Spriter Plugin

KanaX · 2018-01-24T04:50:01+0900

Spriter Plugin v.1.3.5 KanaX Introduction Allows user to utilize Spriter Pro save files and sprite parts for Skeletal Animations Features Using Spriter, it is easy to create functional, fluid, expressive animations with sprite parts, without needing to create large numbers of sprite sheets. Additionally, Spriter Plugin allows you to manipulate your new Spriter sprites and give them special functions like: Moving sprite in slow-mo, or fast-forward. Change the bitmaps of a sprite so that the same animation is done with a different visual character. Example: Change skin set from a man to a woman, doing the exact same movement. Change/add new parts to your existing animation. Example: Add hat to character / Change hair of character. Add sound effects according to the animation cycle. Example: Footstep, every time the character's foot lands their foot down. Videos Here's a little story created with Spriter Sprites (View in 720p and fullscreen for better experience): Here's the same video with labels explaining what happened where: Spoiler: Click Here A display of Spriter Sprites: Spoiler: Click Here A display of Bones, the moving parts that sprite pieces "stick" on. Spoiler: Click Here The animation when it is in Spriter: Spoiler: Click Here How to Use Spoiler: Click Here Installation: Paste js file in js/plugins/ Create path img/characters/Spriter/ and inside Spriter, a folder named Single Bitmaps. Paste SpriterObjects.json in data/ or copy the one from the demo. Create path data/animations/. Enable the plugin from the Plugin Manager and assign a number for the variable which will store animation info. WARNING: Do not modify that variable after activating the plugin. Have some ramen noodles, because you deserve them. Regarding Spriter: The plugin should work as expected in most regards (please check "Future Updates/Fixes" for more information). The first 4 animations in a Spriter project will respond to the character's 4 directions. If you want your character to move without Direction Fix, you have to create at least 4 animations. While you can change the pivot of your bitmaps when you have inserted them into your project, you must not edit pivot x and pivot y in Edit Image's Default Pivot Spriter might face some problems with its documentation, so if something inexplicably does not work, try redoing the animation. If that does not fix your problem, feel free to contact the plugin creator. Plugin Operation: Paste Spriter Pro save file in data/animations/. The file name will be the skeleton, Create a folder in img/character/Spriter/, named after the Skinset. The Skinset folder should have 4 folder which each taking the parts for each direction. Example: Folder_1: [head,torso,r_arm,_r_leg,_l_arm,l_leg], Folder_2: [head,torso,r_arm,_r_leg,_l_arm,l_leg], Folder_3: [head,torso,r_arm,_r_leg,_l_arm,l_leg], Folder_4: [head,torso,r_arm,_r_leg,_l_arm,l_leg] Note: If you use TexturePacker spritesheets, instead of creating folders for each direction, just place in the Skinset folder the .png spritesheet and the .json file. Make sure to name them the same as the Skinset folder. Step 3 is also null. Inside the Skinset folder, create the folders with the bitmaps you used for the animation. If you want certain Spriter Sprites to appear globally across the game (such as animated armor and weapons for actors) you need to create them in the SpriterObjects.json file in your data folder. (See more info about SpriterObjects.json in About SpriterObjects.json). To create a Spriter Sprite for actors, go to Tools -> Database and write this on the actors' notes: <Spriter:{ "_skeleton": The file name of the animation you want to choose from data/animations/, "_skin": The folder name of the Skinset you want to choose from img/characters/Spriter, Note: If you use TexturePacker spritesheets, add a "$" in front of the skin name. "_speed": Speed of animation, "_cellX": Width of the area the main animation takes part in (example: the standard MV character cell width is 48), "_cellY": Height of the area the main animation takes part in (example: the standard MV character cell height is 48), "_spriteMask": Determine if the sprite will have a mask around it. If true, you need to fill the tags below, "_spriteMaskX": X value of mask origin. 0, 0 is the top left corner of the cell, "_spriteMaskY": Y value of mask origin. 0, 0 is the top left corner of the cell, "_spriteMaskW": Width of the mask, "_spriteMaskH": Height of the mask }> Example: Screenshot Examples To create a Spriter Sprite for an event create a comment in the active event page: or Example …

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Jehobith

#101 Oct 8, 2018, 05:46 PM Source

@KanaX Thank you. I have not tried your plugin yet or the Spriter Pro. I think your plugin might be the resolution I am looking for as long as it doesn't have any conflicts with Pheonix KageDesu's Alpha ABS plugin.
KanaX

#102 Oct 8, 2018, 05:50 PM Source

@Jehobith If you do have any problems, just let me know. I might squeeze in some time for a fix, if it's simple.
Krystek_My

#103 Oct 8, 2018, 06:13 PM Source

If you are online I need to ask: Will it be compatible with YEP_ActionSequences1-3. To make battle sequences easier?
KanaX

#104 Oct 8, 2018, 06:15 PM Source

@Krystek_My Hopefully, I will release a standalone version of the battle addon soon and then I will promptly make sure that it's compatible with Yanfly's battle plugins, since they are so widely used. So far, I have found no compatibility issues.
Krystek_My

#105 Oct 8, 2018, 06:18 PM Source

Thanks. I am waiting for animated enemies. It will give me a lot better look to my game.
Krystek_My

#106 Oct 14, 2018, 07:47 AM Source

Hello again! I have a question. So for example:
I have 2 characters: A knight and a witch. The knight can use swords and lances, witch can use staffs and lances. So the question: Can same weapon have a different animation on specific actor or class?
A little drawing what I mean
EDIT: I don't have a talent to drawing on paint....:rswt

Drawing
KanaX

#107 Nov 7, 2018, 02:35 PM Source

Update: Spriter Plugin will receive an update in the next 24 hours.

Certain methods and necessary steps will be deprecated and new ones will be added.
I advise older users to keep an eye for new demos and tutorials (the youtube playlist tutorials will still function, but they will be outdated.)

A beta version of Spriter Battle Addon will be uploaded on its own thread. It is supposed to work with vanilla RPG MV. Anyone interested with helping me find incompatibilities with popular Battle_Scene plugins like YEP, please send me a PM to let me know.

Update2: Plugins are ready, they will be uploaded in about 14 hours along with appropriate demos.
João Paulo Vinicius

#108 Nov 17, 2018, 07:46 PM Source

Where is the beta version of Spriter Battle Addon? I've been waiting for it for days! Hahahahah! Good job!
KanaX

#109 Nov 19, 2018, 05:37 PM Source

Thank you for waiting. The plugins and the demos are done. Ι would just like some time to make a number of animations for the actors and some enemies in order to allow for some testing and experimentation from the user!
Krystek_My

#110 Nov 19, 2018, 06:01 PM Source

I am waitiiing! This plugin can give me a better look of my game.
Krystek_My

#111 Jan 12, 2019, 06:48 AM Source

How does the development goes?
VeryXInh

#112 Jan 14, 2019, 04:45 AM Source

Waiting so loong for this plugin's Battle Upgrade version = O
Demonbane

#113 Jan 14, 2019, 01:59 PM Source

Great job! This will really step up the motion for the characters and the objects especially for story-driven games. I hope the plugin will be more friendly with low spec comp though or a way to reduce the lag when animating sprites.
kenjivn14

#114 Jan 20, 2019, 06:12 PM Source

A great plug-in
I have questions.
Having too many texture at the same time, can it cause lag?
I downloaded the demo and printed it. If it's lag, Is there any way to only load the texture when enter a map?
Poryg

#115 Jan 20, 2019, 06:36 PM Source

kenjivn14 said:
Having too many texture at the same time, can it cause lag?
Naturally it will cause lag. Too many textures means too much for the cpu/gpu to handle.
kenjivn14

#116 Jan 21, 2019, 01:17 PM Source
@Poryg Thanks for providing the information
@KanaX Can you help me?
I can't know how to configure it correctly to display the exact position of the character.
I'm using RPG Maker MV 1.6.1, here are some of my configurations.
Note

PHP:
<collider:box,36,24,6,16> <Spriter:> <_skeleton:player> <_skin:Player> <_speed:8> <_speed:8> <_cellX:32> <_cellY:48> <_spriteMask:false> <_spriteMaskX:0> <_spriteMaskY:24> <_spriteMaskW:32> <_spriteMaskH:48>
Spriter

characters - Dir 2

*picture: quan.png this is't used

In-Game
KanaX

#117 Jan 21, 2019, 09:00 PM Source

I will help you as soon as possible. Expect a PM!
Krystek_My

#118 Jan 21, 2019, 09:01 PM Source

@KanaX You are alive! Still the same question. I am still waiting.
kenjivn14

#119 Jan 21, 2019, 10:45 PM Source
@KanaX Thank you for reply!
I tried to fix it. Here are the results of `Pure-Pixel Spriter` There seems to be a problem in direction 4, No animation happens . I'm trying to use texturepacker properly,but I still haven't know it.
I have this suggestion:
Don't load spriter at Scene_Boot. We should load it at Scene_Map. Because there are texture that are not used in a certain scene. This causes waste and issues lag
code: Scene_Map

PHP:
Scene_Map.prototype.create = function () { ... if (this._transfer) { // I need destroy old Texture // flag mapId for(const texture of Object.values($spriterTextures)) { if(texture && texture.destroy) texture.destroy(); } // I need loaded Texture for this map // $spriterTextures= ... } ... }; Scene_Map.prototype.isReady = function () { //CHECK : have I finished loaded? //Object.keys($spriterTextures).length> 0 }
GIF: In-Game
Click here!: https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?attachments/test-map-gif.107795/
Arcane

#120 Feb 1, 2019, 08:23 PM Source

@kenjivn14 Hi, I'm not sure if this is the issue you're having, but looking at your GIF (In-Game, most recent post), it looks like the left (4) direction animation is playing but simply not looping. For this to work, you'll need to have the 'repeat playback' button selected in the Spriter Software (this is an icon located to the left of 'key selected' and 'key all' above the timeline. It looks like your '6' direction is a mirror/clone of the '4' direction and is working, so it's possible you cloned one of them and missed the 'repeat playback' button - hopefully that'll solve the issue!

@KanaX I know I mentioned this before but again, great work! I updated to the latest version of the Spriter plugin and it was seamless in transition (I only had to adjust initializing the player sprite). I did a diff between the version I was using (v1.3.5) and the current (v1.4.0 at the time of this post) and appreciate the changes and comments added in the code. It was funny - I had only just recently run into a situation where I had events where the first page did NOT have a "Spriter Comment" (to setup the sprite), and was going to report it to you but before doing so wanted to make sure I tried it with the latest code - looking through the code comparison via a diff I saw you had added support for this, so thanks! :) Looking forward to the battle plugin!

For anyone else: I've read people experiencing issues with lag. Can anyone give an example setup and the kind of lag you're seeing? I'm using a pretty powerful desktop so I haven't noticed issues yet, and would like to investigate. I've spawned several dozen individually animated spriter characters and didn't notice a decline in performance/frame drop, but haven't tested extensively. The only issues I've seen aren't related to the plug-in itself but with RPGMaker MV's core (IE occur without Spriter at all). Thanks! :)