[REQUEST] RPG MAKER'S XP CHARACTER OBJECT

Hello, I want create a RPG, that originally was creating using RPG Maker XP software. I have lot of characters in my game, so I don't want to spread every character in frames (my chars using Alpha, that don't work good with Box mode). I give you all infos about this resource type, because I suppose you aren't RPG maker users.

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Maybe a few images first.
http://titek.victorygames.info/forum..._by_me_211.png
http://x.screeny.pl/ga5735/340205f4b...mok_czarny.png

As you see the image can be large or small. Each image represent one character. The animation have 4 frames in 4 directions. I need to spread the images as RPG Maker do it. Each frame width is image's width/4, and height is image's height/4.

Oh, and this extension will be useful for all persons, who make RPGs in MMF, because there are many RPG maker's character over the net.

//edit: And extension should have bounding box options, I mean the user should specificity size and left-top point for bounding box using for collisions with actives/others characters.

3 hours later...
If somebody just started work on it, please tell me. I feel to be ignored. If somebody give me this ext. I'll give him a Beer.exe.

Try Animated Picture.

Oh, and please don't bump your posts after only 3 hours :P

Yeah, but I need split the images...
By hand. I mean I want the mmf split it at runtime - I only will select the image such as images in 1st post, and program will split it. But I try.

No comment. :(

It seems that is something for me. But I don't know how to use it. Can somebody write me help?

Nope. This is definitely not for me - This not support directions, bounding box and variable frame size (with constant frame count)

Oh come on, just use it. No one's gonna make such a specific extension for free, believe me. Besides, I don't see what's your problem... RPG Maker XP's frames all have the same size.

Look at first image that I posted (a girl) and then on second (a dragon) Same size? I don't think so. In RPG maker 2k/2k3 the size of charset's frames are the same. In XP

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each frame width is image's width/4, and height is image's height/4.

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Im suprised though a decent tile/sprite sheet extension hasn't been made yet really. Because if working with 2d games it's usually standard stuff.

Maybe theres apps that can split these images up into more but a extension would probably save more time and is a good way to handle sprites.

Im thinking you could use events to set the grid sizes (32x32 etc) then set the full image size and use grid like events to get the graphic on a certain area. Then do stuff like -

Repeat while down arrow is pressed - Loop tiles 1-4 for (0 infinite) at change/speed rate (link to timer)

It would be great for RPGs and probably have other possible uses also.

Atom, maybe you'll make this extension for me? I will give you a Beer(.exe) :)

Well, i have yet to get into extension development really. I know basic C++ coding but havent tried yet due to various other things im doing. I plan to start making some extensions sometime though but right now i can't help really.

That post was more to say that i think it would be a useful extension if done well (+1 vote) and a basic idea of how it could work. I can't make it for you at the moment though sorry :)

Ok, you can't. I'm no[color:#FF0000]t[/color] angry ;). And Looki the Extension Developer should code it (of course if he have time) instead of lamenting.

I don't see why you can't just use the Animated Picture object... I made a quick example to show how it can be done: File

Darkhog, how about you pay someone to make exactly what you want? There are extensions available that work with sprite sheets.

Darkhog, I meant that the frames of one particular set have the same size. See tileset 1 and 2. The size of each frame for tileset 1 is 32x64 or so, for tileset 2 something bigger.

Thanks a lot. And what with

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bounding box options, I mean the user should specificity size and left-top point for bounding box using for collisions with actives/others characters.

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I don't want use invisible actives, because it can slow down my game, and I don't install HWA before final build. And it will be problem with resizing when I will switching from girl to dragon. I mean the "collision box" be bigger for dragon than for girl...

Wasn't there an extension named Sprite Sheet ?

Maybe, but I think this was in 1.5

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Originally Posted by Werbad

I don't see why you can't just use the Animated Picture object... I made a quick example to show how it can be done: File

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Yes. But what with collisions? Animation and movement itself is ok. But I need it to RPG, and in RPGs, you know, some elements are unpassable. And collision rectangle should be smaller than character.

Maybe image will help.
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/7413/smokczarnyx.png
This is the same dragon, as last with areas what collides with rest of the objects (red rectangles). I don't want use invisible actives, because it can slow down game, and HWA is still in beta.

Just use an invisible active, how much can it possibly slow your game down?

Very much, especially, when I will have many characters (NPCs) on the map. Oh, and I forgot about problems with designing maps.

No it won't. The active won't be drawn on-screen, and you can uncheck "Fine collision detection" to remove pixel-perfect collision, it will only check the bounding box...

It'd be interesting to know how much memory an active object actually consumes. I mean, like a detector.

It'd be nice to have some kind of profiling tool in MMF.

to cut your tiles, use this tool: http://reinerstileset.4players.de/tilecutterE.html

Program made im MMF btw. (not by me)

I'll take a look.

We are misunderstand. I need to load a png. When I click load image in this program i don't see any .png files.

Do you know that MMF2 can cut your tiles by itself? Although there is a special way to do this.
You can try Sphax Spritesheet Exporter :) http://complex.softwares.free.fr/index.php?p=products
It's made by MMF2 too :wink:

I just tried it and it gives 3 popups at the load and exit of the app about the vectorial shape object beta. That extension would be nice to have released out of beta stage without the popups. ;)

do you think darkhog is either A) dragonguy under new name or B) related to dragonguy ?

Since Zabooza is probably Angelfox, I'd believe anything from dragonguy....

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Originally Posted by Atom

I just tried it and it gives 3 popups at the load and exit of the app about the vectorial shape object beta. That extension would be nice to have released out of beta stage without the popups. ;)

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Oups... This is an error since the last recent update of this program. Retry it and it will be ok. :)

It doesn't seem to have changed yet.