List of visual gear types

Environment

Variable name	Short description
`vgtFlake`	Theme flake
`vgtChunk`	Theme chunk (spawns when blowing up land)
`vgtCloud`	Cloud
`vgtDust`	Dust cloud (e.g. of mudball)
`vgtSplash`	Water splash
`vgtDroplet`	Water droplet
`vgtBubble`	Underwater bubble
`vgtSteam`	Steam cloud (when fire hits water)
`vgtFire`	Small decorative/harmless flame
`vgtSmoke`	Gray smoke cloud
`vgtSmokeWhite`	White smoke cloud

Explosion

Variable name	Short description
`vgtExplosion`	Small explosion (complete animation)
`vgtBigExplosion`	Big explosion (complete animation which also makes screen shake)
`vgtExplPart`	Small explosion particle, part of explosion animation
`vgtExplPart2`	Another small explosion particle, part of explosion animation
`vgtSmokeRing`	Smoke ring, part of explosion animation

Weapons and projectiles

Variable name	Short description
`vgtNote`	Piano note
`vgtBeeTrace`	Random colored flower (bee particle)
`vgtEgg`	Broken egg shell particle
`vgtFeather`	Birdy's feather
`vgtSmokeTrace`	Strange smoke-like cloud from mortar
`vgtEvilTrace`	Strange red cloud from hellish hand-grenade
`vgtShell`	Bullet shell
`vgtBulletHit`	Bullet impact animation
`vgtLineTrail`	Straight shot line from e.g. desert eagle and the likes

HUD

Variable name	Short description
`vgtCircle`	Simple circle. Highly configurable!
`vgtNoPlaceWarn`	Overlay when the placement of something failed
`vgtAmmo`	Briefly displays an ammo icon. Appears when collecting a crate
`vgtSmoothWindBar`	Changes the wind bar smoothly
`vgtTeamHealthSorter`	When added, updates the sorting of the team health bars
`vgtHealthTag`	Hedgehog health tag
`vgtSmallDamageTag`	Small damage tag after hog damage.
`vgtSpeechBubble`	Speech bubble with text.

Misc.

Variable name	Short description
`vgtStraightShot`	Moving sprite

Detailed visual gear reference

Here you will find a (more or less) detailed references of the various possible values for the visual gears (for SetVisualGearValues ). This is useful to customize your visual gears.

If not specified otherwise, the visual gear values have the meaning as defined in SetVisualGearValues (See LuaGears).

This section is still under construction!

`vgtCircle`

A simple circle which doesn't move. It is one of the few visual gears which is not removed automatically. It can be drawn in 2 different styles. With dX , dY and FrameTicks , you can set the circle to pulsate in opacity.

dX : Minimum opacity (0-255)
dY : Maximum opacity (0-255)
Angle : Circle style. 1 = Radial gradient ( sprVampiric sprite). 0 = Simple circular line
FrameTicks : Period length of opacity change. Set to 0 to disable.
State : Radius
Timer : Line thickness (only if Angle does not equal 1 )

`vgtAmmo`

Displays an ammo icon.

Frame : AmmoType ID of ammo to display (see AmmoTypes)

`vgtHealthTag`

A health/damage tag for hedgehogs. It shows a whole number surrounded by a simple border. dX and dY can be used for moving it around.

This is shown at the end of a turn to show the total damage received by each hedgehog in that turn, or when a hedgehog drowned. But this visual gear is also very useful to show an arbitrary whole number on the screen.

By default, it is white and moves upwards a few pixels before it disappears. Set dX and dY to 0 to disable movement. If this visual gear was spawned below the water line ( Y>WaterLine ), it will disappear as soon Y-10<WaterLine is true and Timer is ignored.

Angle : Scale ratio (only has an effect if Frame is non-zero). 0 or 1 = 100%
Frame : If 0 , its position is relative to the landscape. If non-zero, it will align to the screen instead
State : Number to display (must be a whole number). NOTE: Can only be set in the same tick in which it was spawned, not later
Timer : Expiration timer (not used if spawned below water line ( Y>WaterLine ))
Tint : Color of number and border
Scale : Unused. Use Angle for scaling instead

`vgtSmallDamageTag`

NOTE: Due to a bug, this cannot currently be used in Lua scripts.

Damage indicator, displays a damage value. Hedgewars uses this as the "small" damage tag used to instantly show damage of a single hit.

Looks and behaves similar to vgtHealthTag , but is slightly smaller.

`vgtSpeechBubble`

Displays a speech bubble with text. In Lua, you cannot change the text after this has been created. Use HogSay in Lua to spawn a speech bobble properly.

Frame : ID of the gear to which the speech bubble belongs
FrameTicks : Speech bubble type ( SAY_SAY , SAY_THINK or SAY_SHOUT )
(Text is stored internally that cannot be accessed by Lua)

`vgtStraightShot`

Displays an arbitrary sprite which moves in a random direction (can be overwritten in dX and dY ) and fades out after a short time.

State : ID of the custom sprite (use an ID from Sprites) (default: sprSnowDust )
Frame : Frame of custom sprite (default: 0)
FrameTicks : Life time in milliseconds (default: random between 750 and 2000)

`vgtLineTrail`

A straight thin yellowish line between two points which fades out after some time. As if a bullet has been fired. A vgtLineTrail has a start and an end point. The default Timer is too low so you must set it manually

X , Y : Start point of line
dX , dY : End point of line
Timer : Life time (default: 0)
Tint : Opacity (0-255). The color itself can't be changed