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Help with Sprites, Sprite-sheets, and Palettes wanted
#1  December 31, 2022, 11:43:25 pm
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Okay, I was thinking about getting back into MUGEN development for the first time in a long time. However, the long period of time that I was absent means that some important bits of knowledge have gotten lost from my head, especially the most important piece: how to generate a unified palette from sprites and sprite-sheets.

So, tonight, I have three questions:

1.) Say I want to add additional sprites into an existing character whose colors will not be impacted by the existing character's color choice (i.e. Adding a new thunderbolt projectile to Pikachu whose lightish-blue colors will not change, even though Pikachu will not always be yellow). Assuming I have the sprite prepared with an indexed palette and pcx format, what is the procedure to import the sprites properly into the character; is it as simple as just loading the sprites into Fighters Factory, or more steps are required?

2.) Say I have on my hands a complete sprite sheet like this one here:

https://www.spriters-resource.com/arcade/streetfighteralpha3/sheet/146068/

With the green background supposed to be the transparent color. Obviously, I need to cut the sprite-sheet up into individual pcx sprites to be imported into Fighters Factory. What is the procedure to process this sprite-sheet so that all of the resulting individual sprite pcx's share the same palette and what is the correct procedure to import them all into Fighters Factory?

3.) Say I have on my hands either
-a large pile of individual loose sprites with widely contrasting palettes that I want to meld into a single character (think Double from Skullgirls for example)
-a large pile of pre-cut-out sprites whom they all don't have an common indexed palette (either someone forgot to do so, or the sprites are not in the appropriate format like png or jpeg) but I want to make a character out of anyway, or
-a sprite sheet like the one used as an example in question 2, with additional sprites I want to use that is not on the sprite sheet (like someone generated extra moves for Sagat that is not in the original game) but, nonetheless, want to have a unified palette to use.

What is the procedure to process all of the sprites to properly prepare them for FIghter Factory and MUGEN useage, especially if they all need to have a unified palette?

I know this is a lot, but I will appreciate any help that is given to me.
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Re: Help with Sprites, Sprite-sheets, and Palettes wanted
#2  January 02, 2023, 04:18:57 am
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You can use this https://mugenguild.com/forum/topics/use-fighter-factory-3-make-palette-fast-177794.0.html
to get your foot in the door.

It seems that you'll be wanting to consolidate a bigger palette so your sprites can work together. It's going to be a longer process.
If you're looking to add M206's sprites into a Sagat you should make your Sagat's palette match his. Then you can import the sprites easier.

One thing about adding in multiple sources of sprites for a char is color-loss. Triple check your sprites when you import them.

But you can use Fighter Factory 3 to do everything.
IF you're noticing color-loss, import the sprite without using Force the Palette option. Save the char. Use Advance Palette Editor to move the colors you're losing over to the right palette. Use the slide bar to find your 0,0 or 0,1 or 1,0 or whatever your main palette is named. Then add the new colors over to the left and save the changes to that palette. Delete the sprite with crappy palette and import it using the Force the Palette option and use your main palette number.
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Re: Help with Sprites, Sprite-sheets, and Palettes wanted
#3  January 02, 2023, 01:26:05 pm
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Re: Help with Sprites, Sprite-sheets, and Palettes wanted
#4  January 06, 2023, 07:55:53 am
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Hey, just letting you know that the tutorial from ODB718 and the sprite unpacker is working miracles here! Thanks!
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