My Sprites/Animations & Commissions[CLOSED]

[NX-MEN]

Awesome job! 

[mulambo]

nice stuff indeed

[sky79]

You should make a tutorial, things like this are important for mugen 

[Arias]

Well, commands are easy to do, but the best way understand while getting started is just reading Kung Fu Man's CMD file since he's basic and easy to comprehend.

This is just a very simple way to put it;

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1.- You define your command motion and label it, along with the time needed for the input.

[Command]
name = "TripleKFPalm"
command = ~D, DF, F, D, DF, F, x
time = 20

2.- Then just use a changestate with the command label as trigger (along with any other requirements/triggers that you want or need).

[State -1, Triple Kung Fu Palm]
type = ChangeState
value = 3000
triggerall = command = "TripleKFPalm"
triggerall = power >= 1000
trigger1 = statetype = S
trigger1 = ctrl
trigger2 = statetype != A
trigger2 = hitdefattr = SC, NA, SA, HA
trigger2 = stateno != [3000,3050)
trigger2 = movecontact
trigger3 = stateno = 1310 || stateno = 1330 ;From blocking

Having the notes from his cmd file into account, to know what symbol does what (~, /, $, >, +):

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1. Command definition
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Note: The commands are CASE-SENSITIVE, and so are the command names.
The eight directions are:
  B, DB, D, DF, F, UF, U, UB     (all CAPS)
  corresponding to back, down-back, down, downforward, etc.
The six buttons are:
  a, b, c, x, y, z               (all lower case)
  In default key config, abc are are the bottom, and xyz are on the
  top row. For 2 button characters, we recommend you use a and b.
  For 6 button characters, use abc for kicks and xyz for punches.
- command
  list of buttons or directions, separated by commas. Each of these
  buttons or directions is referred to as a "symbol".
  Directions and buttons can be preceded by special characters:
  slash (/) - means the key must be held down
         egs. command = /D       ;hold the down direction
              command = /DB, a   ;hold down-back while you press a
  tilde (~) - to detect key releases
         egs. command = ~a       ;release the a button
              command = ~D, F, a ;release down, press fwd, then a
         If you want to detect "charge moves", you can specify
         the time the key must be held down for (in game-ticks)
         egs. command = ~30a     ;hold a for at least 30 ticks, then release
  dollar ($) - Direction-only: detect as 4-way
         egs. command = $D       ;will detect if D, DB or DF is held
              command = $B       ;will detect if B, DB or UB is held
  plus (+) - Buttons only: simultaneous press
         egs. command = a+b      ;press a and b at the same time
              command = x+y+z    ;press x, y and z at the same time
  greater-than (>) - means there must be no other keys pressed or released
                     between the previous and the current symbol.
         egs. command = a, >~a   ;press a and release it without having hit
                                 ;or released any other keys in between
  You can combine the symbols:
    eg. command = ~30$D, a+b     ;hold D, DB or DF for 30 ticks, release,
                                 ;then press a and b together
  Note: Successive direction symbols are always expanded in a manner similar
        to this example:
          command = F, F
        is expanded when MUGEN reads it, to become equivalent to:
          command = F, >~F, >F
  It is recommended that for most "motion" commads, eg. quarter-circle-fwd,
  you start off with a "release direction". This makes the command easier
  to do.

[Magma MK-II]

I guess he meant a tutorial for animation.

[Arias]

Animation in general would be too much to cover, but when it comes to character animation I don't think there's much to say to make a tutorial, it's one of those cases in which observation & practice are the only ways of learning because it doesn't depend of the software, any program that can use layers and present the images in sequence is good... of course, that's only if people don't want to limit themselves, to not become dependant of just the bases or frankensprites they can get.

I generally start with drawing blobs and simple rough doodles (or stick figures) to make animations, and then proceed to refine them over and over adding details and frames each time until I like them enough. That animation started like that, refined it to smooth it then started drawing the dress along with the effects she will have for each movement (puppet strings,slashes,etc).

It's good to practice trying "straight-ahead" animations off the top of your head and make them smooth to learn how motions work, always having in mind start & end lags + motion blur to help impact and fluidity, one just needs to be observant really. Might do a tutorial for effects at some point though, since they require more program involvement at times.

Actually, I recall posting a wall of text once at MMV regarding this
http://mugenmultiverse.forumotion.com/t11229-mugen-community-dying-and-what-we-can-do-to-change-that#132606

Also, this is important for slow paced movement:

Depth.

Wish I could do something with the foreground + character shadows, but oh well, mugen limitations

[NX-MEN]

Very good job! 

[Arias]

Just some testing for one of my character's super moves.
Explods can be placed randomly at any angle but still not sure how the helper should be handled to do the same at random angles too (with the red clsns I mean), I have a slight idea, but I've never tried it, having the strings chosen from a series of angles arranged since beginning may work too.

-Trip Wires-
A series of strings are scattered across the stage for a certain amount of time that hurt the enemy if touched and produce a small stun, damage is very minimal (1HP), but restricts P2's movements & P1 can move during this. If the strings connect (or are hit by other projectiles) they become disabled for a few seconds, then they're able to hurt the enemy again, this repeats until the super move time limit ends. (Requires 2000 of power)

[O Ilusionista]

No, clsn aren't affected by rotation. The best idea would be to make the helper to shoot an invisible projectile, using the helper rotation value as a guide for the x and y velocity.

[Arias]

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Animation in general would be too much to cover, but when it comes to character animation I don't think there's much to say to make a tutorial, it's one of those cases in which observation & practice are the only ways of learning because it doesn't depend of the software, any program that can use layers and present the images in sequence is good... of course, that's only if people don't want to limit themselves, to not become dependant of just the bases or frankensprites they can get.

I generally start with drawing blobs and simple rough doodles (or stick figures) to make animations, and then proceed to refine them over and over adding details and frames each time until I like them enough. That animation started like that, refined it to smooth it then started drawing the dress along with the effects she will have for each movement (puppet strings,slashes,etc).

It's good to practice trying "straight-ahead" animations off the top of your head and make them smooth to learn how motions work, always having in mind start & end lags + motion blur to help impact and fluidity, one just needs to be observant really. Might do a tutorial for effects at some point though, since they require more program involvement at times.

Actually, I recall posting a wall of text once at MMV regarding this
http://mugenmultiverse.forumotion.com/t11229-mugen-community-dying-and-what-we-can-do-to-change-that#132606

Also, this is important for slow paced movement:

Regarding this post ^ I suggest the videos of this guy too, for some guidance v

Anyway.

More Background stuff.
Truthfully just I wanted to make a video with this music and post it somewhere because I love this BGM.

Someone asked me if they could use the huge background animation I created to code their own stage, and I acceded, so there's a similar stage out there, but this is the real deal :­P

I'm not done with it yet, it lacks several things, may draw some stone pillars & altars to complete, and make more animations.... but i'm kinda having a design block with this one.

[O Ilusionista]

Amazing work

[NX-MEN]

Indeed as always!! 

[Arias]

Sketch, not completely convinced yet, might go with a ruins vibe instead.

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[O Ilusionista]

Very nice.

[NX-MEN]

Indeed its really good!! 

[Arias]

More hi-res FX stuff (a projectile design), maybe a bit overdetailed, at times less is better for animation purposes (especially when the animation is supposed to be manual :­P)

[NX-MEN]

Its really good! 

[mulambo]

More hi-res FX stuff (a projectile design), maybe a bit overdetailed, at times less is better for animation purposes (especially when the animation is supposed to be manual :­P)

Well, at first glance I thought that those circles around that "snow skull" projectile could be avoided, honestly. I mean, if you use Particle Illusion or similar, you can separate the circles, the skull and other elements (sparks, etc.) as individual parts then animate them all at once (example, circles expanding from the projectile, skull changing in size, other extra sparks going out of it at random velocity, etc....). It looses that hard sense of manuality but it's less stressing. 

[Arias]

I always animate in layers, whether using FX programs or manually made, I tend to combine both methods.
My problem with emitters is that you don't have the whole control over the animation, only some physics.

Could animate the ellipses, add a few particles and add a bit of distortion to the skull using them, but still have to make some manual animation (to more or less degree), so that it ends like I want.

That said, I don't know how much particle illusion improved since I stopped using it when I changed to Ae years ago ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Here's a projectile rough I made before, the animation is manually made, just fancied a bit with filters.

Just updating the arrow projectile, the char's animation was finished long ago.

[NX-MEN]

Its really good! 

[Arias]

Still lacks lots of details (floor still is not finished either) but hope to finish it before the end of the year, generally juggle projects so they take more than should (also because I tend to do these stuff only during weekends :­P), but will try to focus on this one, I've postponed it for too much time.



The sketch again for better visualization.

[NX-MEN]

Nice concept!! 

[Arias]

For that same BG. ^

Animated a magic eye-energy thingy.

[O Ilusionista]

Very nice work.

[NX-MEN]

Its really good!!