Animated Faces

[+ Glasses 606]

Author: Mr Trivel

Name: Animated Faces

Created: 2014-09-12

Version: 1.2

 

What does it do?

Allows you to have animated actor faces.

 

Requirements: None

 

Instructions:

Set everything in the Data module according to the comments.

 

Video:

 

Script: <Link: Github>

Blog: <Link: On blog>

Edited August 13, 2015 by Glasses

[TheoAllen 830]

Your windows is updated in every frame. It more likely will cause lag or framedrop when entering menu scene which has actor face.

How about only refresh the window if the face graphics changed?

[+ Glasses 606]

Thanks for the input! Changed it. Only refreshes if it has to now.

[+ TBWCS 953]

Amazing work, Mr. Trivel! Never thought of this! More scripts like this and thanks for sharing

[+ Glasses 606]

1.1 update

Changed from frame-based speed to time-based speed.

Now displays animation properly if there's more than one window in the scene that displays animated faces.

[+ DarthVollis 59]

Does this work in dialogue too?

[+ Glasses 606]

No. Because it doesn't use draw_actor_face if I recall correctly.

[+ DarthVollis 59]

Anyway that you can make it where it would or make another script that  does that? Modern Algebra has one but his has too many conflicts with my system.

[+ Glasses 606]

I'll keep this script as is.

[-YS- 0]

 

Hai,

I use your script for my project and I got this.

This is work when I only have 1 actor in my party

But if I add another actor, I got this.

Can you please tell me how to fix this?

 

I only use zeuz resolution++ for now

this script is my 2nd after zeuz resolution

and this is my actor setup :

 

 

Thanks for making this script I hope this can be solved so I can finally use this nice one ^^

[+ Glasses 606]

You didn't add the 2nd actor to the array.

Correct way:

  DATA = {
  # )-- ACTOR_ID    Filename      Frame Sequence                  
          1 => [ "Suave.png", [0, 0, 1, 1, 4, 4, 5, 5] ],
          2 => [ "Adriano.png", [0, 0, 1, 1, 4, 4, 5, 5] ]
  
  }

[-YS- 0]

 

You didn't add the 2nd actor to the array.

Correct way:

  DATA = {
  # )-- ACTOR_ID    Filename      Frame Sequence                  
          1 => [ "Suave.png", [0, 0, 1, 1, 4, 4, 5, 5] ],
          2 => [ "Adriano.png", [0, 0, 1, 1, 4, 4, 5, 5] ]
  
  }

Wow thanks very much. It's working now ^^ Time to continue my project

[+ Kizami 3]

Nevermind, Glasses helped me to fix the issue, and he updated the script as well.

 

Thanks a lot! =)

Edited August 13, 2015 by Kizami

[+ Glasses 606]

Updated the script.

Bugfixes, no more looping only through party.

[Fhizban 96]

Thats great because Im still using it (and lovin' it!)

[Fhizban 96]

Big fat feature request:

 

I use this also on the menu and HUD. Now, if an actor is dead or poisoned, it would be great if I could use another Face.

 

Can you add extra lines to the Actor Face definitions that are only active when a certain state is applied?

 

and maybe also a switch that stops the animated (when dead, paralyzed or stoned).

 

So the idea would be to increase the array by 2 more vars: 

 

1. State ID (0 = none, otherwise its only used when that state is applied to the actor)

 

2. Animated (0/1) to turn on/off animation on certain states. but thats not really required As i could just solve it by having a row of equally looking pictures in the face-set.

 

Would be GREAT!

[Tsarmina 2,612]

Quick question with a potentially nervous answer: Do you think this script would work with different menus? (e.g. if you had a menu that shows portraits for actors instead of faces) c: Tankyas~

[+ Glasses 606]

@Tsarmina,

It shouldn't work with non-faces, since I only overwrote draw_face method. Unless menu changed draw_face to draw portraits.

[Tsarmina 2,612]

Oh, perfect! Thank you kindly ^^