Just Bought All MV Packs

[BigToastie]

Hi All,


So I have purchased these for myself (all the available MV packs).


I have them all in, in floods of folders and I am just abit ... stuck.


I have a few questions:


Firstly, diag movement, which plugin do people recommend for this? (among other staple plugins for these tilesets for MV)


With regards to premade sprites, where do I use what sprites (I have near 30 sprites for a single character, running straight, running diag, walking diag, walking straight idle etc. and how are all these used/when are they used?


I am basically trying to fully sort out my whole project so its all setup before I start (as last time I started and it all started to get verrrry messy)


Cheers in advance.

 

[Niten Ichi Ryu]

best is to start by exploring This thread and look into This subforum other threads as these questions have already been asked and so far there's no definitive answer.

 

[BigToastie]

some really useful stuff there, thanks!


I feel that I am going to sort 1 pack out at a time, rather than try with all 4 at once, was a stupid move on my part.


Creating a blank project and going to sort where I want all these resources first, and go from there.


I just want structure before I start as I am going to be using all non rtp resources (for the most part) as well as starting to learn to parallax, taking on a lot but have a lot of time...


Hopefully I will be able to post helpful tips in the future!

 

[Niten Ichi Ryu]

btw, welcome to the PVers gang!


my advice would be start by creating some characters as Paperdolls, to get a feel of the character creation resources. Personally, I sorted them all in folders (like pants, armors, accessories...) and once I get a paperdoll I like, then only I create it as a sprite and bust.


Also, as the amount of content is overwhelming, I work only with Bust, Paperdolls and Mastersheet. (also, search in the thread I advised, I made a Mastersheet template with each pose refered). I don't use the facesets I don't like them. Instead, I resize the busts and cut my facesets from them.

 

[BloodletterQ]

btw, welcome to the PVers gang!


my advice would be start by creating some characters as Paperdolls, to get a feel of the character creation resources. Personally, I sorted them all in folders (like pants, armors, accessories...) and once I get a paperdoll I like, then only I create it as a sprite and bust.


Also, as the amount of content is overwhelming, I work only with Bust, Paperdolls and Mastersheet. (also, search in the thread I advised, I made a Mastersheet template with each pose refered). I don't use the facesets I don't like them. Instead, I resize the busts and cut my facesets from them.

Mind if I have some dimensions if it isn't too much trouble for your busts?

 

[Niten Ichi Ryu]

DD, those are the bests


lol, jk aside, I resize around half size and cut a faceset from the shoulders to top head.

 

[BloodletterQ]

DD, those are the bests


lol, jk aside, I resize around half size and cut a faceset from the shoulders to top head.

Hope you don't mind that I decided to try out that technique.