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Animations can be very difficult. There are some programs to help with this but it can still be a challenge. You might try graphics gale. Its free and it helps you create a sprite sheet.

yeah I've got a few programs that might help. hopefully I get better at drawing them like I have with characters and backgrounds. the particle programs seem harder to use and I can't find a ton of tutorials for the 2 that I use.

Congrats Little details like that make a big difference in the overall presentation.

that's how I felt about it. like I animated my slime enemies rolling to and from the actors during their attack phase and it was just something really neat about it.

I email myself pictures off my phone sometimes. =p

lol ahh... good to see I'm not really alone in finding easier way's to get pics to or from the phone.

I do this too.

Good luck!

Nice!

I actually looked at one of the SF battlebacks for MV and drew it in my own style. the lines could be waaay straighter and the colors more varied, but it could look worse for a first attempt.

well you can always post it somewhere on here (like the random art thread) to get some feedback if you want

hmm that might be a good idea actually

I would love to have an arena battleback for my one map game. Maybe there is little free battlebacks on the internet... It may be a good idea to start there.

yeah, if I get to where I can't draw them myself, then I'll definitely be doing that. I could see that happening tho as I'm more of a character artist than anything else.

That's art in a nutshell, really.

Mine has never been worse, or better for that matter. I'm not an arty person.

Im sorry. I know that must really suck.

It's still cold here. Hope it stays that way till Autumn.

it definitely isn't pleasant, I'll tell you that lol. but I'll make do.

Have you tried edits of the RTP icons? I did that for ACE, and got some interesting ones just by tint changes or combining two into the same icon.

how did I NOT see this reply... I never got notified all this time... weird. I thought about doing edits and I still might depending on how I feel about the icons I have later on. I couldn't decide on whether to make them pixelated or just draw them normally.

well they aren't actually sprites since i'm going the old XP route. i'm just drawing out my characters. you can see two of them in my profile picture actually.

Do you have any more?

not yet unfortunately... I'm still drawing them lol. 2 down and 4 more to finish.

By posting a question in the Support forum for the engine you are using, not by asking in a Status Update.

Just make everything do 1 damage, always.

You can just edit the image in the system folder and make the whole thing transparent.  But if you really need help with stuff, you should post on the forum.

oh wow... never thought of making them transparent lol. if that doesn't work, then yeah, i'll definitely post. for now it's not the biggest deal until i make a bit more progress.

What part of the game is having issues by the way, so I know what to look out for?

battles are lagging heavily with Yanfly's Battle Engine Core on. I'm not sure what's causing it or what not. No one else seems to be having this issue with it. Animations come out really slow and everything else seems a tad laggy as well. here's the link... I forgot to erase a lot of the image files though so i think it's kinda big... if you need me to erase stuff first lemme know. here's the link https://www.dropbox.com/sh/wywn87v5ejdjb08/AABYOrs4UyjdxISi4SaOC5M_a?dl=0

If you suspect it's a plugin, just disable the plugin and see if it still lags. You don't need to send someone the project.


Since this has turned into a "help me" request, I'm going to go ahead and lock it.  Please post in the forum if you need help.

hmm I thought about that. Luckily I've got the files to go back and do edits. As for the shadows... I THINK there's a way to do it in Victor's plugin, but I'm not sure.

I guess they are supposed to be sideview battlers. In that case, Brown hair dude should be also looking towards left (like blue haired) and maybe hold is sword towards left too. Otherwise, your art is really nice.

I was thinking about the eyes on Ray (brown hair). It was changed when I was trying to get a front view RPGMakerXP thing going. I never changed it back lol. And thanks! It takes time drawing these characters (still working on the 3rd one as I type), so I appreciate the compliment.