thats EXACTLY what david is saying.. he wants the beam start sprite to be made up a back sprite (one you see from the back) and a side sprite (one you see from the side) so that it can look flared out when you fire a beam like the showniobe said:what are you talking about, there is just one head sprite and just one start sprite.
there are no side sprites or something like that, the whole beam is just made with 3 sprites.