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[FIXED] Soldier torso and head is invisible in battlescape
« on: February 08, 2018, 06:32:29 am »
Error: spritesheets were 256 pixels, or 8 pieces wide.
Solution: ensure soldier spritesheets are 512 pixels or 16 pieces wide. Falko's sprite combiner defaults to 8 columns but you can set it to 16.






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extraSprites:
  - type: AlloyArmor.PCK
    width: 512
    height: 720
    subX: 32
    subY: 40
    files:
      0: Resources/ReaversArmors/AlloyArmor.png
  - type: DarkSuit.PCK
    width: 512
    height: 720
    subX: 32
    subY: 40
    files:
      0: Resources/ReaversArmors/DarkSuit.png
armors:
  - type: STR_PERSONAL_ARMOR_HEAVY_UC
    spriteSheet: AlloyArmor.PCK
    spriteInv: MAN_5
    spriteFaceGroup: 6
    spriteFaceColor: [96, 96, 96, 96, 160, 160, 163, 163, 96, 96, 96, 96, 160, 160, 163, 163] #M0 F0 M1 F1 M2 F2 M3 F3 M4 F4 M5 F5 M6 F6 M7 F7
    spriteHairGroup: 9
    spriteHairColor: [144, 144, 102, 164, 245, 245, 166, 166, 96, 245, 245, 102, 245, 245, 163, 245] #M0 F0 M1 F1 M2 F2 M3 F3 M4 F4 M5 F5 M6 F6 M7 F7
    corpseBattle:
      - STR_CORPSE_ARMOR_ALLOY
    storeItem: STR_PERSONAL_ARMOR
    weight: 10
    stats:
      tu: -8
    frontArmor: 70
    sideArmor: 55
    rearArmor: 40
    underArmor: 40
    damageModifier:
      - 1.0
      - 1.0
      - 0.5
      - 1.0
      - 1.0
      - 1.0
      - 0.9
      - 1.0
      - 1.1
      - 1.0
    loftempsSet: [ 3 ]
  - type: STR_POWER_SUIT_UC
    spriteSheet: DarkSuit.PCK
    spriteInv: MAN_2_1
    stats:
      tu: 10
      strength: 20
    frontArmor: 110
    sideArmor: 90
    rearArmor: 80
    underArmor: 70
    damageModifier:
      - 1.0
      - 1.0
      - 0.2
      - 1.0
      - 1.0
      - 1.0
      - 0.8
      - 1.0
      - 1.0
      - 0.0


I can't figure out what I've done wrong. All I did was recolor the armor spritesheets using Falko's tools. It has worked fine with everything else so far, including tank spritesheets.
« Last Edit: March 07, 2018, 06:36:11 am by The Reaver of Darkness »

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Re: Soldier torso and head is invisible in battlescape
« Reply #1 on: February 12, 2018, 10:54:07 am »
Please help? I'm at a loss here, I don't see what I'm doing wrong and I don't know what else to try.

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Re: Soldier torso and head is invisible in battlescape
« Reply #2 on: February 12, 2018, 05:10:05 pm »
Not looking into it with deep(vacations no pc near me) Check the drawimg routing to correapond to spritsheet , also can be the dimension of the image , meaning its fetching the girl torso , but is reading the wrong dimension  geting blank.

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Re: Soldier torso and head is invisible in battlescape
« Reply #3 on: February 18, 2018, 06:00:53 pm »
Not looking into it with deep(vacations no pc near me) Check the drawimg routing to correapond to spritsheet , also can be the dimension of the image , meaning its fetching the girl torso , but is reading the wrong dimension  geting blank.

As bulletdesigner said, check extraSprites.rul to see if the dimensions assigned to the unit spritesheet correspond to its actual dimensions

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Re: Soldier torso and head is invisible in battlescape
« Reply #4 on: March 07, 2018, 05:53:26 am »
That was it!! I took a peek at the armored_vest mod and noticed that the spritesheets were 512 (16 pieces) wide. After changing to 16-wide sheets, it works perfectly!

In retrospect, it might have worked if I had listed my original image dimensions correctly in the extraSprites ruleset.

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It could be something with the spritesheet or drawing routine. I copied the code directly from the original armors and made only the relevant changes. There is nothing listed for drawing routine in the original ruleset, which I assume is because it defaults to 0 which is the correct one for soldiers. I haven't set a drawing routine either. Also, I think it is using the correct drawing routine because it has more than half of the soldier drawn correctly and no parts drawn in the wrong place.

I'm using a 256x1400 and 256x1440 spritesheet (8x35 and 8x36 pieces) which is what Falko's tool generated for me when I told it to combine the images given to me by XCOM Extractor. Is that the wrong dimensions? And if so, what are the correct dimensions?
« Last Edit: March 07, 2018, 10:05:14 am by The Reaver of Darkness »