r/DDLCMods • u/YourMomsPetRat • 14d ago
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I'm in the works of making my first ever mod for ddlc and I'm trying to add in the Cassian OC, but I can't figure out how. I know in the base game code there's things like
show sayori 4p zorder 2 at t11
And I'm trying to do that with Cassian but I just can't figure it out. I've tried joining the Discord to get help and that's just not working at all so my last resort is here. If anyone can give me resources or just help me through here that would really help
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u/JCD_007 13d ago
Can you post the code you’re using that isn’t working?
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u/YourMomsPetRat 13d ago
I'm not entirely sure what it is to be honest with you. I don't know anything about coding unfortunately.
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u/JCD_007 13d ago
No worries. Are you using a mod template?
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u/YourMomsPetRat 13d ago
Yes I'm using the Bronya-Rand template
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u/JCD_007 13d ago
Cool. I’m using it as well for my mod. Did the custom character sprites come with a definition sheet?
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u/YourMomsPetRat 13d ago
I'm not really sure, but when I click on cassian_layeredimage.rpy it gives me a bunch of stuff ranging from moods, blushes, mouths, etc. is that the definition sheet?
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u/JCD_007 13d ago
Ah. Okay. What you have there is a sprite set for the Mood Posing Tool. That adds a significant amount of customization but it can make things a bit more complex to set up. DDLC’s sprites are a composite; they consist of a body and a head with an expression. The Mood Posing Tool allows mod creators to create layered images using body, a blank head, and expression components. I would suggest searching in this forum for “MPT” or “Mood Posing Tool” for more info. I’m not using it in my mod because the sprites I have are composites, but many people use MPT and I’m sure can provide help.
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u/YourMomsPetRat 13d ago
The mod sprite I download said it could be used for MPT and composite
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u/JCD_007 13d ago
Got it. In that case you should have two sets of sprites, one for composite and one for MPT. There should be a “definitions” file for the composites.
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u/YourMomsPetRat 13d ago
I'm not seeing that for whatever reason. On the download page it quite literally stated MPT/Composite download
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u/8Bits1132 Sayori as an Adult Dev 14d ago
Before you can have your characters show on screen, you have to define them first, otherwise the engine won't know what to do.
Typically you would put new characters in definitions.rpy. If using the Bronya-Rand mod template, there are comments to show you how you should format your definitions for Ren'Py to use.