Game animations
Overview
Game animations can be configured with custom events, custom playback speed etc. if you use Rpg Tools as your game engine.
Create a new game animation
When you select a character and an animation you can create a game animation for the selected animation by clicking on the Create
button.
Edit an animation
TODO : | Property | Description | | ————- |:————-: | | Frame duration | How long is a single frame displayed. E.g. for a 3 frame animation 0.33 means the whole animation length is one second | | Play back and forth | When checked the animation will play back and forth. This means instead of playing frames 0 1 2 0 1 2 it will play the frames 0 1 2 1 0 1 2 |
Edit events
You can add new events by clicking on the +
button of the Events
property.
You can delete or duplicate events via right click on an existing event:
For each event you can edit its properties.
Property | Description |
---|---|
Event Type | Here you can configure which kind of event it is, the types are described below |
Time | The time when this event is triggered. You can drag the button horizontally to change it |
Event types
Effect
Property | Description |
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Effect Type | Use none if you want to configure a custom effect or choose a special type like Weapon Attack to trigger the attack effect of the current weapon |
Effect | Here you can select which kind of effect should be triggered |
Position per direction | Here you configure the effect position for each direction either by dragging or entering the coordinates. The X button can be dragged and you can see a live preview in the Sprite window |
Sound
Plays a specific sound when the event is triggered
Attack
Trigger an attack. This checks if the attack hits a target. Only useful when you configured this animation for an attack ability.
Cast
Trigger casting of the currently selected spell. Only useful when you configured this animation for an ability