Animated busts and picture based animations.

Astfgl66 · 2017-06-09T01:42:58+0900

Animated busts. Hi everyone! This small plugin was made to handle animated busts, but can be generalized to make picture based animations. Features: Create picture based animations and synchronize them to the message window, for easy speaking animations. Any number of frames supported. Customizable frame rate. For out of message use: set the number of times the animation runs before pausing, or the time in between animation loops. Text codes to set, start, synchronize and pause animations directly from within the message window. How to use: The video above, created by @Rhino explains all the features. You can also find all the possible actions within the help file of the plugin. Simply download the plugin, name it whatever, save as a .js file and import it in your project. There are no parameters to set. Spoiler'd below: the help file of the plugin. Spoiler Code: * =================================================================== * Animation setup: * =================================================================== * First, setup the pictures using the event commands. * Then use the following script call: * $gameScreen.picture(pictureId).setAnim([array],interval); * Replace array by the file names without the extension, surrounded by "" and * separated by ",". * Ex: ["mouth_closed","mouth_1","mouth_2","mouth_3"] * These will be, in order, the pictures displayed for the animations. * The first picture will be used when the animation is paused. * * Then replace interval by a number, this will be the number of frames * between image changes. * Ex: 5 * * Ex: $gameScreen.picture(2).setAnim(["mouth_closed","mouth_1","mouth_2","mouth_3"],5) * This will cause the picture to loop between the frames you set in the array * until told to stop. * * =================================================================== * Freezing an animation * =================================================================== * You can tell a picture to stop looping by using: * $gameScreen.picture(pictureId).freeze(); * It will set the picture to the first image in the list and stop it from looping. * Notice: when synching the animation to a message, it will freeze and unfreeze the * animation automatically when the message pauses. So you have to remove the animation * if you don't want it synching with a message, not freeze it. * This command is for out of message use. * * You can tell a picture to begin looping again by using: * $gameScreen.picture(pictureId).unfreeze(); * This will make the picture start looping again, starting at the first frame. * Again, same disclaimer as for the freeze command: intended for out of message use. * * =================================================================== * Synchronizing an animation with a message box * =================================================================== * In order to synch up a picture looping animation to a message window use: * $gameMessage.setAnim(pictureId) * * Ex: $gameMessage.setAnim(2) * This will cause the picture to synch up its looping animation with the message * window: it will loop while text is writing, stop for pauses and between windows. * Using fast forward will make it skip the animation altogether. * * If you want a picture to no longer synch up with the message window, use: * $gameMessage.removeAnim(pictureId) * * Ex: $gameMessage.removeAnim(2) * * =================================================================== * Frozen or message end picture outside of animation loop * =================================================================== * By default the plugin will use the first image in the array as the frozen or * message end picture. If you would like to define a frozen picture outside of * the loop you can use the following command: * $gameScreen.picture(pictureId).setFrozenBmp(filename); * * Ex: $gameScreen.picture(2).setFrozenBmp("mouth_closed") * * If you would like to remove a frozen picture and start using the first picture * of the loop again, use the following command: * * $gameScreen.picture(pictureId).removeFrozenBmp() * * Ex: $gameScreen.picture(2).removeFrozenBmp() * =================================================================== * Wait time in between animation loops: * =================================================================== * If you want to pause the picture in between loops, use the following: * $gameScreen.picture(pictureId).setLoopInterval(number) * * Ex: $gameScreen.picture(2).setLoopInterval(60) * This will make the picture wait 60 frames before each animation loop. * * If you want to remove the wait between loops, use: * $gameScreen.picture(pictureId).removeLoopInterval(); * * Ex: $gameScreen.picture(2).removeLoopInterval(); * * Both of these commands are intended for out of message use. * * =================================================================== * Run animation loop only X times: * =================================================================== * If you'd like the animation loop to only…

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J-G

#121 May 20, 2020, 05:20 PM Source

Ah ok. Happen to know any that might?
iammagical

#122 Jul 18, 2020, 12:15 AM Source

I don't know if this is a bug, but when I use setFrozenAnim, the picture disappears instead of an idle animation appearing.
Evarcha

#123 Jan 5, 2021, 09:20 AM Source

Hi!

I am new to MV, I only downloaded it on Saturday and have yet to even scratch the surface of the features. I am still researching plugins to see what others have created and this one in particular really interested me. I am wondering, and please forgive me if this has been asked before, do you have plans to make full-body animations? Shoulders, torso etc? Is this even possible?
Thanks very much for your time :)
Astfgl66

#124 Jan 6, 2021, 09:00 AM Source

This plugin makes animations by showing pre drawn pictures at high speed.
If you have a frame by frame drawn animation of anything this plugin will be able to display it.

It does not make the pictures by itself, and for complex animations you're probably better off using an animation program and the corresponding plugin (something like dragonbones)
Evarcha

#125 Jan 6, 2021, 09:14 AM Source

Thanks very much for your reply!

I am an artist so the assets won't be a problem for me, I am currently experimenting with a 'Metal Slug' style of artwork for possible inclusion into a game. I am gathering as much information about the potential of this MV engine as I can for now, which is proving to be a lot of fun :)

I am also enjoying the community, lots of enthusiasm and passion for these engines.
Finnuval

#126 Jan 8, 2021, 06:49 AM Source

This is interesting. Might be able to use it :)

Thanks for making it in any case :D
RivalRamen_Games

#127 Jan 19, 2022, 02:08 PM Source

Wow! An amazing plugin! So many possibilities...

Welp, time to put the plugin into my list of plugins I wanna use for my dream game! Haha!
LisaW

#128 Sep 15, 2022, 03:07 PM Source

Looks really good. I'll give it a try once I got my facesets ready :kaopride:
LisaW

#129 Sep 27, 2022, 11:48 AM Source

Edit: Nevermind.. I figured it out and feel dumb now, omg :kaoback:

For some reason the bust doesn't show properly... I can only see the mouth moving in synch with the text, but the bust isn't showing eventhough the position is correct.
The picture shows when I don't use the plugin. Whenever I set up the animation the bust vanishes when I playtest and only the mouth is floating in midair. The files are transparent, so I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong.. I removed all other plugins, but it's still no use. I also tested the resources by @Rhino and ran into the same problem...

I'm probably overlooking something blatantly obvious..... :kaoswt2:
Leilanix

#130 Feb 27, 2024, 05:29 PM Source

iammagical said:
I don't know if this is a bug, but when I use setFrozenAnim, the picture disappears instead of an idle animation appearing.
I'm having the same issue.
Leilanix

#131 Feb 28, 2024, 04:03 AM Source

Is there a solution for the setFrozenAnim dissapearing bug? Or is there an older version that I can find somewhere to see if it works with an older version? I need to figure this out soon, so any help is greatly appreciated!
YeXin

#132 Apr 1, 2024, 02:25 AM Source

Is this available for MZ? I'm looking for plugins that are similar to this for MZ but no luck T_T
Aeghite

#133 Apr 4, 2024, 04:26 PM Source

YeXin said:
Is this available for MZ? I'm looking for plugins that are similar to this for MZ but no luck T_T
I've been looking for the same thing. There's a way to make the plugin work in MZ using the FOSSIL plugin but it might not be compatible with other plugins. I found out that FOSSIL was causing trouble with some of my VisuStella's plugins and I had to turn it off.
YeXin

#134 Apr 5, 2024, 01:22 AM Source

Aeghite said:
I've been looking for the same thing. There's a way to make the plugin work in MZ using the FOSSIL plugin but it might not be compatible with other plugins. I found out that FOSSIL was causing trouble with some of my VisuStella's plugins and I had to turn it off.
I've actually found something very similar to this and works just as beautifully.
If you'd like to see add try it out for yourself, you may look up MOG's picture effects for MZ

Rpg Maker MZ
just download the master demo and you should be able to find the plugin inside it.
Aeghite

#135 Apr 5, 2024, 08:38 AM Source

YeXin said:
I've actually found something very similar to this and works just as beautifully.
If you'd like to see add try it out for yourself, you may look up MOG's picture effects for MZ

Rpg Maker MZ
just download the master demo and you should be able to find the plugin inside it.
Oh, thank you! :LZSproud: I didn't know MOG's picture effects could do that. I'll try it out then.
jazzucci

#136 Apr 8, 2024, 11:57 PM Source

iammagical said:
I don't know if this is a bug, but when I use setFrozenAnim, the picture disappears instead of an idle animation appearing.
same things been happening to me. i still dont know what to do. is there a fix or no?
jazzucci

#137 May 22, 2024, 11:30 PM Source

currently when i try to use this plugin in mz, images appear in the top right corner for a brief second. is there any way to fix this?

---ytruuytr said:
Use the older version. The newest one is bugged. It happens when pictures are deleted. Could be plugin compatibility issues, not sure. But this one works for me.
nvm about the above this one works fine
Unda

#138 Sep 23, 2024, 08:20 AM Source

Hello, I was hoping someone could help me with this. I'm able to get the animated busts working just fine for normal talking animations, but when I try to do more movement, it seems as if the frames just layer over each other and are visible all of the time. This is fine for animations that remain in the same silhouette for talking and blinking, but it's quite limiting. I've gone over the help text file and I can't see anything about this.

Am I missing some obvious way of only showing the current frame?

The event looks like this:
Leilanix

#139 Jan 29, 2025, 01:59 AM Source

The disappearing bug during the idle animation still occurs. Does anyone know of a fix yet?
ZankokuNoYami

#140 Feb 15, 2025, 12:39 PM Source

Aeghite said:
Oh, thank you! :LZSproud: I didn't know MOG's picture effects could do that. I'll try it out then.
If it still matters, I recently converted my project to MZ and have been going down my list of plugins and replacing them with MZ equivalent where it matters. I came here to find out if there was an MZ version and saw all these messages. But for kicks and giggles I ran my game with it on and it worked anyway XD I dont know if there will be future errors, but it activated as though it was made for MZ too. So guessing it doesnt use any of the new logic?

I'm posting this just for any future people needing a plugin like this that are using MZ and wondering.