[Tutorial] Simple .ANI Tutorial

what version is your windows?

Elsman wrote:what version is your windows?

Windows 7. I think it's Home Premium if that matters.

I seem to be having the same issue.

try booting xp .. download xp in win7

Madara wrote:try booting xp .. download xp in win7

I've never done anything like this before... Is there a simpler way? Or can you guide me on how to do this?

no, winxp mode failed that part. [In mine].

I dont know cuz I never had this problem [windows 7 ultimate]

i used windows 7 home premium before, and now i am using windows 7 ultimate. both does not gives me an error. is your applocale downloaded properly? when you open the ani tool with applocale, there is no need to select any language. applocale automatically helps you detect the language.

MeteorStrife wrote:i used windows 7 home premium before, and now i am using windows 7 ultimate. both does not gives me an error. is your applocale downloaded properly? when you open the ani tool with applocale, there is no need to select any language. applocale automatically helps you detect the language.

Yeah, it gives me the option to choose, but it sets it on a Chinese looking one first, which I assume is the proper one. Though when I tell it to make a shortcut to always open the ani tool with AppLocale, it doesn't seem to do anything. When I go into AppLocale and open it, the text changes from gibberish to Chinese, but when I set the shortcut, it always comes up as gibberish. Though with either one, I still get the error.

open with the shortcut. find it using windows search

I got it to work. I had to rebatch an unbatched empty folder first.

Question... what if its like this? weaponattack2(0,1,400,0)... How do i edit it? KD-04_2 Script subattack1. it gives me an error whenever i try to add a few more numbers in the end of it to specify the width, speed, and texture to be use by that attack. I dont want to edit the animation... I just want to change the air ball to laser.

How do I stop the spin that vienna does in subattack2? And how do I create a new weaponpoint?

@Kiyo.H

delete extra data. read the section on additional tips

@Ephiphone the spin is cause by the .hod files. go to script.spt to create a new weaponpoint.

yo, mete... can u list out the normal shots and sword moves for 05 series? [05 - 05_3]

sorry too much work. you have got to stop relying on me. :( you could try identifying them on your own you know? haven't you noticed the pattern by now? it's better for you to catch your own fish rather for me to catch it for you. understand what i mean?

robo_shot represents standing on the spot facing front and shooting
robo_shot_l represents standing on the spot shooting leftwards
robo_shot_r represents standing on the spot shooting rightwards
the first 3 folders after the second subattack represents the shootings while flying.
the folders after Sword_Dash01~Sword_Dash02.hod are all sword movements. (usually the last few folders)

with that, i wish you luck :D.. good luck

Well, this might help... thanks btw :)

How do i edit the beam rifle "beam" and in what folder is it place on? and the bazooka in the KD-04_2 script?

How do i change the gauge that was being use by a skill? subattack1 and 2 uses the same gauge. it is when i swap skill from another script with the same KD no.

Sorry if im asking too much.

Kiyo.H wrote:How do i edit the beam rifle "beam" and in what folder is it place on? and the bazooka in the KD-04_2 script?

How do i change the gauge that was being use by a skill? subattack1 and 2 uses the same gauge. it is when i swap skill from another script with the same KD no.

Sorry if im asking too much.

The rifle beam is located in the folder that has "robo_shot.hod" in it. Usually this is in the late 40's or early 50's, but sometimes way earlier.

What do you mean by change the gauge?

Do you see the 4 other gauges on the further down-right side of the screen? it seems like a cooldown meter that determines the cooldown time of each attack besides the sword.

first - gun
second - subattack1
third - subattack2, and...
fourth - subattack3

how do i determine which meter/gauge an attack uses?

strife gots it in the first page...

this is the command you are looking for!


AttackDelay(...,...); [The first ... would be either 0, 2, 3 or 4. As you might have noticed by now, the bars on the bottom right would decrease accordingly. 0 would mean the bar would decrease on the FIRST one (Used usually for the normal "X" attack a.k.a range weapon), 2 would be the delay for Subattack 1, 3 for Subattack 2, 4 for Subattack 3. You can add in additional AttackDelay. Example, if you add in AttackDelay(3,...); and AttackDelay(4,...); in a single tail.dat, when that skill is used, both bars number 3 and 4 will both decrease accordingly. For the second set of ..., it is up to you. One bar consists of 1000 points. If you place this as 100, 1/10 of the bar will be gone, so do your own math and estimation.]

Got it! Thnxz...

So a nub question here: why does the game crash if you remove any of the "."?

Epiphone32 wrote:So a nub question here: why does the game crash if you remove any of the "."?

because the engine is picky and does not settle for per-mutations such as periods.

Ok, seems ani is still ok for me, but the script.ani consists of Chinese fonts that I cannot understand.

Well, I can still translate them, but some Chinese words are not displaying; i.e., abc???efg

>.<

I know it happened to me too.
Btw Is there an Updated ANI coder out there yet, because I want to edit a KD-04_4 ANI and the coder I have's giving me the bird.