Questions about HWP's!!!

[drages]

There is HWP sprite patterns and they are hardcoded.. i know it.. but i got 3 question..

1. How can i choose the pattern of which HWP i use?

2. How can i make a  new hovertank? What should i do to make the game use hovertank images rather then first tank one..

3. If i make a soldier type HWP, how can i code it's visuals changing by weapons they got. For example i got a sectoid and i give it a plasma weapon at inventory, then how will its sprites change to with plasma weapon version..

thx

[Yankes]

This is only true for basic OpenXcom, for Extended you can using scripts swap all sprites in any way you want.

[The Reaver of Darkness]

You can choose the drawing routine to determine which way it draws sprites, while you can put in your own custom sprite sheets. You can draw over a copy of an existing sprite sheet to get the basic shape correct for the drawing routine, then you just check in-game to see how it looks and tweak it from there.