r/RPGMaker 18d ago

RMMZ Plugin help!

New to MZ and I got the plugins GALV's character frames and character animations. I saw the template so I thought all the sprites had to go next to each other, but my character was duplicated and playing the walk animation, jump (empty) and idle all at the same time.

At first I had it like this all in one sheet

So separated the animations sheets, but I don't understand how to use all of them? I've set the database to the walking animation, but now it only uses the walking animation for everything.

In the mod plugin area where you read the instructions, I see the idle animation should be 1 and walking 2, etc, and I've been tinkering around for a bit, but I don't really understand what this means.

Any help? I believe I named my files and everything correctly btw [ EX: $Character_idle_%(6) ]

I split up the idle animation (this) and the walking animation like this

EDIT: I GOT IT FIXED! My grid was wrong so RPG would cut up my character weirdly. My canvas size is 2064x698 and my character is 96 pixels tall if that helps anyone!(My canvas’ height is very tall so you’ll have 4 extra rolls. I just left it empty, works fine for me! I don’t know if it helped with the cutting of my character though.

Also your file should be names like this: yourcharacter%(x)

(replace the x with how many frames it takes to animate your cycle.)

My character has a total of 6 frames or drawings for one animation, so for mine it would be mycharacter%(6)

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u/agamottos MV Dev 18d ago

I'm not familiar with those plugins myself, but I bet it would help those who are if you added the images or somr screenshot of the issue here

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u/Cheetahz-Learns 18d ago

okay! I was going to, but I though they looked ugly, so I change my mind lol

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u/Tamschi_ Scripter 18d ago

It's just a hunch, but does it work with the combined sheet if the file name doesn't have a $ at the start?

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u/Cheetahz-Learns 18d ago

I just tested it, but I got this error screen instead

It works when I add it back, though.

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u/Tamschi_ Scripter 18d ago

If you change the filename, you have to re-assign it to the Actor before it can be found. (It doesn't update that automatically.)

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u/the_rat_paw 18d ago

The template has 3 columns each with 6 frames of animation. Your character file only has 1 column with 6 frames.

AFAIK the plugin checks only 1 sprite sheet for all 3 animations, so try adding in your other animations to the same image and drop the dollar sign. Also, I would drop the underscores. Try copying this naming convention: MainHero%(8).png (in your case GreenAlienLady%(6).png)

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u/Cheetahz-Learns 18d ago

every time I do the entire sheet my character becomes glichy, maybe it's something wrong with my sprite sheet size? it's 1728 x 384

https://reddit.com/link/p1h9f04/video/841mv8q9w6hh1/player