Editor not handling single character sheets with $ in their filename properly

[Animebryan]

I'm trying to set an actor's map sprite but its not showing the white rectangle like its supposed to. I'm trying to select the $BigMonster1 sheet (Demon) but it won't let me select a single sprite & just automatically selects 1 of the top sprites instead.
I tried to expand the sheet to normal size & remove the $ from the name, but it won't let me set a particular sprite in that way either. Anyone know what causes this & how to fix it?

 

[TheoAllen]

That is because you're selecting it from actor database. It assumes that you don't need to select a single cell from it, and also assume it will be 4 direction sprites.

 

[Animebryan]

I see, that makes sense. But then the lack of a proper 4 directional character sheet for the demon is going to make this complicated.

 

[Aloe Guvner]

Can you explain why it needs to be an Actor?
Are you planning to let the player walk around as the Demon, or have the Demon as a follower? That would look weird if it didn't have 4 directions of movement.

 

[Animebryan]

My game is going to be a 'Gacha' game, so I'm trying to add as many actors as possible. Among the different classes of actors, Demons are a class & there aren't that many Demon characters in the RTP by default so I need as many as I can utilize, and some artists went through the painstaking process of making battlers for some of those neglected NPCs like the 'Evil' characters & the BigMonster1 enemies. As long as I can get a full set of graphics for an actor (Face graphic, map sprite, SV Battler & Bust/Portrait), I can make them an obtainable & usable character.

As for that demon's map sprite, I'm still looking to see if someone made a 4 directional map sprite yet, and if not, maybe ask for some in Resource Requests.

 

[Aloe Guvner]

Makes sense. If you were going to say you need the actor to be in a cutscene I would've just suggested to use it as an event sprite for the cutscene.

But yeah, if you want it to be a playable character then hopefully there's a 4 directional version of the sprite somewhere.