Konki Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 Hey guys I started modding DST today, and already ran into the first problem.I use the character-sample mod. My first head and face .png's are done but they are completely misplaced ingame.Reapositioning them with spriter does not change a thing.What am i missing...? Whats the purpose of spriter anyway? thx for the help guys Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/53692-i-need-some-help/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Developer PeterA Posted May 9, 2015 Developer Share Posted May 9, 2015 @Konki, I'm not sure what's causing your issue but I would suggest checking out this tutorial/walkthrough. http://forums.kleientertainment.com/topic/46849-tutorial-using-extended-sample-character-template/ Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/53692-i-need-some-help/#findComment-635768 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seiai Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 @PeterA, btw, i was wondering if maybe one of your forumadmins can edit http://forums.kleientertainment.com/topic/28021-getting-started-guides-tutorials-and-examples/ to suggest the new extended character template right at the top of the post? or maybe just make a new top sticky post in the DS-mod-forum to directly suggest that to beginners? currently, to find the new template, u have to open the (for beginners)cryptic "Mod Tool Updates 2014/06/04"-thread, follow the link in there to another thread and find the link to the new template there. would be really helpful for a lot of new modders, i also started with the old more complicated template^^ Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/53692-i-need-some-help/#findComment-635784 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Developer PeterA Posted May 9, 2015 Developer Share Posted May 9, 2015 @Seiai, good idea, done! Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/53692-i-need-some-help/#findComment-635786 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seiai Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 @PeterA, i think the link is broken? Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/53692-i-need-some-help/#findComment-635792 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konki Posted May 9, 2015 Author Share Posted May 9, 2015 @PeterA Thanks for your quick response.I set everything up, following the tutorial exactly. still the changes i make with spriter have no effect ingame. after reopening them with spriter, they are still in place there. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/53692-i-need-some-help/#findComment-635861 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konki Posted May 9, 2015 Author Share Posted May 9, 2015 I just figured something out... Adding a second chracter mod and placing my png's in its exported-folder causes the same offset in spriter, i experience ingame with the other mod (my mod). thankfull for any help Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/53692-i-need-some-help/#findComment-635862 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konki Posted May 9, 2015 Author Share Posted May 9, 2015 Another update XD Making changes with spriter does not do anything with any mod. Example : I placed the face.png of the extended-character-mod- character a little bit off the head, the difference saves and shows in spriter but not ingame. thx for your help Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/53692-i-need-some-help/#findComment-635865 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seiai Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 (edited) @Konki, yeah, u are not supposed to change the spriterfiles for charactermods(as the tutorial says), characters are a special case. the spriterfile there is really only useful to check your changes without starting the game. however, for other things like items and creature u can make custom animations with spriter. Edited May 9, 2015 by Seiai Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/53692-i-need-some-help/#findComment-635870 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konki Posted May 9, 2015 Author Share Posted May 9, 2015 ohh so there's no way to change the characters appearance with spriter ? i use photoshop for the creation of the .png files but its extremly hard to sync all of the pieces up, without changing their position with spriter. seems unnecessarily complicated not to use spriter for the creation-process itself. ?! Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/53692-i-need-some-help/#findComment-635876 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seiai Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 (edited) @Konki, well, if u ever try to actually animate something(a creature or item) in spriter, u will notice that such a change in an existing animation is much more complicated than it sounds, since u would have to edit ALL the animations(and possible even all the keyframes of those animations) a character can do(characters have far more animation than anything else in the game). i think @Corrosive is working on a tool to actually change stuff in the characteranimations, without having to completely rework hundrets of hours of characteranimations. so yeah, charactertemplates are a bit hardcoded and u may have to piece stuff together with different textures and make compromises(see this recent thread for example http://forums.kleientertainment.com/topic/53567-long-hair-clipping/ ) and pls use http://forums.kleientertainment.com/topic/46849-tutorial-using-extended-sample-character-template/ this has more space on each texture and some more textures to help u piece stuff together. Edited May 9, 2015 by Seiai Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/53692-i-need-some-help/#findComment-635923 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konki Posted May 9, 2015 Author Share Posted May 9, 2015 @Seiai Thx for the info I'm getting used to adjusting the png's and the head-work is done. yay ! Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/53692-i-need-some-help/#findComment-635933 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seiai Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 @Konki, btw, just mark a bit of text in someone's post and then click the @mention button, this will create a linked tag and send a notification to that person. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/53692-i-need-some-help/#findComment-635950 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konki Posted May 9, 2015 Author Share Posted May 9, 2015 @Seiai, ahhhhh thx XD Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/53692-i-need-some-help/#findComment-635957 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Developer PeterA Posted May 11, 2015 Developer Share Posted May 11, 2015 i think the link is broken? Good catch, fixed now! Thanks for pointing that out. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/53692-i-need-some-help/#findComment-636577 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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