Is there any differences between VX and VX Ace sprites?

[Zarsla]

Just as the titles says, is there any differences between VX and VX Ace sprites? And if so what are they?

 

[Sharm]

I think Ace just has more of them, but I'm not 100% positive.  You can download both the RTP's and compare them yourself, you just can't use them in your games without owning the maker that it goes with.

 

[Seriel]

The VX Ace RTP has the same sprites, but a lot more as well.

 

[Zarsla]

Are the sprites different sizes like one's bigger than the other?

 

[Seriel]

No, I think they're essentialy the same, you can use VX sprites in Ace, and Ace ones in VX.

 

[Zarsla]

True but you have to put the $ symbol infront of VX sprites which suggest that VX and VX Ace sprites are different sizes.

 

[Pine]

Learned this myself, recently. They're just the same, even the single sheets with $ at the filename. So if you download custom made resources that were originally intended fro VX, they'll also work in Ace.

True but you have to put tbe $ symbol infront of VX sprites which suggest that VX and VX Ace sprites are different sizes. 

This is only for individual sheets.

 

[Mihel]

VXAce ones have a brighter and more saturated colour palette. Other than this, they're identical.

 

[Andar]

True but you have to put the $ symbol infront of VX sprites which suggest that VX and VX Ace sprites are different sizes.

The $ symbol has absolutely nothing to do with sprite size, neither in Ace nor VX. It declares the file to be a single sprite instead of a set of 4x2 sprites.


You could easily make bigger sprites without the $ in the name - you just need eight sprites of identical size without the $.