changing gani attribute in an npc

[prozac424242]

with what should be a very simple command to set the gani attribute
of a horse to the desired horse image (in a showcharachter clientside class npc):

PHP Code:

setcharani horse,ride2.png; 


all that shows up is the oval shadow. It moves correctly and I hear the gani sound, but no horse image.
The ride2.png is on the server, I checked.

How do i get the horse image into the gani on the level?

[Chicken_l33t]

setcharani ride,ride2.png;
What you had was right, but wrong gani :X

[prozac424242]

um no...
i just want a horse with nobody on it.
the ride gani does not take the ride2.png
and now looks like theres a floating charachter on an invisible horse x-x
... how do i do this? should not be as tricky as it is ..

[Yen]

#5 is the image of the horse the player is riding.

[prozac424242]

Not being sure what #5 means, I tried the following ...
and none of these worked:

PHP Code:

setcharani ride,,,,,ride2.png; 


it's does not mean the fifth variable there ...

PHP Code:

setcharani ride,;  //tried with and without ride2.png after the coma here
setcharprop #P5,ride2.png; 


setting it as a player attribute which is a close to an answer as I could find on the wiki, does not work ...

what other method is there that I can find no documentation of to change this attribute number 5 that will actually work???

[Yen]

PHP Code:

setcharprop #5,ride2.png;
setcharani horse,; 


It works for me. #5 is an attribute, like your head image or sword image.

[prozac424242]

so the charprop is set before the gani, that makes sense.

I tried it, and it works, thank you! A working line of code is a great Christmas present!

Why then does every piece of documentation I can find on gani attributes say to put the letter P in front of it
such as if you search for gani on the wiki it will liskt about
#P1 - #P30 gani attributes

How did you know that its just #5???????????

How do people FIND this seemingly hidden knowledge about gscript
that is not documented in an easily accesible place,
and how do I get on the inner circle of the club of the explination of the code? So that I wont have to keep asking how to make extermely simple things like this to make work?

I am NOT refering to the wiki or the newfeatures files.
I am referring to gscript functions that are not officially documented for general release. Why the "secret club" feeling about the code? I am a paying customer here too...

[Yen]

...
Open the gani.
Try to edit one of the horse sprites.
Notice that the image says: HORSE
It's not a set image, so it must be using your horse attribute.

And we're just gifted. <3