v1.2
Introduction
As I told Zeriab earlier today, I had the idea for this script long ago, when I was modding Command & Conquer - Operation Tiberian Sun. That game used specific shades of red as remapable colors to use with the respective player colors to make units and buildings look individual for each player. This script isn't an exact translation in any way really, but yeah.. that's where I got the idea from.
The purpose of this script is simple... imagine you have a range of colors of the same make (aka dark red, with shading variations) and you'd rather have dark blue, but as you know as a spriter, changing the hue doesn't always do the trick, and as you know as a scripter, doing things with scripts is way cooler anyway. Oh, and last but not least, as you know as a game designer: Having only one sprite for nearly unlimited variations without additional save space needed is great stuff.
- Pre-defined palettes for instant use with Photoshop-swatches sprited resources
- Exchange whatever range of colors with any other within the default RGB(A) range
- Adjust the script to your spriting needs by adding own palettes with ease
- Modify Alpha values for individual pixels by array input
[rgss]#==============================================================================
# Bitmap Remapping v1.2
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Script by BlueScope
#==============================================================================
class Bitmap
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
def remap(remap_color, new_color, remap_alpha=255, new_alpha=255)
mapping = colorset(remap_color, remap_alpha)
replace = colorset(new_color, new_alpha)
if mapping.size <= replace.size
for x in 0..self.width
for y in 0..self.height
for i in 0...mapping.size
if self.get_pixel(x, y) == mapping
self.set_pixel(x, y, replace)
end
end
end
end
end
end
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
def colorset(id, alpha)
if alpha.is_a?(Integer) or alpha.size < 5
alpha = [alpha, alpha, alpha, alpha, alpha]
end
case id
when 0 # Skin Color
color = [Color.new(254, 254, 254, alpha[0]),
Color.new(255, 217, 173, alpha[1]),
Color.new(235, 179, 133, alpha[2]),
Color.new(212, 140, 82, alpha[3]),
Color.new(117, 62, 45, alpha[4])]
when 1
color = [Color.new(242, 154, 121, alpha[0]),
Color.new(235, 102, 69, alpha[1]),
Color.new(227, 0, 26, alpha[2]),
Color.new(157, 13, 21, alpha[3]),
Color.new(121, 14, 17, alpha[4])]
when 2
color = [Color.new(247, 179, 131, alpha[0]),
Color.new(241, 143, 78, alpha[1]),
Color.new(233, 93, 15, alpha[2]),
Color.new(162, 67, 17, alpha[3]),
Color.new(124, 51, 14, alpha[4])]
when 3
color = [Color.new(252, 203, 140, alpha[0]),
Color.new(248, 179, 86, alpha[1]),
Color.new(243, 148, 0, alpha[2]),
Color.new(168, 104, 4, alpha[3]),
Color.new(128, 80, 7, alpha[4])]
when 4
color = [Color.new(255, 246, 155, alpha[0]),
Color.new(255, 241, 95, alpha[1]),
Color.new(255, 237, 0, alpha[2]),
Color.new(180, 165, 0, alpha[3]),
Color.new(136, 126, 0, alpha[4])]
when 5
color = [Color.new(208, 224, 153, alpha[0]),
Color.new(185, 209, 101, alpha[1]),
Color.new(151, 191, 13, alpha[2]),
Color.new(103, 135, 19, alpha[3]),
Color.new(77, 104, 17, alpha[4])]
when 6
color = [Color.new(177, 211, 152, alpha[0]),
Color.new(136, 191, 103, alpha[1]),
Color.new(65, 166, 42, alpha[2]),
Color.new(39, 118, 33, alpha[3]),
Color.new(24, 91, 26, alpha[4])]
when 7
color = [Color.new(144, 199, 151, alpha[0]),
Color.new(71, 173, 104, alpha[1]),
Color.new(0, 144, 54, alpha[2]),
Color.new(0, 103, 41, alpha[3]),
Color.new(0, 80, 31, alpha[4])]
when 8
color = [Color.new(138, 204, 199, alpha[0]),
Color.new(48, 179, 173, alpha[1]),
Color.new(0, 151, 144, alpha[2]),
Color.new(0, 107, 102, alpha[3]),
Color.new(0, 82, 79, alpha[4])]
when 9
color = [Color.new(132, 208, 241, alpha[0]),
Color.new(0, 185, 233, alpha[1]),
Color.new(0, 158, 225, alpha[2]),
Color.new(0, 111, 159, alpha[3]),
Color.new(0, 84, 122, alpha[4])]
when 10
color = [Color.new(139, 174, 216, alpha[0]),
Color.new(72, 141, 199, alpha[1]),
Color.new(0, 106, 179, alpha[2]),
Color.new(0, 74, 127, alpha[3]),
Color.new(0, 55, 98, alpha[4])]
when 11
color = [Color.new(142, 154, 201, alpha[0]),
Color.new(87, 115, 178, alpha[1]),
Color.new(0, 74, 153, alpha[2]),
Color.new(0, 51, 110, alpha[3]),
Color.new(0, 36, 84, alpha[4])]
when 12
color = [Color.new(144, 133, 186, alpha[0]),
Color.new(97, 86, 157, alpha[1]),
Color.new(23, 41, 131, alpha[2]),
Color.new(15, 27, 95, alpha[3]),
Color.new(13, 15, 73, alpha[4])]
when 13
color = [Color.new(171, 140, 188, alpha[0]),
Color.new(138, 91, 157, alpha[1]),
Color.new(98, 33, 129, alpha[2]),
Color.new(70, 21, 93, alpha[3]),
Color.new(54, 3, 71, alpha[4])]
when 14
color = [Color.new(197, 147, 190, alpha[0]),
Color.new(174, 96, 158, alpha[1]),
Color.new(147, 17, 126, alpha[2]),
Color.new(105, 8, 90, alpha[3]),
Color.new(81, 0, 69, alpha[4])]
when 15
color = [Color.new(241, 159, 193, alpha[0]),
Color.new(234, 105, 160, alpha[1]),
Color.new(227, 0, 122, alpha[2]),
Color.new(160, 0, 87, alpha[3]),
Color.new(124, 0, 66, alpha[4])]
when 16
color = [Color.new(242, 157, 160, alpha[0]),
Color.new(235, 104, 120, alpha[1]),
Color.new(227, 0, 79, alpha[2]),
Color.new(159, 0, 56, alpha[3]),
Color.new(122, 3, 42, alpha[4])]
when 17
color = [Color.new(206, 188, 165, alpha[0]),
Color.new(163, 144, 124, alpha[1]),
Color.new(125, 105, 90, alpha[2]),
Color.new(89, 73, 63, alpha[3]),
Color.new(56, 48, 43, alpha[4])]
when 18
color = [Color.new(204, 166, 116, alpha[0]),
Color.new(175, 133, 84, alpha[1]),
Color.new(149, 105, 57, alpha[2]),
Color.new(125, 80, 36, alpha[3]),
Color.new(103, 59, 21, alpha[4])]
else
color = [Color.new(254, 254, 254, alpha[0]),
Color.new(192, 192, 192, alpha[1]),
Color.new(128, 128, 128, alpha[2]),
Color.new(64, 64, 64, alpha[3]),
Color.new(1, 1, 1, alpha[4])]
end
return color
end
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
end
[/rgss]
First, you should know about the palettes... I included 20 pre-defined ones, referenced to by an index number. Here are your options:
- 0 :: RMVX's default skin color
- 1-18 :: The default Adobe Photoshop swatches palettes (image below)
- > 18 :: hard grayscale
Of course, you can - and should - add own palettes to the list. You alternatively can modify the sprites you're using to your needs. A combination of both will ultimately make this script powerful to you. If you want to advance the palettes I gave ya, you can do that... you can add as many colors to a palette as you want, as long as you keep their count equal between palettes. You can exchange a larger palette with a smaller one, but not vice versa - in the latter case, no color will be exchanged simply, but you don't get any error message shutting your game down.
It operates by switching out two palettes, so you don't need to do anything else than giving the method two values. Syntax is the following:
Code:
@sprite = Sprite.new
@sprite.bitmap = ...
@sprite.bitmap.remap(remap_color, new_color)So if, for example, your sprite has hair colored with the colors from palette #1, but you want them to be blue like palette #10, you use @sprite.bitmap.remap(1, 10) - as soon as you have your resources and palettes, it's easy as hell.
What you can also do is give specific alpha values. With that, you can check for transparency values in colors, giving you a bit more of adjustability. All you need to do is change the last line given above like this:
Code:
@sprite.bitmap.remap(remap_color, new_color, remap_alpha, new_alpha)Keep in mind that the last two values can be numbers from 0 to 255, as well as arrays with the size of 5. That means instead of a single number, you can use [60, 80, 100, 120, 140], giving the first color the alpha value 60, the second one 80, and so on.
Also, they have 255 as default value, so if you don't input anything, you just get the completely opaque pixels.
Q: Will this script work for RMXP and RMVX alike?
A: I didn't test it, but it should run completely fine on either platform.
Q: This script is really slow on big graphics! What can I do?
A: You can try poccil's/BwdYeti's independent color remapping in the Script Snippets topic (somewhere on page 2) and merge it with my script. That shouldn't be hard to do, but personally, I prefer non-dll scripts, which is why there won't be a version of that in this topic.
Unless any other scripts have the same names as the ones in my script, it's perfectly compatible, as it's a simple add-on - no modified methods.
...to Zeriab, for pointing out that I messed up the palette data at first
You may use and/or modify this script in any way you want, and/or release your modifications, as long as you accept the following terms and conditions entirely.
You may not use this for commercial projects, profit-oriented projects, or projects that aren't meant to be sold, but otherwise aquire money (i.e. through donations). That is not limited to RPG Maker projects, but valid for all appliances. You may not remove or delete contents of the original header included in the script, but you may add your name if you made any changes.
The actual mentioning of my nickname in your release (i.e. in-media credits, printed pages or even a readme file) is not necessary, but much apprechiated.
