XP to Vxace Sprite Converter [HELP]

[Pink Peach]

Hey,

I've been trying to find an XP to VXace convertor that will convert whole folders and the subfolders within. I have not been successful in finding one so please help

(I don't know if I started this topic in the right place. If I have not, sorry.)

 

[_Shadow_]

XP tile sets are differently oriented.

VX Ace  has A1,A2,A3,A4,A5,B,C,D,E types, where BCDE are one same type

Thus you should understand first what these types are for, then use a piece of software like Tiled to make a new map (tileset dimentions) save as png and you got a converted tile set to VX Ace.

I can not thing of an easier way.

A massive converter wouldn't do that right really and if done in a way it would be BCDE style (these are the same type of "what you see is what you get") I suppose.

Thus A1 A2 A3 and A4 type tiles will not function correct.

Since title says SPRITES this is useless information.

 

[Gothic Lolita]

I think this programm will do the work:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/292230/

It's primarly for characters, but also can merge the tilesets the way you want.

Else you can use programms like Paint.net or Gimp to make the characters 3x4 sized. (\s/)

 

[mlogan]

But wait. I think the original poster needs to clarify what exactly they are wanting. The poster never mentions tiles, only sprites, which would leave me to believe it is only the characters that need to be converted.

If that's the case, and the poster is using XP RTP sprites, I would suggest google searching for the conversions already done, as I am certain they are out there.

If they are custom or generator made XP sprites, then I'm not sure what would be best to use or if there is something out there to do what you want automatically.

To sum up, can you please provide more information?

 

[_Shadow_]

But wait. I think the original poster needs to clarify what exactly they are wanting. The poster never mentions tiles, only sprites, which would leave me to believe it is only the characters that need to be converted.

If that's the case, and the poster is using XP RTP sprites, I would suggest google searching for the conversions already done, as I am certain they are out there.

If they are custom or generator made XP sprites, then I'm not sure what would be best to use or if there is something out there to do what you want automatically.

To sum up, can you please provide more information?

Not sure if title was edited but it says sprites.

So  Game character Hub is a correct answrer.

Still not sure if it can massively do tranformations though.

 

[mlogan]

Yes GCH could help, I never said it wouldn't or that Cheeky was wrong. But so can Gimp and it's free, unlike GCH.

Converting the sprites simply from XP to Ace format is ridiculously easy, though with a lot of them, it would be time consuming.

 

[Gothic Lolita]

Still not sure if it can massively do tranformations though.

Can't say that for sure either. But in the description it say's that it can convert VX ACE stuff to XP and other way.

It also can do this with tilesets. It could even do custom tilesets.

I wanted to buy it, but I got 1,30€ too less cash on my account. :/

Especially for the tileset creation it's interresting. (\s/)

 

Yes GCH could help, I never said it wouldn't or that Cheeky was wrong. But so can Gimp and it's free, unlike GCH.

Converting the sprites simply from XP to Ace format is ridiculously easy, though with a lot of them, it would be time consuming.

I would also do it with gimp or paint.net, because it's easy, simply cut of the last row of every character.

Then cut out the new character sprite that should be 96*128 now, then paste it in a 384*256 huge new picture.

You could continue this way, till you have done your first new charset that way.

With Tilesets it's way more complicated, because ACE and XP using very different tileset arrangement. :/ /)

 

[Kes]

There is a free converter here by Woratana.  Put all your sprites (individually, not in folders) into the folder 'Input', run 'converter.exe' and all the converted sprites are in the Output folder.

 

[mlogan]

Okay, I just tried out the converter ksjp linked and I agree it would probably be your best bet for large quantities. You will have to open each folder and subfolder, but as an example, I opened the folder I had all XP RTP sprites in, did select all, copied and pasted them into the converter input folder. It converted 124 sprites in 19.5 seconds. Not bad at all.

Cheeky Moon - Yep tiles are a different beast and I have no idea how GCH handles it.

 

[Gothic Lolita]

Yep tiles are a different beast and I have no idea how GCH handles it.

I know, they are nearly impossible to convert. I quitted after 10 hours, were I got no result. :/

Would be interresting to know, how GCH handles it. If any GCH could give a reply, it would be nice. (\s/)

 

[Pink Peach]

I have tried GCH, but the problem is that it won't convert the subfolders in the main folder. I have a lot of subfolders in the main folder so it would take a huge amount of time to convert each and every single folder.

 

[Pink Peach]

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[Shaz]

Pink Peach, please do not bump your topic unless it has been 72 hours later since your last post. You can review our forum rules here. Thank you.


There are a number of programs you can use to do this individually, but the only one I'm aware of that might let you batch it is Photoshop.


To be honest, if this were a problem I was facing, I would simply write a script in Ace to have it open and read in the files, do some bitmap magic, and spew them out again.


Cheeky Moon, at this stage, GCH does not convert tiles to Ace format - only lets you build XP tilesets (unless it was added with the latest update). Maybe down the track ...

 

[Gothic Lolita]

Cheeky Moon, at this stage, GCH does not convert tiles to Ace format - only lets you build XP tilesets (unless it was added with the latest update). Maybe down the track ...

I'm really sorry for that then. :'(

But it's writen on steam, don't own it myself, only believed what steam told me...

Tileset converting is complex, because Ace uses way smaller tileset arrangement then XP.

So you need to shrink it. There are two way's to do it. (paint.net way)

First rescale it and use this, but it can become a bit blury or very pixalated, belongs to what way of process you have chosen.

Second one, is to cut out some sections to make them fit again.

But easier would be looking around for some allready converted XP Tilesets. Because it's not really a copy paste thing and done. (\s/)

 

[Shaz]

Does Steam specifically say it makes Ace tilesets? I know it makes XP tilesets.

 

[Gothic Lolita]

Does Steam specifically say it makes Ace tilesets? I know it makes XP tilesets.

It can handle both, but not convert, so it really was my error, really sorry about that. :'( (\s/)

Only characters can be converted between XP and ACE. I'm really so sorry... :'( /)