RPG Maker MV/MZ Extended Generator - Version Beta 1.00.0003 [14th November 2024]

Schlangan · 2016-02-10T03:17:26+0900

Hello everybody. As we know, RPG Maker MV brought in a nice character editor, also available in RPG Maker MZ. However, adding new assets is somewhat challenging if you don't know exactly how the numbering of items is made. Even by knowing it, it is annoying to deal with a specific naming of files in order to make sure to not mess up everything. Also, there is no option for the addition of new colors, only gimmicks to replace the current gradients. After thinking about it for a while, and seeing as no specific project has been achieved on this topic yet, I decided to give it a go. I'm currently coding an extended version of the character generator, currently for Microsoft Windows operating system though. The generator has been revamped, but as usual, bugs may exist. I'm counting on you guys to find them so I can fix that as soon as possible Screen capture of v1.00 The editor behaves like the current MV/MZ editor, with the following additions: The software will help you import all your current assets from your RPG Maker MV/RPG Maker MZ folder You can manually add new resources without having to think about the default generator naming conventions You can add more "categories" and "parts", for example, Accessories 3, something different than Male/Female/Kid You can add new templates for resources who do not match the dimensions of RPG Maker MV/MZ default resources You can redefine the drawing order of elements over others (by default the current MV/MZ generator priorities will be set) All gradients can be used for any item, and you'll be able to add new, whether by importation or by generation You can add many elements of the same part (ex. two accessories A) and use any category (Male, Female, ...) on the same character You can move the elements by a few pixels to create different faces You can rotate elements tile per tile You can easily see who to credit through the importation of resources You can create/add character sets, which are partial characters Better randomization of characters with rules Tutorials are directly accessible from my website : - Access to the website here - Direct link to tutorials Download Links NEWEST! Version Beta 1.00 First, you'll need to install the .NET 6 runtime librairies if you don't have them : https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet/thank-you/runtime-desktop-6.0.33-windows-x64-installer Then, directly in a zip format as usual, the generator itself https://schlangancastle.fr/RMXGEN/RPG_Maker_Extended_Generator_1_00_beta.zip Older version - Alpha 0.68 - The link points to a zip file in which the executable is. I didn't create an installer yet, but the file should be readable by most people on windows operating systems already. If it won't, try to install .Net Framework 4.5+ - Antiviruses hate standalone files; yours may complain when trying to launch the generator. - Download Link You want to follow what is being developed and give suggestions elsewhere than this forum? Here is a discord link: https://discord.gg/ZV4WHB5 Compatibility with RPG Maker MV and MZ DLCs Thanks to @CrisR82 RPG Maker MV/MZ Extended Generator - Version Beta 1.00.0003 [14th November 2024] I don't know if I missed something, but I can't click "Apply and Close" after manually adding or removing some file/images. I can import images, tho I need to create a "generator" folder first and sort the images to right categories first forums.rpgmakerweb.com Changelog Spoiler Version 1.00.0003 (2024, November, 14th) Added default icon when creating a new resource. Added automatic selection of part when selecting a character element. Added a ''Reset Rules'' button for character randomization. Non-RPG Maker default parts will be reset to 0%. Added a change Log window. Fix: When creating a new resource and immediately duplicating it, a ''Given Key Not present In dictionary'' error occurred, and the resource was not properly created. Fix: When duplicating a new resource, the ''Only New'' filter did not display the new resource until a refresh was performed. Fix: When creating a new template and immediately adding it to a template configuration, a ''Given Key not present in dictionary'' Error was thrown. Fix: When replacing an element, the new element was not properly selected, preventing chain replacements and causing errors when attempting to change colors. Fix: When editing a resource, changes were not reflected in a currently open character that was using that resource Version 1.00.0002 (2024, November, 13th) Fix: When overwriting a loaded image for character picture exports, a generic GDI error was thrown due to a lock on the file. Version 1.00.0001 (2024, September, 3rd) Fix: When saving a file, a permission error occurred. Version 1.00.0000 (2024, September, 2nd) Main release of the new version! Version 0.68 (2021, March, 1st) Fix: Since MZ changes to their face pictures, going from 144x144 pixels to 160x160, the faces were distorted after importation. Now, the generator can properly display those files. Ver…

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Pearl484

#581 Aug 21, 2020, 11:26 PM Source

I'm a bit confused. Can I still reorder my gradient colors? If so, how do I do that? I used to rearrange my gradients according to color, but I now don't know how to do that, and I'm afraid I don't understand the tutorial enough to know how to do that, or if I can do that.
Schlangan

#582 Aug 22, 2020, 06:10 AM Source

You can still move up and down the colors of the gradient list with the arrows (circled in red on the picture). Now, the addition is gradient categories; each color belongs to a category. Those categories are the tabs of the gradient colors in the main windows. You can also move them up and down. (circled in blue on the picture)

If you only want all gradients in one tab sorted by colors, simply remove all categories but "Other". Then you can reorder as you want the gradient list.
zzmmorgan

#583 Aug 23, 2020, 01:09 PM Source

Is there a link to an older version if we want to tinker with the older rxge files or is it not worth the trouble? I've ended up with server rxge files in my search for generator parts although it's entirely possible I may have those parts in some of the other downloads.

I just downloaded the 0.62 version and am importing parts from a clean database. The ACompleteBeardsTrim_2ndCollection(Free)_SythianBard only got number 19 correct. The others in that set it managed to do the FG separately so I deleted those entries and manually put the FG into the other items. I don't see any obvious name differences that would have confused it so not sure why that happened but I love the fact it's very easy to fix things like that :)

OK yet another edit LOL
I accidentally had an extra folder when doing the import from folder option and the program got an exception and closed. Interestingly enough it seemed to have completely cleared the database as well... The Resources folder still has the images but the database must have gotten corrupted. The Logs folder is completely empty as well although the folder itself has a recent timestamp. I'm gonna just nuke the whole setup and start again. Doing some cleanup on the folders of the resources I plan on importing to help alleviate issues. I've started trying to cleanup the file names on any parts I've got that will give the generator fits and I'm setting all the individual parts into folders to streamline the importing so will see what happens. But if you get a chance to eventually sanity check the folder import in case we did something stupid like having a Test folder along with the normal Face, SV, etc... :)
Schlangan

#584 Aug 24, 2020, 06:05 AM Source

The older version is still on the server; here is the link.
RPG Maker MV Extended Generator - Old version 0.10

I'll take a look at the generator breakdown when you have additional unwanted folders.

Edit: For the beards, the import fails because there are unwanted dots in the filenames.

The single file working:
FG_Beard_p19_c1_m003.png

The files not working :
FG_Beard_p18._c1_m003.png
FG_Beard_p20._c1_m003.png
FG_Beard_p21._c1_m003.png
FG_Beard_p22._c1_m003.png
FG_Beard_p23._c1_m003.png

There shouldn't be dots after the pXX, which causes the issue.
zzmmorgan

#585 Aug 24, 2020, 10:09 PM Source

Unfortunately that link isn't working at the moment. But I wouldn't mind playing with the older version.

OK so I missed the extra dots. That's interesting but easily fixable before doing the import. That sort of thing is much easier and quicker for me than trying to make my own generator parts :)
Overall I'm finding that file names are one of the biggest issues with a lot of the generator parts. I'm figuring out enough about how this works now that perhaps I can eventually get folder setups for a lot of these and contact the artists to see if they want to have those linked to make things a bit smoother.

Not sure if I broke something again or just found a bug:

No matter what I do in the manual resource area I don't get the option to apply changes...........
Schlangan

#586 Aug 25, 2020, 05:49 AM Source

If you can't apply changes, scroll down the warnings. There must be a red warning telling you what is wrong.
Mrs_Allykat

#587 Aug 25, 2020, 05:58 AM Source

@Schlangan Are you going to keep the feature for credits? Also, your tool is super awesome!
Dicleon

#588 Aug 25, 2020, 05:33 PM Source

I've been using your extended generator from the start, and I must admit I haven't been updating as I should. Now I'm up to date but all the MV parts I've imported don't have their original mask activated, so the hairs don't have the hair mask to modify their colors, same for eyes and such only mz parts have the mask activated, I can do those change manually but what could be the reason it didn't import that data? The database being older than 0.10 (yeah I know should've updated) I can't import my old database, only resources... Is there something I'm missing?

Edit : Made the changes manually for now it's not too long to do thanks to the amazing UI!
zzmmorgan

#589 Aug 25, 2020, 10:19 PM Source

OK there were TWO issues in red out of a list of like 365 so that took some time to find both of them...... I guess doing a batch import of a folder without knowing if it's even going to work isn't such a great idea.......... It was a hiddenone big folder so I need to clean that up as it's got some cool stuff in there.
Incidentally I don't think any of what got imported got mask color so have to individually add those in.

OK I did the initial import from MZ and now seeing apparently there are some differences between MZ and MV on the character sprites which may be affecting the generator..... Considering I'm probably not going to actually do much with MZ until Visustella get all the cool features from Yanfly up and running I think I'll just clear the database and start with the MV import and redo the imports of the extra parts and see how that goes....
Takeshi014

#590 Aug 26, 2020, 02:39 AM Source

would it be possable for you to make a linux version of the program or at least make it compatable with wine. At the moment I'm using the free trial of MV to generate characters than converting them for use in RPG maker XP. It would be so nice to use this rather than the one inside of RPG maker.
Htlaets

#591 Aug 26, 2020, 06:23 AM Source

Schlangan said:
UPDATE - Version 0.60

- An option you seem to ask like @Htlaets,import entirely the former version (0.10) of the generator. If you do so, all your current resources are erased, and the following limitations appear: you won't have tags, all gradients will end up in the "Other" category, and some icons may be missing. Depending on what you altered in your database, the import may crash, only tests from you guys will tell me if this happens.
Finally got around to trying this out since MZ is up.
This comes up when I try to do it:

The trace log has the following text (replaced some stuff with redacted):

Spoiler
8/26/2020 2:16:27 AM WARNING - modMain.SafeCopy - Source File doesn't exist : C:\Users\[Redacted]\Documents\Games\Character Gen\New char gen\Resources\TV\RearHair1_8d8496609d2b12d-2714_mask.png
8/26/2020 2:16:27 AM WARNING - modMain.SafeCopy - Source File doesn't exist : C:\Users\[Redacted]\Documents\Games\Character Gen\New char gen\Resources\SV\Cloak1_8d8496609c0b3c3-676_mask.png
8/26/2020 2:16:28 AM WARNING - modMain.SafeCopy - Source File doesn't exist : C:\Users\[Redacted]\Documents\Games\Character Gen\New char gen\Resources\Icons\8d8496609bc4655-241.png
8/26/2020 2:16:28 AM WARNING - modMain.SafeCopy - Source File doesn't exist : C:\Users\[Redacted]\Documents\Games\Character Gen\New char gen\Resources\FG\Clothing2_8d8496609bc4655-241_pic1.png
8/26/2020 2:16:28 AM WARNING - modMain.SafeCopy - Source File doesn't exist : C:\Users\[Redacted]\Documents\Games\Character Gen\New char gen\Resources\FG\Clothing2_8d8496609bc4655-241_pic3.png
8/26/2020 2:16:28 AM WARNING - modMain.SafeCopy - Source File doesn't exist : C:\Users\[Redacted]\Documents\Games\Character Gen\New char gen\Resources\FG\Clothing2_8d8496609bc4655-241_pic5.png
8/26/2020 2:16:28 AM WARNING - modMain.SafeCopy - Source File doesn't exist : C:\Users\[Redacted]\Documents\Games\Character Gen\New char gen\Resources\TV\Clothing1_8d8496609bc4655-241_pic.png
8/26/2020 2:16:28 AM WARNING - modMain.SafeCopy - Source File doesn't exist : C:\Users\[Redacted]\Documents\Games\Character Gen\New char gen\Resources\TV\Clothing1_8d8496609bc4655-241_mask.png
8/26/2020 2:16:28 AM WARNING - modMain.SafeCopy - Source File doesn't exist : C:\Users\[Redacted]\Documents\Games\Character Gen\New char gen\Resources\TV\Clothing1_8d8496609bc4655-241_pic.png
8/26/2020 2:16:28 AM WARNING - modMain.SafeCopy - Source File doesn't exist : C:\Users\[Redacted]\Documents\Games\Character Gen\New char gen\Resources\TV\Clothing1_8d8496609bc4655-241_mask.png
8/26/2020 2:16:28 AM WARNING - modMain.SafeCopy - Source File doesn't exist : C:\Users\[Redacted]\Documents\Games\Character Gen\New char gen\Resources\TV\Clothing1_8d8496609bc4655-241_pic.png
8/26/2020 2:16:28 AM Unhandled Exception
8/26/2020 2:16:28 AM ..... Version: 0.62
8/26/2020 2:16:28 AM ..... Message: One or more errors occurred.
8/26/2020 2:16:28 AM ..... HResult: [Redacted]
8/26/2020 2:16:28 AM ..... Source: mscorlib
8/26/2020 2:16:28 AM ..... Stack Trace:
at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.ThrowIfExceptional(Boolean includeTaskCanceledExceptions)
at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.Wait(Int32 millisecondsTimeout, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.Wait()
at System.Threading.Tasks.Parallel.ForWorker[TLocal](Int32 fromInclusive, Int32 toExclusive, ParallelOptions parallelOptions, Action`1 body, Action`2 bodyWithState, Func`4 bodyWithLocal, Func`1 localInit, Action`1 localFinally)
at System.Threading.Tasks.Parallel.For(Int32 fromInclusive, Int32 toExclusive, Action`1 body)
at RPG_Maker_Extended_Generator.modMain.ParallelFileCopy(List`1 files_to_copy, ProgressBar pbar)
at RPG_Maker_Extended_Generator.genDatabase.Importv010(String path, ProgressBar& pbar)
at RPG_Maker_Extended_Generator.frmImportOldResources.btnBeginImport_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mevent)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)

Sorry if this is a dumb question, though, but why can't we just import the resource folder itself in a similar way to other folders would be imported instead of using the .dat file?
Schlangan

#592 Aug 26, 2020, 06:55 AM Source

The .dat file is required because everything can be changed with the generator. You can have new mask colors, different drawing orders (layer positions), for example. Because of this, a regular import wouldn't be sufficient to get everything you did in v0.10.

Also, the former version was messy with file cleanups, so the resource folder could be heavier than required with duplicates.
zzmmorgan

#593 Aug 26, 2020, 05:54 PM Source

The more I use this generator the more I appreciate the flexibility it offers.
The tagging is a feature that will help immensely in dealing with both MZ and MV due to minor differences in the sprite sizes and proportions which means some parts might from one version might not fit well with the other. I will probably even use the custom for some (currently sidelined) projects with Godot.
I just realized you can do offsets with any parts you add which can come in quite handy to make minor adjustments. I suspect that's why that feature made it into the MZ generator. One thing I'm now thinking would be cool would be rotation so you could slightly rotate the face, hair, eyes, etc. to add more expression to pictures by giving an apparent tilt to the head....
cabanas_ds

#594 Aug 27, 2020, 10:11 AM Source

so many good generators win only :(
Takeshi014

#595 Aug 27, 2020, 06:46 PM Source

cabanas_ds said:
so many good generators win only :(
Are you on linux or mac os
Htlaets

#596 Aug 28, 2020, 12:46 AM Source

Forgot to mention this, but the error I posted results in nothing being imported but all files still being deleted, unfortunately.
CrisR82

#597 Aug 28, 2020, 03:11 PM Source

Finally got around to testing the body importing and...I came across another layer matching error when importing the Beast Man Generator body files =/

Trace Log data
28-Aug-20 17:55:21 Layer body isn't associated with template TV. The File C:\Users\CrisR82\Desktop\DLC to import\Beast Man Body\Generator\TV\Male\TV_body_p07.png has been skipped.
28-Aug-20 17:55:21 Layer body isn't associated with template TV. The File C:\Users\CrisR82\Desktop\DLC to import\Beast Man Body\Generator\TV\Male\TV_body_p07_c.png has been skipped.
28-Aug-20 17:55:21 Layer body isn't associated with template TV. The File C:\Users\CrisR82\Desktop\DLC to import\Beast Man Body\Generator\TV\Male\TV_body_p08.png has been skipped.
28-Aug-20 17:55:21 Layer body isn't associated with template TV. The File C:\Users\CrisR82\Desktop\DLC to import\Beast Man Body\Generator\TV\Male\TV_body_p08_c.png has been skipped.
28-Aug-20 17:55:21 Layer body isn't associated with template TV. The File C:\Users\CrisR82\Desktop\DLC to import\Beast Man Body\Generator\TV\Male\TV_body_p09.png has been skipped.
28-Aug-20 17:55:21 Layer body isn't associated with template TV. The File C:\Users\CrisR82\Desktop\DLC to import\Beast Man Body\Generator\TV\Male\TV_body_p09_c.png has been skipped.
28-Aug-20 18:05:27 Layer body isn't associated with template TV. The File C:\Users\CrisR82\Desktop\DLC to import\Beast Man Body\Generator\TV\Male\TV_body_p07.png has been skipped.
28-Aug-20 18:05:27 Layer body isn't associated with template TV. The File C:\Users\CrisR82\Desktop\DLC to import\Beast Man Body\Generator\TV\Male\TV_body_p07_c.png has been skipped.
28-Aug-20 18:05:27 Layer body isn't associated with template TV. The File C:\Users\CrisR82\Desktop\DLC to import\Beast Man Body\Generator\TV\Male\TV_body_p08.png has been skipped.
28-Aug-20 18:05:27 Layer body isn't associated with template TV. The File C:\Users\CrisR82\Desktop\DLC to import\Beast Man Body\Generator\TV\Male\TV_body_p08_c.png has been skipped.
28-Aug-20 18:05:27 Layer body isn't associated with template TV. The File C:\Users\CrisR82\Desktop\DLC to import\Beast Man Body\Generator\TV\Male\TV_body_p09.png has been skipped.
28-Aug-20 18:05:27 Layer body isn't associated with template TV. The File C:\Users\CrisR82\Desktop\DLC to import\Beast Man Body\Generator\TV\Male\TV_body_p09_c.png has been skipped.

You'll notice that there are two logs for each file - that's because after the first attempt to import the files, I assumed there was an error on the mask file (2 out of 3 had a few pixels of different shade of brown color on the underwear), I manually edited out those and re-attempted the import, same result.

Afterwards, I compared the body mask files to the ones from the SV folder and the TV ones from Zombie Man Generator - the mask colors seem to be identical (the ones from Zombie Man Generator worked fine).

Any suggestions what I can try for this?

P.S. Modern Generator and Heroine Generator body files worked fine as well, so it's just the Beast Man ones that are error'ing out when imported.
Schlangan

#598 Aug 28, 2020, 03:36 PM Source

The issue comes from the names once again. For TV, the layer is Body, not body. So, it doesn't add the body elements because of this. Each element has two files, one regular and a mask, so both files are skipped. I'm going to change my code so it isn't case sensitive anymore.

The new version will come in less than one hour.
CrisR82

#599 Aug 28, 2020, 03:41 PM Source

Schlangan said:
The issue comes from the names once again. For TV, the layer is Body, not body. So, it doesn't add the body elements because of this. Each element has two files, one regular and a mask, so both files are skipped. I'm going to change my code so it isn't case sensitive anymore.

The new version will come in less than one hour.

...I honestly cannot believe I overlooked this...again T_T
Renamed the files - everything works...this is too embarrassing >_<

Thanks for the fast reply!
I'll try to compile a single easy-to-follow list for all the DLC packs and post it here once completed, then I'll give hiddenone's pack a try to see what works and what doesn't there.
Schlangan

#600 Aug 28, 2020, 04:06 PM Source

UPDATE - Version 0.63

I added a clever trick on the generator for importations of MV-like folder. If the layers in the filename have incorrect capital letters like before, the generator will now try to guess what is the real layer.