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Its current use is for the continued development of the server and game it has always served: TMW Classic.
William James wrote:Act as If what you do make's a difference, because It does.
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<npc id="326">
<sprite>npcs/npc-dyer.xml</sprite>
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<npc id="326" avatar="302">
<sprite>npcs/npc-dyer.xml</sprite>
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...Why is it needed to define an extra npc? Couldn't there be a node called e.g. "avatar" within an npc node where the path to the avatar graphic is given?4144 wrote: In avatar box manaplus can show any npc with default direction (even animated).
This mean to add avatar to normal npc, need create additional npc what will show only avatar image without any other sprites (In file npcs.xml) after need remember id of created pseudo npc.
Wow it looks great, i noticed there is some space left over as well...korcha maybe can possibly widen the frames? That way there can be a little more details of the npcs added. What do you think korcha?Jenalya wrote:Why is it needed to define an extra npc? Couldn't there be a node called e.g. "avatar" within an npc node where the path to the avatar graphic is given?4144 wrote: In avatar box manaplus can show any npc with default direction (even animated).
This mean to add avatar to normal npc, need create additional npc what will show only avatar image without any other sprites (In file npcs.xml) after need remember id of created pseudo npc.
However, I tried out what you described (using an existing NPC sprite, not the new avatars):
William James wrote:Act as If what you do make's a difference, because It does.
Full npc need because it can be more than one xml or png file.Jenalya wrote:Why is it needed to define an extra npc? Couldn't there be a node called e.g. "avatar" within an npc node where the path to the avatar graphic is given?4144 wrote: In avatar box manaplus can show any npc with default direction (even animated).
This mean to add avatar to normal npc, need create additional npc what will show only avatar image without any other sprites (In file npcs.xml) after need remember id of created pseudo npc.
This is "playerbox" object by default in this theme it have white background.Ablu wrote:This white frame around looks really odd to me. And abusing npc definitions as npc display sounds a bit odd to me too.
Regards
Ablu
Korcha wrote:The portraits where designed the way they are as a work-around for the size restriction, and now that the restriction is no longer in place, they don't need to be either.. Wish I wasn't left in the dark, though it appears I am not the only one that is. I'm not mad or anything, just a tad bit disappointed. Could've saved time & effort (and hair), not to mention we'd be at the half way mark by now.
Whining aside, I'll start work on converting their sizes (yet again) today and I'll have them all ready (excluding the new set) by tomorrow night. My timezone of course. But before that, I want to give you an extra option, Chicka. Do you still want the current one-sided style or opt for the originals that brought me here? They too can also be re-sized with minimal sacrifice now that there's plenty of wiggle room to work with. My only request is that everyone's in the loop with this, I don't wanna be that guy that finds out when he's 75% finished that "whoops, the portraits need to be bigger/smaller".
To make that choice a little bit easier, I prepared an example!
So yeah, your call. Let's make this one final so I can eventually work on something else.
William James wrote:Act as If what you do make's a difference, because It does.
I like the ones where the entire face is visible much better than those with only half the face.Korcha wrote:Do you still want the current one-sided style or opt for the originals that brought me here? [...]
To make that choice a little bit easier, I prepared an example!
Hm, what does the client do if it receives an embedded NUL before the end of the packet?Crush wrote:I would implement this through "magic strings" in the dialog texts. Like when the string <<Portrait:images/npc/girl-happy.png>> occurs in a NPC text, the client omits this from the output and loads the according image. That would allow to change the portrait during the dialog to show different facial expressions.
Drawback: This wouldn't be backward-compatible. Older clients would show the magic string to the user.
