Side View Battler Calculations

[b0ioncrack]

Hi I just wanted to know how u calculate the cell width and height, so that the battler animates properly.  In battle he would move to the and right constantly.  I know its the way u arrange the battler on the sheet, but apparently i don't know how.  The system i am currently using is the minkoff, so its 4 x 11.  Some help would be very appreciated. Thx. 

 

[Brewmeister]

It would be REALLY helpful if you specified which side-view system you are using.

 

[b0ioncrack]

Oh sorry forgot to mention that.  I didn't think it would really matter, since minkoff was so popular.  Edited the first post.

 

[Brewmeister]

It looks like the cell width & height can be anything you want. The software just divides the width by 4, and the height by 11.

So, take the largest image in your spriteset, add a few pixels for a margin, and use that as a guide.

So, let's say the largest animation image is 51x48. use 53x50 for each cell.
Your total spritesheet size would be  204x528.

Then in your image editor, assuming it supports a grid, set your grid to 53x50, and make sure
each image stays inside it's own cell.

I'm not sure about individual alignment within a cell, but I would think you would the actors center of mass in the center of each cell. Probably could use the head as a reasonable guide.
The screen location (reference point) of each cell as it's drawn will be x = cell_width / 2, y = cell_height.  So a point at the bottom / center of the cell.

Does that help?

 

[b0ioncrack]

yea that helped a lot.  Thanks for the tip.