) end sprites3d = 0 end end) local surface_SetMaterial = surface.SetMaterial local surface_SetDrawColor = surface.SetDrawColor local surface_DrawTexturedRect = surface.DrawTexturedRect hook.Add("DrawOverlay", "draw.VectorSprite", function() if (sprites2d ~= 0) then surface_SetMaterial(material) for i = 1, sprites2d do local info = toDraw2d[i] toDraw2d[i] = nil local pos2d = info[1]:ToScreen() if pos2d.visible then surface_SetDrawColor(info[3]) surface_DrawTexturedRect(pos2d.x, pos2d.y, info[2], info[2]) end end sprites2d = 0 end end) </code> </example>