Sideview Battle System

[alexlee0092 0]

Hello, I was wondering if anyone knew how to make like the battlers for minkoff sideview battle system. I would like to learn how to create/make my own. Thanks :)

[OverlordMao 0]

Minkoff... that's something like this, right?

 

 

 

If so, I think I can help you out... :shifty:

[alexlee0092 0]

Yes, thats it : ) I want to learn how to make them.

[OverlordMao 0]

If your using Sprite Sheets, then I can explain it somewhat easy. If not, then... :sweatdrop:

 

Anyway, I'm going to walk you through this bit by bit. First, the setup. I always follow this when making the battler's sheet

MNK_POSE1   = 1   # Ready
MNK_POSE2   = 2   # Struck
MNK_POSE3   = 3   # Woozy
MNK_POSE4   = 4   # Block  
MNK_POSE5   = 5   # Charge
MNK_POSE6   = 6   # Retreat
MNK_POSE7   = 7   # Attack
MNK_POSE8   = 8   # Item
MNK_POSE9   = 9   # Skill
MNK_POSE10  = 10  # Victory
MNK_POSE11  = 11  # Defeat

 

So, now you know where everything goes, right? Almost. Each row is explained there, but you still need to know that your going to also have 4 columns. Each column shows a frame. So the basic setup is four frames per pose (4 X 11). It's best to work on a single row at a time, often just copying and pasting if it can work that way (like if the attacking pose and the skill pose can look the same).

 

So, how do you determine how big a pose is? If your using a sprite sheet, here's what you do. Copy off what looks like the longest pose from the sprite sheet your using, and paste it as a different picture. Then, take the tallest picture from the same sprite sheet, copy it, and simply paste it down onto the longest pose that you had be a different picture. Select everything on the new picture, remove it all, and then work with your new single pose setup. That's it, you have what you'll be using for a single pose. Simply increase the canvas size by x4 width and x11 height and you'll have the entire sheet without anything on it... Ok, so you might want to wait on increasing the height. Actually, its up to you on how you want to put each pose onto the sheet. It helps if you work on each frame one at a time, then simply line it up so that it fits.

 

My best bit of advice I can give you is this. Get Paint.Net (since it comes with a layers function), and experiment with it.

Good luck. :alright:

[alexlee0092 0]

Thanks that's good information! What's a sprite sheet though?

[OverlordMao 0]

Something that can (but not always) look like this.

[alexlee0092 0]

It's probably gonna be hard to make them from scratch lol.

[zane203 8]

O.o im working on my own sideview animated system as well...

 

taking my time since im a noob at scripting, but im sure i can at least get a base of the system done.

 

 

my advice is look at the methods used by other people, like minkoff, but dont copy their work x.X lol.