Minkoff Animated Battlers Enhanced - Help [RESOLVED?]

[CrimsonInferno 35]

I'm trying to get this script to work. Its Minkoff's of course.

Do you see the girl with green hair on the right of the screen? Where your party goes. I'm trying to change her into....look below Minkoff's image.

 

Into this little guy.

Into one of these. Now, I know what you're thinking. `Crimson, you can't use VX characters as XP characters.' But I can, I did and I will.

I don't know how I'd go about changing the green hair girl to my blue haired guy...

 

If this can't be done for VX characters, how would I go about doing it with XP generated characters? I've tried my very best to read through the comments on the other forums and they said mess with variables or something in the script - I can't do it Y.Y

 

If it can't be done for Minkoff's script, than I am willing to use Sideview Battle System Tankentai XP.

 

The script is sooo confusing to me right now. I barely have time after school to write in my novel and than sit down and learn scripting. That'll have to wait when my novel is done before I can actually learn.

 

So, anyone have any help they can offer a girl who doesn't know shiz about the script?

 

P.S

The people on the other forum said I had to switch some parts around in the script...I don't know if they were messing with me, but I'm not sure...

[Nisage 31]

I can't seem to download the demo :( Can you upload the demo onto a site like Megaupload or a site like that?

[CrimsonInferno 35]

The Sideview one or Minkoff's?

 

I'll put both up for ya ^^

[Nisage 31]

Both please, I rarely use side-view, but I'll see what I can do.

[CrimsonInferno 35]

Wow...I can't download the demo for the side view....

 

But I did get the Minkoff one....

 

I did find a download though for the Side view.

[Nisage 31]

Which demo is it? Improved Animated Battlers demo, Kaduki's Battlers ATB demo, Kaduki's Battlers demo, EXTRA demo, Basic ATB demo, or Basic demo?

[CrimsonInferno 35]

Uh...I was hoping you'd know lol

 

I could try to find it, but I was hoping it would be the Minkoff one that would be easier to change. It looks better too...

[rgangsta 43]

I can make it for you. Give me about 3 minutes.

 

You can go Here next time you want a sprite like that.

 

.:EDIT:. Here ya go!

 

[CrimsonInferno 35]

That's where I went :)

 

I have a whole cast of characters I want to add to the battle screen....but I don't know how >.<

[CrimsonInferno 35]

>.< Thanks, Rgangsta....but I want them to appear in the battle screen as their chibi forms. Taking the place of the green haired girl on the right. So when you battle you see the little blue guy or your little green girl, on the side.

 

Thanks for the link and character set, I lost my link to that site after I made little blue guy :)

[rgangsta 43]

oooooooo. So you want them with battle animations too. Well, I can't help you there since I'm not a full spriter yet, but you can use some templates of the characters I have.

 

 

[CrimsonInferno 35]

Thanks again, Rgangsta. I could actually use those in my game if I can get the scripts to use VX characters in battle....

 

I don't need battlers, I need to know how to make the script of Minkoff's to use different character sets than the ones he used. I want to use mine..

[Nisage 31]

@Rgangsta: Interesting Sprites, where did you find them?

 

@CrimsonInferno: Do you need helpwith the VX Battle System, or the XP one? The link you posted only has VX, and I found an XP version.

[CrimsonInferno 35]

XP is what I want, but I'd take VX if I had too.

 

I just need to be able to put my own sprites in the battle field instead of those tall things.. lol

[Nisage 31]

VX is good, but you can use this XP Sideview....

http://www.hbgames.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=60521&hilit=sideview

I put your Blue Sprite in, it works. Though one small guy on a team where everyone is twice as big made it look weird :P

 

Edit: It's not the one that you have a picture of, but this one is more interesting. I think, never got the one here with the broken link :P

[CrimsonInferno 35]

Uh....I don't know how to insert my own characters into the script. I don't where to look or go...that's the problem.

I wouldn't know if its allowed, how big the characters have to be or where to inset them within the script.

 

Also, would I have to make sprites using weapons as well to use this script?

[Nisage 31]

Huh? All I did was Import your Blue sprite into the XP game, in the Character Sprite section, and that was it. The weapons is only what you equip them in the Actor Database. Let's say I make a mage, I give him a wand/staff (whatever you call it :P) in battle when he attacks, he uses a staff/wand. All you do is just Import the Sprite. Simple as tha.... Well you might have to make Face Graphics for the Script I posted a link to, but that's simple.

[CrimsonInferno 35]

Oh so my little blue guy doesn't need another sprite sheet of him using the weapons like in the image?

I don't have to mess with the script to put the characters in it?

I knew they were being mean to me!

[Nisage 31]

Nope, that's the icon that XP comes with, it's the script that's dealing with the weapon images (depending on what your characters weapon is, like sword, dagger, etc....). For the one I posted, you just need a Character Sprite Sheet, and a Face Graphic. I downloaded it before and used it for a demo so I know a little on how it works. Look on the bright side, you have everyone here on RMXPUnlimited for help, right? :)

[CrimsonInferno 35]

...*sigh*

No one ever likes to help me Y.Y

 

I don't even know how to sprite, script or...or anything else! Me sick...

 

How do I even go about making a character weapon sheet to match my VX characters? It'll be harder than transforming RMK into XP...

[Nisage 31]

...*sigh*

No one ever likes to help me Y.Y

 

I don't even know how to sprite, script or...or anything else! Me sick...

 

How do I even go about making a character weapon sheet to match my VX characters? It'll be harder than transforming RMK into XP...

 

But we all like to help eachother out in anyway we can. That's what tutorial videos, forum lessons, and asking for help with things like that are for (mostly the tutorial videos :P ) Besides, I only know how to recolor sprites, not make them from scratch (unless if you count making monsters in a Frankenstein way, or Chimera way as I like to call it) I think I saw something that can convert RMK to XP, or was that someother kind of converting from A to B? Didn't paid attention to things like that since I never had RMK.

[CrimsonInferno 35]

Yeah.....I wish I could just have people join my team to make it better....

 

I'll have to keep trying on my game a little bit at a time and when its bigger, I'll ask people if they wanna help :)

 

I guess I'll deal with the ugly front view battling system.....

[Nisage 31]

You could try and make a team now, or as you said later once it's big enough. So you won't use the Side-view then? Sad :(

[CrimsonInferno 35]

I can't because I don't know how to make characters that will match the requirement of the script.

 

I don't have the time or energy to build a character sheet for it...I was hoping to just use my little blue man and get it over with. The only RPG maker I'm slightly good at is 2003 but no one cares for that damn RPG maker.

[Nisage 31]

There is a Character Maker XP that makes XP Sprites, and the link Rgangsta posted to make VX Sprites. Unless if it's making the Sheet have 4 rows instead of 3, then I can do that. Just make all the Sprites you'll use, and I'll add the 4th row. Ok?

Edit: Also, some people might still like RPG Maker 2003, it's just they use XP and VX more.

[CrimsonInferno 35]

But I can't make character sets. I don't wanna have to build (at least not now) a new set for battle. Like holding a spear, a sword, a bow...or whatever kind of weapon there is >.<

 

I made a thread for 2003 and they basically said it would be futile and worthless because they thought 2003 was shit.

[Nisage 31]

You just have to make a Sprite Sheet like you did with the blue guy. You don't have to make a Sprite Sheet that's holding anything, the game makes them hold the weapon. -Sigh- Humans only say that when they either never had it, or had bad experience with it. They could have said it in a nicer way as well.

[CrimsonInferno 35]

So, can't I just use the blue guy and some others I made off that site? I mean, I know I'd have to separate them apart from each other so they don't appear as a giant square of sprites...

[Nisage 31]

Yeah, so long as it's a 4x4 Sprite Sheet like this.....

and not a 3x4 Sprite Sheet like so.....

It'll work fine.

[CrimsonInferno 35]

Great!

How do I begin switching characters?....oh, and how do I use the script? lol

I'm stupid at this. At least 2003 didn't have me making scripts....*sigh*

[Nisage 31]

That's ok, this is isn't your "normal" script. So let's begin with turning VX Sprite Sheets into XP-style Sprite sheets.

For XP Sprites, Row 1 and Row 3 are the Sprites that are standing still and not moving.....

Like the Sprites in the middle of a VX Sprite Sheet.....

You just copy the middle row of the VX Sprite Sheet (or Row 3 in the XP Sprite picture I have), and paste it on the far left and it'll look like an XP Sprite Sheet, but with a VX style (since it is a VX Character Sprite Sheet, it should have a VX style :P ) So it should look like this after you add in that middle row.....

We might have to give them a background color to make transparent, I went with pruple since the Sprite doesn't have any pruple on her.

Then you just Import the newly customized VX Sprite Sheet into XP and there we go. To give them the Sprite you want to see in battle, you go to the Actors tab in Database, go to Character Graphic, and give them the Character Sprite you want them to use, it's simple as that. Now enemies are a bit different for setting them up for battle, you will have to do some scripting. But let's deal with one thing at a time, ok? Any questions so far?