DGRP resource -- Single sprite view.
File Fridges.iff by Maxis
This page illustrates the multisprite DGRP display options in IFFSnooper 1.1.7.
The default DGRP display on the IFFSnooper tab panel is one sprite at a time. Nevertheless it may be useful to see all available sprites at once. The View -- DGRP resource submenu selections modify how the DGRP sprites are displayed, as shown below.
DGRP resource -- Single sprite view (Cmd-3)
DGRP resource -- Single sprite view.
File Fridges.iff by Maxis
DGRP resource -- Multisprite view (Cmd-D)
DGRP resource -- Multisprite view.
This view shows multiple sprites, which are drawn in the order that they are
listed in the DGRP resource.
DGRP resource -- Use Z buffers (Cmd-G)
DGRP resource -- Use Z buffers.
This view shows multiple sprites, which are drawn after taking into account the Z
buffer for each sprite.
DGRP resource -- Use all channels
DGRP resource -- Use all channels.
This view shows multiple sprites, which are drawn after taking into account the Z
buffer and alpha channels for each sprite.
DGRP resource -- Show Bounding Box (Cmd-B)
DGRP resource -- Show Bounding Box.
This selection toggles a green bounding box around the current sprite.
DGRP resource -- Filter sprites... (Cmd-T)
DGRP resource -- Filter sprites...
File Snowman.iff by Maxis
This snowman from the Vacation expansion pack is a particularly complicated case,
since the DGRP resource contains dynamic sprites for three different snowmen.
DGRP sprite filter
The DGRP resource -- Filter sprites... menu option brings up this dialog
box for drawgroups with three or more sprites. Deselect individual sprites in
order to simplify a complex multisprite image.
Filtered drawgroup
This shows the drawgroup as drawn using the selected sprites. This image of a
single snowman is achieved in game by the use of SimAntics code to control the
dynamic sprites.
There is more information about drawgroups here