Help With Custom Spell Animations

[WNxTyr4el]

I can create spells alright now but I have trouble with creating custom spell animations. I've searched for a tutorial but couldn't find one. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

 

[Super Galaxy Convoy]

To create a new animation, go to the Animation tab in the database and create a new one from there.

 

[WNxTyr4el]

To create a new animation, go to the Animation tab in the database and create a new one from there.

That I know >.<. I just don't know HOW to make them in that window

 

[Kes]

I've never found a tutorial.  I'd still like to find one, but I did find a way of getting myself started on this, which you may find useful.

What I did was to open a new project with everything default.  I then picked a few simple animations, with few frames etc., and basically copied it, frame by frame into a blank slot, looking to see how things were placed, working out why particular cells were chosen and not others.  I noted things like which sound effects were used, how the flashes were timed etc.

Then I went onto the more complicated ones, where there are several cells placed into each frame e.g. Animation 60, Fire All 2 was the one I started with, and again copied them into blank slots.  I noted how the multiple cells were placed within the frame etc.  I then switched the default graphics for some of Timmah's to see how that affected things (quite amazing in some cases, total disaster in others) so that I could learn a bit how to choose which graphics to use.

That gave me an overall idea of roughly how it was done.  But I'd still dearly love to see a decent tutorial on this.

 

[Shaz]

Did you look at the help file?

 

[WNxTyr4el]

Did you look at the help file?

Haha I did but it didnt make much sense. I'll try looking at it again and go step by step

 

[Engr. Adiktuzmiko]

Take a look at the existing animations there and see how it's done... assuming you're just using the default animation sheets to create a new animation... 

but if what you're looking for is how to create a new animation sheet, then that's another thing...