Rotom Pokedex Graphics for Essentials

[juliorain]

EDIT: Does work in v19.1

Hi all! I was surprised that no one took the liberty to make Rotom Pokedex UI graphics, so I've decided to make my own. I based it off stock images from Serebii. Credit would be amazing.

I have zipped a folder here containing:

Spoiler:

1.BG with the abstact blue stripe
2.Rotom Dex overlay with a transparent middle
3. Drowsy eyes overlay
4. Closed eyes overlay
5. Grin Overlay
6. Slight Forwn Overlay
7. Talking mouth
8. Smiling mouth overlay
9. Frowning mouth overlay
10. Shocked mouth overlay
11. Smile with no teeth
12. Frown with no teeth
13. Wide open mouth
14. Upset mouth
15. Blushing overlay
16. Upset mouth with the blushing overlay

I have an expansion of the original files, along with the updates to the previous ones: https://www.mediafire.com/file/1a83hc7nk6najwj/rotomdex_overlay_expansion.zip/file if you don't want to redownload what you already have!

All 16 images will need to be doubled before using in your game. You can auto crop the facial expression overlay, HOWEVER it is up to you to position them in a way that makes sense! lol!

Here is an example how to use them in your scene:

Spoiler:

For Blinking, make two backgrounds one as the default with the eyes open and another with pasting the eyes closed overlay over the open eyes and save a new background image, then in your start scene method add:

    @sprites["background"] = IconSprite.new(0,0,@viewport)
    @framecount = 0
    @frameskip = rand(3..7)
    @animframe = 0
    pbPlayCry(479,100,100) #plays rotom's cry upon the scene initialization once

and in the code for the draw scene:

    @sprites["background"].setBitmap("Graphics/Pictures/RotomDex/" + (@animframe==0 ? "dexbg": "dexbg_closed"))
    if @framecount>=@frameskip # Time interval to change
        @animframe=(@animframe==1) ? 0 : 1 # secondary variable
        @framecount=0 # reset
        @frameskip = (@animframe==1) ? 7 : rand(30..120) # fixed blinking time, but random time between blinks
      end

and if your screen doesn't animate already, be sure to add

      @framecount+=1

in your loop commands for your scene

I've left everything as a transparent overlay so you can mix and match to no end! It's all about manipulation over your @sprites command whether they be mapped to a normal or animated bitmap.

 

[juliorain]

Hey all, posted an update with more facial expression overlays. I've tidied up the main ones as well. Download links are in the first post <3

Let me know if I missed any expressions!

 

[WolfPP]

I really loved it! Did you create a script for this?

 

[juliorain]

I really loved it! Did you create a script for this?

not for these particular graphics. I have used a modified form of them to blink ingame using the closed eyes and the open eyes compressed into the background that vendily and I came up with:

Spoiler:

For Blinking, make two backgrounds one as the default with the eyes open and another with pasting the eyes closed overlay over the open eyes and save a new background image, then in your start scene method add:

    @sprites["background"] = IconSprite.new(0,0,@viewport)
    @framecount = 0
    @frameskip = rand(3..7)
    @animframe = 0
    pbPlayCry(479,100,100) #plays rotom's cry upon the scene initialization once

and in the code for the draw scene:

    @sprites["background"].setBitmap("Graphics/Pictures/RotomDex/" + (@animframe==0 ? "dexbg": "dexbg_closed"))
    if @framecount>=@frameskip # Time interval to change
        @animframe=(@animframe==1) ? 0 : 1 # secondary variable
        @framecount=0 # reset
        @frameskip = (@animframe==1) ? 7 : rand(30..120) # fixed blinking time, but random time between blinks
      end

and if your screen doesn't animate already, be sure to add

      @framecount+=1

in your loop commands for your scene

for the other expressions you can do a similar treatment given input commands/frame delays and animated bitmaps for their @sprites commands. I've left them as overlays for maximum creative tinkering, so if you want to create multiple backgrounds I gave you all the tools!

 

[juliorain]

Confirmed working in v19.1

 

[ardicoozer]

Confirmed working in v19.1

This is amazing...
But I have a question,
Where the section scripts need to insert your scripts for 19.1
Thank you^^

 

[juliorain]

This is amazing...
But I have a question,
Where the section scripts need to insert your scripts for 19.1
Thank you^^

this code is designed to be a base for you to tinker with and develop so it wouldnt make much sense to package it as a fully fledged plugin.

Inserting a new script above Main and below the compiler wont change anything fundamental to Essentials so it should 100% be safe to add. You have to do that for custom moves as well, so we're not completely out of the park from modding the base essentials engine.