Special death animations?

[ZackNH]

I know I can edit the sprite sheet to change the death pose, but what I mean is that when a Side View Actor dies there will be some special animation like bursting into smoke and disappearing or turning into dust. If I edit the sprite sheet it'll loop the 3 frames, and that's not what I want.

A pluggin like this must already exist, but I can't find it.

 

[nhathao130999]

collapse-effects (MOG)

There are some effects, not very impressive but good for reference

 

[caethyril]

If you just want the dead motion to not loop, you can save the following code as a .js file (Save As > File Type: All Files, Filename: whateverYouLike.js) and import it as a plugin:

Sprite_Actor.MOTIONS.dead.loop = false;

Alternatively I have a little plugin that lets you set the "loop" property for any of the default motions directly from the Plugin Manager, here's a link: view/download Cae_MotionLoopControl (Google Drive).

I'm not sure why the dead motion is set to loop in the first place...

 

[ZackNH]

If you just want the dead motion to not loop, you can save the following code as a .js file (Save As > File Type: All Files, Filename: whateverYouLike.js) and import it as a plugin:

Sprite_Actor.MOTIONS.dead.loop = false;

Alternatively I have a little plugin that lets you set the "loop" property for any of the default motions directly from the Plugin Manager, here's a link: view/download Cae_MotionLoopControl (Google Drive).

I'm not sure why the dead motion is set to loop in the first place...

I tried both of the things you suggested, and both caused actors to return to their idle animation when they died. There must be some conflict with another pluggin.
I'll try messing with the load order later, see if I can figure out what the problem is.