Extra Slime Frames in AnimDefs

[Pixel Eater]

I've just made a smoother motion SLIME05 and started writing the TextureDefs and AnimDefs for it, only to realize that SLIME05 to SLIME37 will run over the slots for SLIME09 to SLIME12. Likewise when I do the same for SLIME01, that will break all others in the following order. Are there any ways around this that will still replace the original textures?

Taken from ZDoom Wiki:
flat SLIME01 range SLIME04 tics 8
flat SLIME05 range SLIME08 tics 8
flat SLIME09 range SLIME12 tics 8

Out of interest here's a side-by-side:

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SLIME05.gif (211.34 KiB) Viewed 514 times

[RiboNucleic Asshat]

The only frame names that matter are the first and last frames (SLIME05 & SLIME08, respectively). As long as the intermediary frames are sandwiched between them in your WAD/pk3, the animation can be any length. This method actually works in vanilla too and was used for Final DOOM.

Alternatively, if you don't trust things to work on their own you could opt for the more tedious method of manually specifying each frame in your ANIMDEFS, like so:

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flat SLIME05
    pic NSLIM01 tics 8 
    pic NSLIM02 tics 8
    pic NSLIM03 tics 8
    ...
    pic SLIME08 tics 8 

[Pixel Eater]

Ah- the second example looks like it will work for me, thanks!

I had already done Nukage the first way (which worked because it doesn't share it's name/series) but it might actually be neater if I redo it your way!