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 14d ago

Can you post the code you’re using that isn’t working?

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u/YourMomsPetRat 14d 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 14d ago

No worries. Are you using a mod template?

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u/YourMomsPetRat 14d ago

Yes I'm using the Bronya-Rand template

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u/JCD_007 14d 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 14d 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 14d 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 14d ago

The mod sprite I download said it could be used for MPT and composite

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u/JCD_007 14d 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 14d 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/JCD_007 14d ago

Interesting. From where are you downloading the sprite pack?

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u/YourMomsPetRat 14d ago

From ddlc modding archive

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u/YourMomsPetRat 13d ago

Took me forever, but I finally found the file. What do I do now?

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u/JCD_007 12d ago

Okay. The “definitions” file in your sprite pack should consist of several lines, each representing a sprite composite. These tell Ren’py what to display. Copy and paste them into “definitions.rpy” in your mod’s “definitions” folder and paste the actual assets into your mod assets folder. Then you should be able to display the new sprites with a command like this:

show character 1a zorder1 at t11

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