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Modding => Help! => Topic started by: kenchidag on September 25, 2024, 03:51:14 am

Title: Combining two separate sprites into one?
Post by: kenchidag on September 25, 2024, 03:51:14 am
Hello, im just wondering is there a possibility of combining two separate sprites into one. What Im trying to do is to edit the squire sprite and changing pallete #0 with a different sprite. So that I can put a customize unique sprite but retain the vanilla sprite for the enemies.

Thanks in advance for any information on this.
Title: Re: Combining two separate sprites into one?
Post by: Nyzer on September 25, 2024, 08:45:31 am
No, that isn't even remotely how that works.
Title: Re: Combining two separate sprites into one?
Post by: kenchidag on September 25, 2024, 10:55:13 pm
Oh okay thank you so much for the response @Nyzer
Title: Re: Combining two separate sprites into one?
Post by: RetroTypes on September 26, 2024, 04:54:10 am
The key is the word "palette", which is talking specifically about the colors of the sprite. The Squire sprite has, well, one sprite, with up to 8 palettes, or recolors. If you were changing the sprite, it wouldn't be the Squire sprite anymore lol.

If you were clever, you could hypothetically utilize less than the 16 colors available to each palette, and have unused colors be duplicates (probably black/transparent) in one palette while being a unique color in another, thus looking like the next palette was more than just a recolor, but that takes a lot of technique that would be a challenge for even our best spriters. Overall, the answer to your question is indeed "no".
Title: Re: Combining two separate sprites into one?
Post by: kenchidag on September 26, 2024, 08:23:45 pm
Quote from: RetroTypes on September 26, 2024, 04:54:10 amThe key is the word "palette", which is talking specifically about the colors of the sprite. The Squire sprite has, well, one sprite, with up to 8 palettes, or recolors. If you were changing the sprite, it wouldn't be the Squire sprite anymore lol.

If you were clever, you could hypothetically utilize less than the 16 colors available to each palette, and have unused colors be duplicates (probably black/transparent) in one palette while being a unique color in another, thus looking like the next palette was more than just a recolor, but that takes a lot of technique that would be a challenge for even our best spriters. Overall, the answer to your question is indeed "no".


Thank you so much for the reply and information sir. I guess I will just change the sprite of a unique character.
Title: Re: Combining two separate sprites into one?
Post by: kenchidag on September 26, 2024, 08:27:58 pm
Sir @RetroTypes is it possible to used the unused sprites slots in vanilla fft marked with ??? which I have seen in Shishi to create a new job or character to the game? see image
Title: Re: Combining two separate sprites into one?
Post by: RetroTypes on September 28, 2024, 01:36:02 am
Quote from: kenchidag on September 26, 2024, 08:27:58 pmSir @RetroTypes is it possible to used the unused sprites slots in vanilla fft marked with ??? which I have seen in Shishi to create a new job or character to the game? see image

Yeah, although you'll likely have to use the "Expand ISO" function first. After that, follow the guides for adding new unique characters. I'll link a few below.

https://ffhacktics.com/smf/index.php?topic=13205.0
https://ffhacktics.com/smf/index.php?topic=6702.0
Title: Re: Combining two separate sprites into one?
Post by: kenchidag on October 02, 2024, 11:40:30 pm
Quote from: RetroTypes on September 28, 2024, 01:36:02 amYeah, although you'll likely have to use the "Expand ISO" function first. After that, follow the guides for adding new unique characters. I'll link a few below.

https://ffhacktics.com/smf/index.php?topic=13205.0
https://ffhacktics.com/smf/index.php?topic=6702.0

Thank you so much sir