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Multi-Piece and Masking on Spriteset?

As part of my current project I am implementing a character customization system which allows players to pick their skin and hair color, and possibly hair style. So far I have been glad to find the SetPersonMask option, but as I have been planning out the customization system I have encountered a problem.

Would it be possible for me to create a single spriteset, with no mask, from multiple spritesets that are masked? If so, how would I do that, and what kind of things would I need to set up?

Re: Multi-Piece and Masking on Spriteset?

Reply #1 –
If I understand correctly, you could using something like this (needs to be adapted for exactly what you are doing).

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var ss = LoadSpriteset("some_spriteset.rss");
var newss = CreateSpriteset(ss.images[0].width, ss.images[0].height, num_images, ss.directions.length, num_frames): //num_frames and num_images will depend on the spritesets to be combined.
for(var i = 0; i<newss.images.length; i++){
  newss.images[i] = ss.images[i] //also take from the other spritesets
}


The wiki has definitions for these functions.

Re: Multi-Piece and Masking on Spriteset?

Reply #2 –
FBNil once had a demo of just such functionality (I think it was called "Spriteset Factory" or something similar). Now if we only had it in the Downloads Repo...

Edit: OH MY MOUSTACHE, FBN'S SITE IS SHOCKINGLY STILL UP. It keeps going down and up too randomly. I was close, it's called SpriteFactory.
 

Re: Multi-Piece and Masking on Spriteset?

Reply #3 –
By Merlin's Beard, I can't believe we can still get at that stuff! To the repo with it!

Re: Multi-Piece and Masking on Spriteset?

Reply #4 –
Fantastic. Downloaded these and putting them on the drive (under the tech demos, tutorials, libraries and unfinished games directories).