[Request] A friggin' animation program!
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 10:31 pm
Okay - those who have looked at my mods have probably noticed that I love - really, really, really love - using Offset animations on my weapons. For good reason, of course; these look really awesome when they're smooth enough, and Offset (and to a similar extent, Textures composites) makes these animations take up much less space in the mod, which reduces download size and memory requirements.
Problem is, Offsets and Textures are extremely motherfucking tedious to make. Which is why I - and a whole lot of other people, I'm sure - want to see a program that aims to help with this process. Please, somebody, make this thing!
Features it most certainly needs:
Problem is, Offsets and Textures are extremely motherfucking tedious to make. Which is why I - and a whole lot of other people, I'm sure - want to see a program that aims to help with this process. Please, somebody, make this thing!
Features it most certainly needs:
- Let me create an animation by specifying which sprite is displayed, and dragging out the sprite to where it needs to be.
- Let me add durations to the frames.
- Onion-skin support so I can see the difference between the current frame and the previous one in the sequence.
- A preview option so I can see it in motion without having to go through the agonizing process of launching, giving the weapon, and triggering the animation in question.
- The ability to add sounds to the animation, ideally letting them playback in the preview.
- Let me output said animation as Decorate code <-- THIS IS VITAL.
- Motion-tweening. Specifically, let me specify a start point, an end point, and how many tics between them.
- Flash/Director-style "path" support for motion tweening. Let me draw out a curved line to have the sprite travel along when it's tweening.
- A "speed-curve" option for motion tweening; automating those moves where it speeds up and then slows down along its path.
- Support to assemble multiple layers and export the whole mess as a Textures lump.