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Title: Mercenaries: Evtchr Sprite Requests
Post by: LastingDawn on November 16, 2008, 11:33:13 am
I have been given much assistance from the spriters here and continue to rely on your magnanimous aid. So without further ado...

There are still many, many, evtchr's that have yet to be dealt with. and all of the event scenes in between the battles aren't done because of... well... evtchr's.

Let us take the planned scene of Ramza first becoming a Mercenary, that will take an immense amount of evtchr replacement to have Rad and Gafgarion sitting down at the bar, what to use as reference for this would be the Beowulf and Deep Dungeon scenes, located deep in the evtchr's. The artistic direction from that point on is up to the spriter.

As well, when the crew makes it to Igros, I need an evtchr for Blansch IX's father Blansch VIII, now Blansch himself is quite old, so imagine what this fellow would look like? Heh... Using as base the "First visit to Igros" with Delita, Ramza, and Algus around the table, so just change those three to Lavian, Ramza, and Gafgarion, with Rad standing up, but that won't require an evtchr of course. Dycedarg's part would be Blansch the VIII, for easy remembrance.

Before Igros there is after Mandalia, when the troupe meet Lavian formally, replace Algus with Rad, Ramza with Lavian, and Delita with Gafgarion, Ramza can just stay to the side, he doesn't need any evtchr there.

I think that's all for now, oh yes, a generic Female Dark Knight, if possible as well, feel free of your own choosing for that, they play part in a couple of battles.
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Post by: LastingDawn on August 14, 2009, 03:04:50 pm
Hmm... now that we have actual spriters this topic may get some notice. The Bar event and the After Mandalia event's evtchr are pretty much worked out. Though Blansch the VIII would be a great addition, I could get to work on that event then, once I have all of the evtchr's in place for that.

Aside from that, The event after Dorter (if you recall Rad gets pretty badly beaten) I would love to have him in the Hospital in the Slums map, and just a lying dow, covered up Rad with a pained look on his face would probably suffice.

There are some tools you might want for that though... the Japanese have created an Incredible Evtchr importer and exporter!

http://www.sendspace.com/file/isjbq8 (http://www.sendspace.com/file/isjbq8)

Though the program is in Japanese it is very easy to figure out.
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Post by: MiKeMiTchi on August 14, 2009, 06:46:13 pm
^ Can you give us a detailed procedure on what to do?
So we can work it out. :)
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Post by: Cheetah on August 14, 2009, 07:29:59 pm
What!? I didn't know about this program. Was this info posted anywhere else?
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Post by: Zozma on August 14, 2009, 08:02:42 pm
what the eventchr thingy? isnt it nice?
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Post by: mav on August 14, 2009, 09:38:59 pm
Quote from: "MiKeMiTchi"^ Can you give us a detailed procedure on what to do?
So we can work it out. :D
What he said.

Looks like things are really in motion now--the excitement is getting to me.
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Post by: LastingDawn on August 15, 2009, 12:12:02 am
Alright, now the first few events have been pretty well to go for... ages now (except the Bar event, that's still Cheetah's brain work, the longer it takes the better it will be) Aside from a slight fix to the Meet Lavian evtchr event, which we will get to in time, we can make do wth what we have here, and that's meeting the Hokuten Council (Or... Gallione Triumvirate),

(http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n198/LastingDawn/BaseofBlansch.jpg)


I will need three new portraits, one for each of the Gallione Triumvirate.

The leader of the Triumvirate is Blethin Blansch VIII, a celebrated war general who is getting on in years. A scandal shortly after the ending of the Fifty Year War cost him his noble standing. When word had gotten out that he had his wife killed so he could marry her niece, his reputation was ruined, though he still held very high clout in the government. The Gallione Triumvirate was once led by Balbanes Beoulve, though when he died Dycedarg Beoulve was Advisor to Lord Larg and Zalbag Beoulve was leader of the Order of the Northern Sky's army, so the position fell to Blethin. His son, Blansch IX, has never forgiven him for what he had done to his mother and tries to avoid contact with him at all costs. He has called Gafgarion, an old friend of his, on matters of his son's recent activities.

Blethin is a very aged man, with a withered face and furrowed brow, his hair is curled up and put into a bun, similar to the style of the bygone Oracles of a past age. He wears very expensive and fancy robes and a very tall hat.

Similar to...

http://www.kongming.net/i/?game=11&path=/i/p/port_lg/&image=Created-Male-099.jpg&width=255&height=255 (http://www.kongming.net/i/?game=11&path=/i/p/port_lg/&image=Created-Male-099.jpg&width=255&height=255)


The oldest member of the triumvirate is Marin Forthel, she has watched over the lands of Gallione under the Larg family twenty years before the Fifty Years War, she was responsible for much of the defense planning of Gallione when it came under attack, a devout believer of the Glabados Faith, she is rumored to have been the one to suggest the falling bridge strategy to the young High Confessor Funeral, even though she had always denied credit for it. She had twelve children in her youth and four husbands throughout her life, yet she has outlived them all. Her devotion to the well being of her province is second to none. She has a personal dislike for Gafgarion and mercenaries altogether, she believes that Faram and the law should be the ones to mete out justice. Of the three the  people look to her for council.

Marin is extraordinarily old, yet still kicking. For the past 40 years she has hidden herself in a veil, ashamed of how her body has decayed with the passage of time, she is only seen wearing heavy and baggy robes that one would be shocked to find an aged noble lady underneath.

(No picture for this one, sorry)


The youngest member of the triumvirate is a wordy and bookish man named Zefane Timerius. A man raised on vice and want alone. He is the son of a nefarious nobleman by the name of Lord Gleros Gilford who forbade his consorts to name his children after hs family. This boy was his favorite of his 27 illegitimate children, he doted on him especially giving him everything he had ever wanted. In essence he had created another version of himself. In a grab for power Gleros put his son as the head of the Triumvirate when Balbanes Beoulve met his end. Though he was at first accepted, he immediately caused disruptions of order in Gallione through absurd charters that varied from territory to territory. In Gariland the enforced charter made it that only Magic Users could live in the walls of the city, thereby creating the infamous "Gariland Ghettos", noblemen were excluded in this charter. In Dorter he created a charter that forced men and women to live apart to curb the over population problem in the city. The hammer came when he tried to enforce a charter on Igros which would make the common people living there, slaves of the nobility, as "indentured servants", for five years to fuel the rebuilding process of Gallione after the Fifty Years War. With this move he caught Dycedarg Beoulve's ire. Dycedarg petitioned the throne to have him removed as leader of the Gallione Triumvirate. The petition succeeded and he was to be removed. Though just as his father was mounting a defense against all of this, he died of a sudden heart attack. Zefane stood down on his own accord and allowed Blethin Blansch as the official leader. In the present day he attends these meetings as ways to pass the time, but does not really give much say into things. He is notably one of the head backers of the Lesalia Laboratories.

Zefane is many years younger then the others, with a full head of short hair, though slightly greying. He has a wiry look about him and a consistent smirk on his plain looking face. He wears a white lab coat, though he is not a scientist, as he spends much of his free time at the Lesalia Laboratories.

His look should be similar to...

(http://code-geass.bandai-ent.com/characters/images/lloyd_COMP.gif)

Wow, a lot of work for characters that show up for only one scene... hopefully Zefane and Marin will be in a couple of sidequests.
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Post by: MiKeMiTchi on August 15, 2009, 12:50:57 am
This is some work.
We can do this! Give us some time.

I won't be around the next few days,
but hope that I have finished something.
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Post by: mav on August 15, 2009, 12:54:26 am
Interesting stuff--I mean, my goodness the mini biographies for these characters are spectacular!

Anyhow, I have a feeling that Marin's and Zefane's portraits will be doable with a lot more ease than Blansch's, though all three will likely be a bit more challenging than what I've done so far. You've done a great job detailing their looks and providing pictures, I just have a couple questions: what are the ages of all the characters (doesn't necessarily have to be exact, but it might help those making portraits) and what kind of veil and robes does Marin wear? I don't want to end up giving her something like a Burqa, when that's not necessarily what you want.
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Post by: LastingDawn on August 15, 2009, 01:06:10 am
Ah, well Zefane is in his early 30's. Marin is early 90's, Blethin is 68. The robes are... hmm... something very heavy looking, with a lot of padding, the Veil should actually come down from the top, not showing her face clearly at all (not even sure if that's possible...) if that doesn't work a Burqa is fine.
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Post by: MiKeMiTchi on August 15, 2009, 02:19:35 am
Do you also need sprites? Yes, right?

So, where will we base their looks (regarding their sprite)?
Imagination? haha.

The last character can be done.
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Post by: LastingDawn on August 15, 2009, 02:45:28 am
Ah, well basically the template set up in the description would be the preferred version. But as of now just those frames, for that evtchr up there would suffice, though if anyone would like to go the extra mile for Marin or Zefane I would be pretty appreciative.
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Post by: mav on August 16, 2009, 04:37:34 pm
Current Work In Progress: Blethin Blansch VIII

For the sake of keeping things somewhat organized, I'll just keep updating this post, with the latest version being the visible attachments, and all others being in spoilers. Scratch that, apparently I deleted the other versions...whoops...
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Post by: LastingDawn on August 16, 2009, 04:40:19 pm
Whoa! That is good! He looks as old and withered as I had hoped and you even managed to fit in the hairbun!
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Post by: Cheetah on August 17, 2009, 09:16:31 am
Very good looking portrait. The shading on the robes just looks one color short, especially with all that black around the rim.
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Post by: mav on August 17, 2009, 12:03:32 pm
Yeah, I'll have the black changed out on my next upload. What color should his robes be? I've been going through a handful of colors trying to figure out what comes of as both refined and colorful...Yellow was my first choice, but picking the right shades of yellow is a little tough. Right now I have him wearing a sort of dark teal color, but will that come off as elegant? I'll post Version 3 in a bit...
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Post by: LastingDawn on August 17, 2009, 01:16:03 pm
I like the robe he has currently, but perhaps it might be best to see the third one before I judge this one.
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Post by: mav on August 17, 2009, 01:23:47 pm
Technically that was the third version, but I'll give a sort of re-post of the second version--i.e. the one with the yellow robe.
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Post by: Cheetah on August 17, 2009, 07:26:59 pm
Mix in some of the darkest shade that you have on the rest of him into the robe to see if it looks better. Three shades just isn't doing the trick for some reason.
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Post by: Kagebunji on August 18, 2009, 02:51:21 am
To be honest, that Zefane looks like he is from future ;) And besides, is he a gay? In one photo he looks like one, bu it's just my opinion here.
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Post by: MiKeMiTchi on August 18, 2009, 02:55:09 am
It is so good to have a futuristic character in FFT.
It gives mystery and uniqueness in the game, imo~ :)
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Post by: LastingDawn on August 18, 2009, 11:48:42 am
The Lesalia Laboratories is... a pretty interesting place. A lot of sidequests take place in and around that area. Also no, just like his father, Zefane basically has a harem.
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Post by: Kagebunji on August 18, 2009, 11:51:37 am
He got harem?! Wow, I really thought that he is gay...
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Post by: mav on August 22, 2009, 05:43:10 pm
Well, back to the portrait of Blethin Blansch--I've given him a new robe style, maintained the gold coloring. How does this one look?
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Post by: LastingDawn on August 22, 2009, 08:06:05 pm
Oh, much more stern, and the coloring of the robe is much better, I like it!
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Post by: mav on August 22, 2009, 08:12:47 pm
I had to clean up some beard shading on that one, but then decided to try another robe shade just in case.
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Post by: LastingDawn on August 22, 2009, 09:09:15 pm
Hmm, it looks a bit more realistic, the shading is very noticable, looks good.
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Post by: Asmo X on August 22, 2009, 11:57:44 pm
Portrait looks good
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Post by: MiKeMiTchi on August 23, 2009, 02:32:47 am
Zefane is here!

(http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r228/MiKeMiTchi/SpriteWorks/zefaneprev.png)

Sir LD, what's Ramza originally doing in the event? So I can try making the Zefane sprite. :)
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Post by: Xifanie on August 23, 2009, 02:46:46 am
The glasses look weird. Don't forget your portrait is 3/4 view. The collar shading could use some work; the outlines.

Other than that I really like it. Reminds me of SO2's Leon.
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Post by: MiKeMiTchi on August 23, 2009, 07:42:17 am
(http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r228/MiKeMiTchi/SpriteWorks/zefaneprev-1.png)
Here..

-less saturation on hair
-fixed glasses and shading a bit
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Post by: Asmo X on August 23, 2009, 09:06:56 am
Even better. One thing though, is the mouth kind of big compared to what you normally see in portraits?
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Post by: LastingDawn on August 23, 2009, 10:33:19 am
Aside from the mouth looking rather large, it looks perfect! That is a fantastic portrait MikeMitchi!
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Post by: MiKeMiTchi on August 23, 2009, 11:18:25 am
Asmo, Haha. Yeah.. I done an over-copycat. :P
I copied how the smile looks like in the pic that was given by LD.

Well, you think so Sir LD? ..then thanks!
btw, again..

Sir LD, what's Ramza originally doing in the event? So I can try making the Zefane sprite.
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Post by: mav on August 23, 2009, 12:17:02 pm
Well done Mike, well done. Though should his face be so round? The portrait looks great, but his face shape makes him look younger (and with all those harems around, I dunno if youthfulness is a plus).

Whatever though, you did really well on this portrait. Good job.
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Post by: Cheetah on August 23, 2009, 12:20:50 pm
Great portraits Mike. You really fixed up the cloths on the old guy perfectly. The glasses on the blue haired guy look very very good, best attempt at glasses I have seen at this site. Keep up the great work.
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Post by: MiKeMiTchi on August 23, 2009, 12:24:31 pm
Yeah. I didn't expect the glasses would turn out like that. haha.
Thanks Sir Cheetah!

QuoteYou really fixed up the cloths on the old guy perfectly.
Blansch? Mav worked on that. :)
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Post by: mav on August 23, 2009, 12:38:24 pm
Yeah, hopefully Blansch is done, in terms of his portrait. Though if LD wants me to change him, I'll happily oblige.

Quote from: "Cheetah"The glasses on the blue haired guy look very very good, best attempt at glasses I have seen at this site.
Quoted for truth. You've set the precedent, Mike, and you handled a seemingly challenging task quite well.


So LD, aside for Marin, what else do you need? I think you mentioned needing a beat-up portrait for Rad--if so, I could get that knocked outta the way in no time.
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Post by: LastingDawn on August 23, 2009, 08:24:22 pm
Quote from: "MiKeMiTchi"Asmo, Haha. Yeah.. I done an over-copycat. :P
I copied how the smile looks like in the pic that was given by LD.

Well, you think so Sir LD? ..then thanks!
btw, again..

Sir LD, what's Ramza originally doing in the event? So I can try making the Zefane sprite.

Ramza's not actually in the event, or at least that part of it. It's Gafgarion meeting with the Gallione Triumvirate, they are waiting outside for him because "Only those on official business are allowed to participate in meetings of the Gallione Trimvirate".

Gafgarion is sitting down, discussing with them the reasoning of what Gafgarion's current mission is.

Quote from: "Mav"So LD, aside for Marin, what else do you need? I think you mentioned needing a beat-up portrait for Rad--if so, I could get that knocked outta the way in no time.

Yep, Marin, any emotional portaits you can think of for the main characters (Happy, sad, angry, etc), and an injured picture for Rad would be ideal!
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Post by: MiKeMiTchi on August 23, 2009, 08:30:57 pm
QuoteRamza's not actually in the event, or at least that part of it. It's Gafgarion meeting with the Gallione Triumvirate, they are waiting outside for him because "Only those on official business are allowed to participate in meetings of the Gallione Trimvirate".

Gafgarion is sitting down, discussing with them the reasoning of what Gafgarion's current mission is.

Hmm.. So that means Zefane would be sitting, too?
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Post by: LastingDawn on August 23, 2009, 08:32:47 pm
Yep, in the first post of the discussion, I had labeled what I had wanted each and every frame to replace, now you can go above and beyond and add in a few new frames (I think that event supports it...) He could eventually storm out, as of now this event is only in the works, though I know the main gist of it. If a full sprite is created for Zefane, I would see his character getting a bit of screen time here.
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Post by: MiKeMiTchi on August 23, 2009, 08:42:03 pm
Thanks. I would make the sitting sprites first, then..
I would love to make him a sprite. :)
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Post by: LastingDawn on August 23, 2009, 09:09:03 pm
Haha! Doing so will allow me to add A lot of character to him and a lot more dealings with Lesalia Laboratories. Thank you for your devotion.
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Post by: MiKeMiTchi on August 25, 2009, 08:39:54 am
Looks like it'll take long to finish Zefane. :P

(http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r228/MiKeMiTchi/SpriteWorks/zefaneprev-2.png)

based it on ramza, fem. samurai, and male priest.

My try on Marin!
This was a very tough one!

(http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r228/MiKeMiTchi/SpriteWorks/Marin.png)
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Post by: mav on August 25, 2009, 11:59:25 am
Wow! Awesome sprite for Zefane. I've been mucking around with some Marin ideas too--I'll post it in a bit.

Note: the portrait I've attached is a work in progress and is probably way over the color limit.
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Post by: Cheetah on August 25, 2009, 12:09:43 pm
Good looking sprite concept. The hair needs a bit more texture on top of his hair. The color might also need a bit touching up.
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Post by: mav on August 25, 2009, 02:53:02 pm
Looking back at Marin's portrait, I think I need to change the robe color. She kinda looks like a cross between a nun and a funeral mourner...
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Post by: MiKeMiTchi on August 25, 2009, 05:47:08 pm
Make her more mysterious?
Quoteshe is only seen wearing heavy and baggy robes that one would be shocked to find an aged noble lady underneath.

Yes, probably change the robe color to a more respectable\royal color. :)
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Post by: mav on August 25, 2009, 06:24:28 pm
Purple, perhaps? Or maybe LD has something in mind...

How could I make her look more mysterious though? I could give her the baggier hood, like your Marin had. Or I could place the veil over her eyes--that's certainly strange, right?
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Post by: Archael on August 25, 2009, 07:48:12 pm
how ... (http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r228/MiKeMiTchi/SpriteWorks/zefaneprev-2.png)

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Post by: MiKeMiTchi on August 25, 2009, 10:32:25 pm
Quote from: "Voldemort"how ... (http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r228/MiKeMiTchi/SpriteWorks/zefaneprev-2.png)

hhhh

What do you mean, Sir Voldemort?


QuotePurple, perhaps? Or maybe LD has something in mind...

How could I make her look more mysterious though? I could give her the baggier hood, like your Marin had. Or I could place the veil over her eyes--that's certainly strange, right?

Well, if purple, that would make her look like Purple Mystery (which can be found in the custom sprite section). Hmm.. We'll just wait for Sir LD's comment on this. :)
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Post by: mav on August 26, 2009, 01:36:47 pm
Yeah, after I tested out purple it looked way too much like the Purple Mystery sprite. I'll look through some of the monster portraits to find a nicer color scheme...
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Post by: LastingDawn on August 27, 2009, 05:06:56 pm
Hmm, what of light blue or red for her robes colors? also that sprite looks great! Great work on Zefane! Only thing missing in the sprite noticable is his glasses.
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Post by: SilvasRuin on August 27, 2009, 06:33:55 pm
You can see a hint of the frames in the sprite, but to really notice the glasses and know what they are, it will probably take rather large glasses, probably a lot thicker than what the portrait would scale down to.
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Post by: MiKeMiTchi on August 27, 2009, 06:42:55 pm
QuoteYou can see a hint of the frames in the sprite, but to really notice the glasses and know what they are, it will probably take rather large glasses, probably a lot thicker than what the portrait would scale down to.

Yes, and as Asmo said, there's things that won't convert well into sprite form. :)
In this case, Zefane's glasses. I'll still give a try on that.

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What Marin Portrait did you prefer, Sir LD?
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Post by: LastingDawn on August 27, 2009, 07:49:38 pm
Oh, nevermind about the glasses then, they are pretty thin, come to think of it, no matter. I would say Mav's Marin is much closer to what I had in mind, though, I'm still wondering if there's a way to still cover more of her features? How does the veil look if raised to right underneath the eyes?
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Post by: mav on August 27, 2009, 08:34:26 pm
Alright, I tried light blue for now and moved the veil up a bit. It may not look perfect, but I'll fix that in due time.

Keep in mind that this is more than 16 colors.
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Post by: LastingDawn on August 27, 2009, 08:45:31 pm
Ah, that looks as good as I had hoped! Great transparency effect.
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Post by: MiKeMiTchi on August 27, 2009, 10:42:39 pm
Quote(http://www.ffhacktics.com/forum/files/marin_498.png)

Nice effect. :)

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We have all three portraits now.
What's next?
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Post by: LastingDawn on August 27, 2009, 11:34:14 pm
Well, the seperate sprites to replace the initial evtchr's as shown on page 1 of the topic, the places where the original are, are fitting and simple enough to replace, only a few frames of animation are needed for each, great work with the portraits fellows!
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Post by: MiKeMiTchi on August 28, 2009, 04:17:46 am
I'm on it.

other concerns:
-Should Old-timer Blancsh still need a tall hat?
-Sir LD, can you give me a better (orig) picture for this:

(http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n198/LastingDawn/BaseofBlansch.jpg)

to mav,
can you try red colors on marin?
then, it'll be a primary truimvate of colors,

Zefane close to blue,
Blansch with yellow,
and Marin with red.
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Post by: LastingDawn on August 28, 2009, 12:49:48 pm
Certainly, I'll grab the initial, Evtchr and upload it.

As you can see there is  Lot of empty space for this specific and we know how to access the seperate blocks, so if you wish to add more to any of the characters (Gafgarion, Zefane, Blethin, or Marin) there will be no cause for concern, and yes, the hat in the portrait will do well on the sprite.
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Post by: MiKeMiTchi on August 28, 2009, 06:25:11 pm
Thanks.

I guess mav didn't make a hat in his portraits.
I have finished viii's sprite concept.
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Post by: mav on August 28, 2009, 06:53:12 pm
Oh crap, the hat! I probably can't make one outta scratch...Gimme some time, maybe I can work it out.

EDIT: Was a beat up Rad necessary? If so, take a gander:
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Post by: LastingDawn on August 28, 2009, 08:02:31 pm
Ouch, poor boy... hehe, nitty and gritty just as FFT's injured portraits were, I like it! It's 16 colors, right?
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Post by: mav on August 28, 2009, 08:30:36 pm
Yes sir. Thankfully Rad's original portrait already had three perfect shades of red on it, so it was no problem keeping it within the limits. Does he look busted up enough? I didn't really do much. :P
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Post by: Archael on August 28, 2009, 08:39:01 pm
nice beat up portrait
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Post by: MiKeMiTchi on August 29, 2009, 01:00:11 am
Nice one RAD! haha.
I'll post VIII's and probably marin's wip sprite after a while.
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Post by: Cheetah on August 29, 2009, 01:57:24 am
Very nice beat to shit. The closed eye is particularly good.
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Post by: MiKeMiTchi on August 29, 2009, 06:31:47 am
(http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r228/MiKeMiTchi/SpriteWorks/gallione.png)

Hmm.. changed marin's color to red..
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Post by: mav on August 29, 2009, 12:56:49 pm
Not bad! In case it helps, I used the Old Funeral Man (http://www.ffhacktics.com/spr.php?id=CYOMON1) as Blethin's sprite base. Also, the primary color scheme is freaking wicked. Lemme recolor Marin in red and I'll re-post it.
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Post by: LastingDawn on August 29, 2009, 01:35:12 pm
Yep, everything looks good! The Triumvirate now have their own sprites! (Even if it is onlyone or two animations...)
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Post by: Cheetah on August 29, 2009, 01:45:58 pm
I'm not a big fan of Blethin's sprite design. He is just too puffy looking. Plus his hair should be pulled back.
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Post by: MiKeMiTchi on August 29, 2009, 08:30:16 pm
Thanks mav.

QuoteYep, everything looks good! The Triumvirate now have their own sprites! (Even if it is onlyone or two animations...)

Hopefully I can work more on them.

QuoteI'm not a big fan of Blethin's sprite design. He is just too puffy looking. Plus his hair should be pulled back.

Any suggestions Sir Cheetah?
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Post by: mav on August 30, 2009, 03:20:31 am
Who'd you use as a base for Blethin? I think working with the 60 year-old man and his variations can produce a decent sprite. Though he will be sitting down, so...
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Post by: MiKeMiTchi on August 30, 2009, 08:06:10 am
Barinten and Simon.
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Post by: mav on August 30, 2009, 11:44:12 am
(http://www.ffhacktics.com/sprites/original/60M_0.png)
I'd use this guy--if you can give it some kinda color trim (similar to the Oracle) I think it'd look nice. Your call though, Mr. Spriter.
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Post by: MiKeMiTchi on August 30, 2009, 11:51:02 am
If Blethin won't be used in battles, I might use that. :)
I'll transform him into an oracle that we hardly know. hahaha.
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Post by: MiKeMiTchi on September 01, 2009, 09:18:42 pm
I have almost finished the frames.
It has 64 colors currently (16x4).
Reduce it to 16 colors if it's not allowed.

-played with the arms a bit.

Here:
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Post by: mav on September 01, 2009, 09:31:30 pm
Ah! I'm loving Zefane. He looks like a nice little scholar. I guess I gotta finish up the portraits I did, eh? Though I dunno how to make Blethin's hat...but I'll do the color reductions for him and Marin as soon as I get the word.
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Post by: LastingDawn on September 01, 2009, 09:41:16 pm
Certainly with any luck I might be able to show this off with just those once I have the pictures.
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Post by: jimmyjw88 on September 01, 2009, 11:34:33 pm
Sorry but I have a question. How do you get that?
From Eventchr? Where? Is it using cdmage?
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Post by: MiKeMiTchi on September 02, 2009, 06:27:45 am
If I know how the frames work, I'll definitely add more.

Here's the final Zefane portrait:

I love you Zefaaaaane!
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Post by: jimmyjw88 on September 02, 2009, 12:05:46 pm
Amazing portrait Mike ^^
About the Eventchr, is it hex editing?
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Post by: LastingDawn on September 02, 2009, 12:29:56 pm
Not at all, there is a Japanese tool which lets you to easily access these, I think you can find it in the second page, I think.
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Post by: MiKeMiTchi on September 02, 2009, 12:42:00 pm
hmm.. I think I need magicISO first..
(I have a fft.bin file)
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Post by: jimmyjw88 on September 02, 2009, 08:20:01 pm
By second page, you mean this topic's second page, LD?

And...magicISO?? What's that? Sorry for the silly question =p
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Post by: Bloodthirster0 on September 02, 2009, 08:29:13 pm
MagicISO is an ISO editing program and Im sure he meant this topic second page,but the link is on the first page

Voila,the japanese program for evtchr editing

http://www.sendspace.com/file/isjbq8 (http://www.sendspace.com/file/isjbq8)
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Post by: jimmyjw88 on September 03, 2009, 01:39:07 am
Thanks, Bloodthirster.
ISO editing program.....you mean something like CDMage?
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Post by: MiKeMiTchi on September 03, 2009, 02:31:50 am
yes, that's magicISO alright. I'll try to use it, since I have a .bin ROM file.
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Post by: jimmyjw88 on September 04, 2009, 12:56:04 am
But what is difference between CDMage and magicISO?

EDIT: I have a question about Eventchr. The blue circle is the event and the red is the palettes. But what does the palettes do exactly?
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Post by: Cheetah on September 05, 2009, 01:25:09 am
I pretty sure about this. By default if you call an evtchr sprite in an event it automatically uses the sprites original palette. However with a special instruction you can use one of the palettes available in that section of the evtchr. An example of this is that often in events with towns people, they are all just Ramza with their palettes switched and all of their animations drawn from evtchr.

For what you are concerned with though Jimmy I think it will just help you see what you are looking at. Can you even change the palettes with this tool?
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Post by: jimmyjw88 on September 05, 2009, 05:28:25 am
Quote from: "Cheetah"By default if you call an evtchr sprite in an event it automatically uses the sprites original palette.
So then, how do you change like Ramza to let say, Zack and want to change the Eventchr for Ramza as well. The palettes are automatically used and taken from the sprite, so meaning I just have to sprite the Eventchr for Ramza to Zack?

QuoteCan you even change the palettes with this tool?
Probably not. Well, if its possible, I wouldn't even knew about it. I'm noob. Haha.

Anyway, actually I just wanted to know why are there palettes when the Eventchr take the palettes from the sprite automatically.
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Post by: MiKeMiTchi on September 05, 2009, 06:23:27 am
I don't get it either.

I wonder if Sir LD got the sprites to work.. hmm..
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Post by: Cheetah on September 05, 2009, 12:03:33 pm
Quote from: "Cheetah"However with a special instruction you can use one of the palettes available in that section of the evtchr. An example of this is that often in events with towns people, they are all just Ramza with their palettes switched and all of their animations drawn from evtchr.

The palettes in evtchr can be accessed with event instructions. So if you wanted Zack to appear but you didn't want an entire sprite for him you would, make the evtchr animations for Zack, insert a palette for Zack in that frame of evtchr, have Zack be any character as far as the ENTD is concerned, in the event load the evtchr frame, change the Zack character's palette, and then load the evtchr animations.
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Post by: mav on September 05, 2009, 01:58:13 pm
Sorry--I just realized that I never even posted the 16-color Blansch portrait. See attachment. I'll get Marin up as soon as I can.

EDIT: Both are attached and 16 colors.
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Post by: MiKeMiTchi on September 05, 2009, 06:50:08 pm
^ Still working on Blethin's hat, mav?
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Post by: mav on September 05, 2009, 06:54:43 pm
I haven't started on the hat, nor do I think I can make a convincing one. I guess it's up to LD: if he think it's necessary, I'll try. If not, then he'll be hatless.
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Post by: MiKeMiTchi on September 05, 2009, 07:15:26 pm
Hmm.. I can see how hard it'll be. Let's see.
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Post by: jimmyjw88 on September 06, 2009, 06:21:54 am
Quote from: "Cheetah"The palettes in evtchr can be accessed with event instructions. So if you wanted Zack to appear but you didn't want an entire sprite for him you would, make the evtchr animations for Zack, insert a palette for Zack in that frame of evtchr, have Zack be any character as far as the ENTD is concerned, in the event load the evtchr frame, change the Zack character's palette, and then load the evtchr animations.

0.o....Wow...I'm confused. Haha. Well...about the palette thing only. About the ENTD, I think I understand. So, if let say I want Zack to be shown in the Eventchr "blowing the leaf", all I have to do is change that animation (blowing leaf) from Ramza to Zack?
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Post by: MiKeMiTchi on September 06, 2009, 07:30:55 am
100th!!

Someone needs to comfirm that.
I don't really know myself, too. (can't find evtchr.bin)
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Post by: jimmyjw88 on September 06, 2009, 08:30:28 am
100th?? What do you mean, Mike?

And Eventchr.bin can be found and extract from the ISO itself, using CDMage, under the Event folder.

EDIT: Oh, you mean from the ENTD? Yeah, I know its start from 100th ^^
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Post by: MiKeMiTchi on September 06, 2009, 09:35:08 am
nope. My post before was the 100th reply. :)
I have a bin file, used CDmage, and no evtchr.bin file.
I do have magicISO, but never tried it.
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Post by: Cheetah on September 06, 2009, 12:30:59 pm
If you have a Zack sprite and you make sure to make the evtchr animation with the same palette as the sprite (it doesn't need to actually be in evtchr), then yes that will work fine.
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Post by: jimmyjw88 on September 07, 2009, 01:15:01 am
Ah...I see. Alright. Thanks a lot, Cheetah ^^
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Post by: Kagebunji on September 07, 2009, 11:46:09 am
Well LastingDawn, you need any sprites/concepts/images on generic/special units?
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Post by: jimmyjw88 on September 07, 2009, 11:57:00 pm
Yeah, any sprites that we might be able to help?
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Post by: LastingDawn on September 08, 2009, 12:02:42 am
Well certainly, most of the job roster still needs new sprites, Dragoon, Knight, and Archer, all need new looks and if you want to revamp any of the currently existing characters (minus the mercenaries and the Konoe Knights...) that would be a great deal as well.
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Post by: jimmyjw88 on September 08, 2009, 12:17:59 am
Alright. We will give it a try LD. By the way, Konoe Knights?
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Post by: LastingDawn on September 08, 2009, 12:40:16 am
Konoe Knights is the name of Agrias's team, Lavian, Alicia, and Agrias, in the normal FFT they are called the Konoe Knights in WoTL they're called the Lionguard.
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Post by: jimmyjw88 on September 08, 2009, 01:01:36 am
I see. Sorry. Forgotten that. Haha.
So, meaning Konoe Knights sprites are done?
And about Dragoon sprite, Asmo is working on Smash's Kain right? And I'm guessing that's the sprite for Dragoon?
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Post by: LastingDawn on September 08, 2009, 01:34:38 am
Male Dragoon anyhow, feel free to make one for the Female if you would like.
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Post by: MiKeMiTchi on September 08, 2009, 01:36:02 am
Browse the mercenaries job sprite ideas.
I'll update if someone is working on something.
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Post by: jimmyjw88 on September 08, 2009, 01:40:39 am
Alright. I'll give it a try but no guarantee though ^^
Title: Re: Mercenaries: Evtchr Sprite Requests
Post by: LastingDawn on September 04, 2010, 03:45:27 pm
Update!

Alright, I think I have what I want ideally for the spots for the beginning events. Here they are.

I know that Zozma did a version of Meet Lavian Lunari, but for the life of me I cannot find it, he also did a version for the Gariland Guests for Gafgarion's entrance and the female Knight in the scene.

(http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n198/LastingDawn/BarsBrawls.jpg)

(http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n198/LastingDawn/RadinjuredinDorter.jpg)

(http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n198/LastingDawn/MeetingLavianLunari.jpg)

I also have an idea relating to that Cherie event I had just made recently, but no reason to hurry on that for the moment.
Title: Re: Mercenaries: Evtchr Sprite Requests
Post by: Zozma on September 04, 2010, 05:24:18 pm
hmmm im not sure which one is the most up to date... but ... i think it was this one?
Title: Re: Mercenaries: Evtchr Sprite Requests
Post by: Izirudo on November 30, 2010, 12:12:27 am
Excuse me, the link to the Evtchr editor (sendspace) just died... can anyone reupload it?