Celesinator
Member
I'll TRY to rip some battle animations. I most certainly cannot promise anything (like those NPCs I was suppose to rip and never did..). But Animations are a lot harder.
Final Fantasy VI SDK - Going Social!
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I found that
http://forums.bobandgeorge.com/viewtopi ... =12&t=6222
These will help a lot : )
If I remember well, xp's animations contains at least 5 columns and each frames are 192x192.
http://forums.bobandgeorge.com/viewtopi ... =12&t=6222
These will help a lot : )
If I remember well, xp's animations contains at least 5 columns and each frames are 192x192.
Celesinator
Member
Omg that helps tremendously. I could do it now. Since I'm taking a break off of Essence for about a week, I think I'll help now. Thanks ^^.
Well, I'd bet you're already aware of this, but let me paste the link just in case: http://www.spriters-resource.com/snes/ff6/index.html
Yes, I go there often 
But thanks! I think I might add a link section to the first post. I'll put links to resource sites, links to the editors, etc.
And now, here's a little update (not about the editor this time):
I have added a couple of features on the map like:
- Poping up the map name anytime you want. You can specify the name to be displayed and the delay before the window is closed.
- You can enable/disable tone change on any characters (player,events). This is very useful for scenes like the introduction of a character, when everything fades to black except this character.
- Added map layers effect. You can specify the tone, blend type and wave parameters of the 3 map layers!
I have also added some features in battles:
- Added background properties:
- You can choose if the background is a Plane or a Sprite (Planes allow bitmap looping)
- You can specify X/Y speed (Planes only, for now)
- You can specify wave effects (Sprites only, for now)
- You can specify the tone and blend type of the background
- Added the window displaying the states of party members when targetting with an item or skill.
- There's now a basic new targetting system.
Also, I'm briging back the terrain editor from RM2K3. With that you will be able to edit the terrain battle background settings, sound/damage per steps, and battle background layers.
There will be 3 layers. The Background, Middleground and Foreground layers. Each layers will have their own settings previously mentioned.
Terrains will be used in tilesets, associated with terrain tags. Since RMXP has 7 terrain tags per tileset, you will be able to setup 7 different terrains per tileset. More if I find a way to increase this number.
I think that's it for now!
Take care
-Dargor
But thanks! I think I might add a link section to the first post. I'll put links to resource sites, links to the editors, etc.And now, here's a little update (not about the editor this time):
I have added a couple of features on the map like:
- Poping up the map name anytime you want. You can specify the name to be displayed and the delay before the window is closed.
- You can enable/disable tone change on any characters (player,events). This is very useful for scenes like the introduction of a character, when everything fades to black except this character.
- Added map layers effect. You can specify the tone, blend type and wave parameters of the 3 map layers!
I have also added some features in battles:
- Added background properties:
- You can choose if the background is a Plane or a Sprite (Planes allow bitmap looping)
- You can specify X/Y speed (Planes only, for now)
- You can specify wave effects (Sprites only, for now)
- You can specify the tone and blend type of the background
- Added the window displaying the states of party members when targetting with an item or skill.
- There's now a basic new targetting system.
Also, I'm briging back the terrain editor from RM2K3. With that you will be able to edit the terrain battle background settings, sound/damage per steps, and battle background layers.
There will be 3 layers. The Background, Middleground and Foreground layers. Each layers will have their own settings previously mentioned.
Terrains will be used in tilesets, associated with terrain tags. Since RMXP has 7 terrain tags per tileset, you will be able to setup 7 different terrains per tileset. More if I find a way to increase this number.
I think that's it for now!
Take care
-Dargor
Celesinator
Member
Sounds great. Can't wait for more updates, especially the battle since it was glitchy on the New Years demo. You did get that all fixed, right? Just seeing if I can recall is all. I forgot what the errors were. I knew one where it just froze then closed itself out. Also the FPS. It kinda jagged along.
But all goes well. ^^
But all goes well. ^^
ambrosepro
Member
Could you possibly upload it to Mediafire?Megaupload and Rapidshare don't work for me,I'm afraid.
bobtwentytwo
Member
I hate to be the first guy to ask it in months, but do you have any estimation as to when it will be complete?
If you had to say you were x% complete, what would it be?
If you had to say you were x% complete, what would it be?
Celesinator
Member
It's impossible to even estemate when a release is. Its gonna come when its here.
I would say next release would be from now to October.
I would say next release would be from now to October.
bobtwentytwo":29r114c0 said:
As Celes_cole said, the short answer is: "Release date: When it's done". All I can say is that I want it to be usable this year.
Also, a percentage would be completely pointless. Lets say it's 70% done. Wow, only 30% left! But the 70% is windows, menus, variable additions, etc. Nothing complicated. And the other 30% is the battle system, battlers animations, battle commands, graphical effects, etc. You know, the hard things to do.
And I don't take into conssideration the time for building up the FF6 RTP, which is very long to.
In this case, percentage means nothing.
By the way, I have a bad news. My 2 computers are infected with viruses and trojans, and I can't open rpg maker anymore.
Don't worry, I haven't lost anything and I make backups very often. But I won't be able to work on the SDK until my comps are healed. Good thing I'm buying a new one soon!Now here's the good news. Before the infection, I have worked a bit more on map features. I'm implementing map looping on ordinary maps (already implemented in Mode7 maps) and I have also improved the airship system and added chocobos! I still need to create a stable vehicle system like in VX and think on how to setup vehicles in an user friendly way.
That's all for now!
-Dargor
haha! Sorry for the lack of update, I'm very busy at work right now and I've got 2 computers badly infected with viruses and trojans, etc.
But, I just bought a new computer, a real beast, and only the graphic card is missing so I'll be back working on the SDK once my little baby will be ready. I haven't touched rpg maker and the editor for a while now because of that.
Don't worry, this project is still and will always be alive!
Take care!
-Dargor
But, I just bought a new computer, a real beast, and only the graphic card is missing so I'll be back working on the SDK once my little baby will be ready.
I haven't touched rpg maker and the editor for a while now because of that.Don't worry, this project is still and will always be alive!
Take care!
-Dargor
Celesinator
Member
That's great to year Mr. Dargor ^^. I hope nothing bad happens to the new computer x.x... Anyway, good luck!
rey meustrus
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Hope you've been backing up your project often. I've lost one project and nearly lost another in the past year due to "file corruption" (no horribly majors losses since I work in a bunch of different projects) though I don't know if your viruses got to your files.
I have some specific questions about using RGSS2 with RMXP, if you don't mind me asking. One, is there an easy way to prevent RMXP from automatically writing "RGSS102E.dll" into the game.ini file all the time (other than using a cracked RMXP and hex editing the program, since not all of my projects use RGSS2)? Two, how can I access the $DEBUG/$TEST variable when using RGSS2 with RMXP? The editor doesn't seem to affect either variable when I playtest. Three, is it possible to use Graphics.snap_to_bitmap as an argument for Graphics.transition? I think that transitioning with a screenshot image would be really cool-looking, but I haven't looked into it yet and I was wondering if you had any idea.
I have some specific questions about using RGSS2 with RMXP, if you don't mind me asking. One, is there an easy way to prevent RMXP from automatically writing "RGSS102E.dll" into the game.ini file all the time (other than using a cracked RMXP and hex editing the program, since not all of my projects use RGSS2)? Two, how can I access the $DEBUG/$TEST variable when using RGSS2 with RMXP? The editor doesn't seem to affect either variable when I playtest. Three, is it possible to use Graphics.snap_to_bitmap as an argument for Graphics.transition? I think that transitioning with a screenshot image would be really cool-looking, but I haven't looked into it yet and I was wondering if you had any idea.
Yes I make backups very often. I've made a backup script for both XP and VX and it's included in the SDK.
About RGSS2 and RMXP, if you don't want to change the ini file, you can rename RGSS202E.dll to RGSS102E.dll and place it in your game folder. By doing this, your game will use this DLL instead of the one located in System32.
I too have noticed that neither $DEBUG nor $TEST works so simply create the $DEBUG constant in Main.
Finally, yes, I guess you can use Graphics.snap_to_bitmap as an argument for Graphics.transition.
I haven't tried but I'm sure it's doable!
About RGSS2 and RMXP, if you don't want to change the ini file, you can rename RGSS202E.dll to RGSS102E.dll and place it in your game folder. By doing this, your game will use this DLL instead of the one located in System32.
I too have noticed that neither $DEBUG nor $TEST works so simply create the $DEBUG constant in Main.
Finally, yes, I guess you can use Graphics.snap_to_bitmap as an argument for Graphics.transition.
I haven't tried but I'm sure it's doable!
rey meustrus
Sponsor
The question about Graphics.transition is that it normally takes a filename for the transition graphic, not a bitmap.