Sprite Y Centering Options

[Andrelvis]

Normally in RMVX, although the center of the width of a sprite is drawn in the center of a tile, the height is done differently - it is drawn from the bottommost part of a tile up. For RTP graphics this doesn't make any difference, since the bottommost part of the RTP chars is actually what should appear in the bottommost part of a tile.

But for some non-RTP sprites, that is an issue. For instance, if you wanted to make the tip of your char's sword spill over to the tile below or on top of him, normally that wouldn't be possible. Or you could want a large character graphic (say, an Ogre) to spill over equally to both the tiles below and on top of him, instead of spilling his extra size all over just the tile on top.

This script fixes that (and it is compatible with the RTP graphics as well to boot):

CODE

#Sprite Y Centering Script
#by Anakin_Starkiller

class Sprite_Character < Sprite_Base

  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Update Transfer Origin Bitmap
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def update_bitmap
    if @tile_id != @character.tile_id or
       @character_name != @character.character_name or
       @character_index != @character.character_index
      @tile_id = @character.tile_id
      @character_name = @character.character_name
      @character_index = @character.character_index
      if @tile_id > 0
        sx = (@tile_id / 128 % 2 * 8 + @tile_id % 8) * 32;
        sy = @tile_id % 256 / 8 % 16 * 32;
        self.bitmap = tileset_bitmap(@tile_id)
        self.src_rect.set(sx, sy, 32, 32)
        self.ox = 16
        self.oy = 32
      else
        self.bitmap = Cache.character(@character_name)
        sign = @character_name[/^[\!\$]./]
        if sign != nil and sign.include?('$')
          @cw = bitmap.width / 3
          @ch = bitmap.height / 4
        else
          @cw = bitmap.width / 12
          @ch = bitmap.height / 8
        end
        self.ox = @cw / 2
        self.oy = @ch - ((@ch - 32) / 2) #for making character graphics appear correctly in the y center of the tile
      end
    end
  end
  
end

[Resource Dragon]

not that this isn't a good idea for a script, but it's possible to fix when your making the sprites.

You just have size the image correctly around the sprites. i've done this hundreds of times and they all line up correctly.
as long as its lined up correctly in the image, it's lined up correctly in the game.

i don't mean to sound rude or anything lol. but good job anyways on it.

[Andrelvis]

not that this isn't a good idea for a script, but it's possible to fix when your making the sprites.

You just have size the image correctly around the sprites. i've done this hundreds of times and they all line up correctly.
as long as its lined up correctly in the image, it's lined up correctly in the game.

i don't mean to sound rude or anything lol. but good job anyways on it.

Thanks for the compliments.

There are some things that can't be done by correctly lining up the sprites; if you have parts of the sprite that you want to show below the character's feet, into the next tile, it can't be done normally.