Character Creation Help

[Hellzone]

Okay so im trying to create my first mugen character and i'am have some issues and im not sure how to fix it. When i convert my character sheet to 256 colors and i proceed to cut the sprites out and get them ready to be put into fighter factory 3. When i add them there for some reason the background color wont go away and ive been watching so many videos and im still not sure whats going and what im doing wrong. so if someone could please help me that would be awesome, im trying to make Rock Lee.

[techy121]

You should apply a palette to your sprites prior to putting them in fighter factory. There is a tutorial here that shows you how: http://www.infinitymugenteam.com/Forum_345/index.php?topic=21365.msg266803#msg266803

Just search down the page a tiny bit until it talks about palattes.

Hope this helps

[Hellzone]

Awesome Thank you so much, now i can finally get this done.

[Spidermew]

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[Hellzone]

hmm so maybe im still doing something wrong

[techy121]

I'm unsure of gifs but I just changed it into a single sprite in bmp format to check the pallette. Are you converting your sprites from RGB to 256 color indexed prior? That may be the missing step. Here is the BMP indexed (can load in fighter factory with transparency on), and the pallette I made for it ACT file. Black is a hard color to use for a background/transparent color, most use pink or green.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/8t3qfj

Hope this gets you there.   

[Hellzone]

So when i have the sprite sheet that i plan to use and i open it with paintshop pro x5 i convert it to 256 colors and then i save it as a png and then i open it in paint and cut all the sprites out. Am i saving it as the wrong file type?

[techy121]

I just use BMP because fighter factory will recognize it in the pallette options. PCX is the image default in fighter factory though.

Another time saver don't manually cut your sprites... use alferd spritesheet unpacker: http://www.alferdspritesheetunpacker.forkandbeard.co.uk/forkandBeard/apps/AlferdSpritesheetUnpacker/Download.aspx

[Hellzone]

Ohmygosh . So i converted my sheet to 256 colors and then unpacked it with that program and BAM!! the sprites open in FF3 with no issues at all. Thank you very much, Now i should be able to post something in the W.I.P section soon. Thank you

[techy121]

Glad to have helped. Cheers.

[Hellzone]

So i was adding the sprites and everything was going good and im not sure how to explain it but the spirtes started to mess up and the colors keep going out of wack and i could get the background color to go away again. i feel like a noob that i can't get past this part and i feel like this is the simple part.

[O Ilusionista]

the transparent color need to be on the last position on the color table if you open the image on the photohop (FF will invert it and show the transparent color in the first position)

See those videos, they will help you http://www.infinitymugenteam.com/Forum_345/index.php?topic=39096.0

[Hellzone]

wow thank you its been smooth sailing since you posted that link thank you. im working on adding his attack :DD