Issue with event not lining up

The problem I am having is that I create an event and select a picture:

(the hold in the floor)



This is a screenshot taken while the VX Ace editor is in event mode and it all looks perfectly fine.

When I run the game however, the hole is suddenly out of line:



I am really not sure why is it not in line and I was wondering if anyone knows why this is happening?

what picture/sprite are you using for the event?


It looks like your sprite is larger than 32x32 - the editor cuts off all sprites at 32x32, because otherwise it would be impossible to work the grind in the editor, but ingame all sprites are displayed at their true size...

It LOOKS like you have used a sprite from the character set (Characters folder) and not from the tileset (Tilesets) folder (which is understandable, because the hole is an autotile, and you can't select autotiles for event images).


You need the sprite to be in a character sheet whose name begins with ! (either with or without $ depending on how many sprites you have on the sheet). Regular character sprites don't have the ! and are drawn about 4 pixels higher than the grid - exactly what you see happening here. The ! at the start of the file name indicates that it's to be treated like part of the environment, for want of a better explanation, and should be aligned exactly to the grid. Other things you'll see that have ! at the start of the file name are doors, which you want to align with the base of your buildings, not 4 pixels above.


But be careful - ALL images on the same sheet will be treated the same way. So you need to put that tile on a character sheet with other things that you also want aligned exactly to the grid.

Ahhh, that makes sense. I did have to print the screen and paste it onto an empty character sheet to use.

I will try that and let you know.

if that's the case be sure that you make the character sheet cells 32x32 and that you get an exact cropping of the tile you want.

That worked!! Thanks.

The cropping and positioning is fine but I have been using one sheet for several images so the naming thing was clearly an issue!

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