Unlike some other similar online versions of this program, this one does NOT include "trash" animations like run or jump with very few clothing options that will end up only cluttering your output.
Cozy UI with cozy music and sounds let's you test out animations.
I can freely change palettes, add more items, and change the layout of the spritesheet. I feel like I have freedom to do and change anything to my taste.
The ability to have all spritesheets in uniform sizing, regardless if you have big weapon on/off is a godsend. As is also the ability to output only certain item, without rest of the character.
The source files on OGA tend to be messy and unorganized, with different layouts. It's a hustle to navigate through them, but this app makes it so easy to get the items you want in format you want.
I have only one suggestion/request:
Since all individual spritesheets have the ability to have universally the same size per frame of animation, would it be possible to add the option to output one large sheet? Even better if I could alter the layout of said file.
Currently I use Aseprite to glue all those individual sheets into one large file, and, well, my lazy self is being lazy.
Turns out I could export it into one file all along, and the solution was extremely simple: just by changing the "type" from "universal" to "single". This is ridiculous, thank you so so much, This app is a must and should be standard for LPC character stuff.
I was also hoping to export to a single sheet with uniform sizes, but when I click the dropdown for "Save as Type", no options are shown (on Windows 10).
Inside a downloaded CharGen folder is a "data" folder with single chargen zipped file. Open it and there you will find "export" folder. There should be 3 .layout files inside. Edit the "type" (in the screenshot, I edited a default universal lpc layout from "universal" to "single") in the layout you are using (as per chargen.ini). You should change the value to "universal" for spritesheets you don't want to be generated. In chargen.ini file edit "export_individual_sheets" and "export_large_sheets" key to have value of "always". You can open and edit those files with Notepad. Hope this helps.
Edit: so I've just been playing around and it appears it will work with just "export_large_sheets" set to "always".
What I really am trying to do is make it so that every export is exported as a single spritesheet, with the animations in a consistent order, and the frames being a consistent size. This happens by default for everything, except when I add an oversized weapon, and it ends up exporting individual sheets.
What I will probably end up doing is turning that "export_large_sheets" option to "always", so that it always exports individual sheets, and then create a script to combine the individual sheets into a single sheet with a consistent frame size.
Please let me know if you are aware of some settings configuration that will allow for what I am attempting.
Yes, turn "export_large_sheets" to "always" - this is responsible for outputting ONLY spritesheets with "type": "single". These are those oversized spritesheets with frame size 192x192 that will export individually when you have weapon on, one sheet for slash, walk, etc....
Open lpc.layout file and in the very first spritesheet with "name": "universal" change the value of "type" from "universal" to "single", just as is shown in my previous screenshot (highlighted part in the notepad on the right). This will export that default big spritesheet, but in oversized format,
Turn all the other animations to "type": "universal". Now your export should be only one big spritesheet with oversized frames, regardless if you have equipped oversized weapon or none at all, or if you export the full equipped character or only a piece of armor, or only a weapon with hidden body.
However, that default spritesheet does not have "smash", "whip" and "fish" animations. You will have to add them to the "frames" yourself if you want them in that same single sheet. This is where you can change the layout of your spritesheet, if you want to make your own. Just be careful about commas and typos, or the app will crash. Doesn't hurt to backup the whole data folder.
It can work with external resources, but textures would have to use the colors used in the packed textures, and you would need to create data files for the new items (it's not a straightforward process). Check v0.7 readme for more info.
If you only need the female orc pirate, i just made the eyepatch work with that head, so, in next version all assets needed will be present.
I went looking for LPC mermaids and didn't find any (doing it myself is beyond my pixel art skills).
As for exporting in a layout compatible with Bakin, maybe that's possible. I checked the bakin documentation, but did not find a reference spritesheet to use. It looked to me that each user is free to define their own layout. If that's the case you can try to define your export layout as explained in the v0.7 readme
This is amazing! I used to use a web-based creator when I needed an LPC sprite, but it's gone squirrely lately (not including characters' hair, etc. so my dark angel avenger girl ended up bald. lol).
This is so straightforward and easy to use 💖
Edit: Because it's been *changes sign* 0 Minutes since my last typo
The tool is great, but the bug with this export function still exists. Can the author go ahead and fix it? File cannot be found after export. It's important to my work
——A descendant of dragons from the other side of the continent, Asia
I've taken a look at this bug and I'm not able to reproduce it.
I've tested in linux, win7 and win10 (I don't have access to win11)
I know it exists but I haven't been able to fix it yet because of that.
In the meantime, when you export to character, can you try to write the filename + extension, instead of just filename (ie, 'char1.png', instead of 'char1'), as MadMedicSoft as sugested ?
1. Add buttons to select animation (or hints in the form of text)
2. When exporting, the image is not saved unless you add an extension, for example - 'Image' - does not work, 'image.png' - works
3. Also, when exporting, sometimes one file is created with all animations of the type 'skeleton_universal.png', and sometimes several separate ones of the type 'skeleton_cast.png', 'skeleton_hurt.png', 'skeleton_idle.png'. I can't catch the dependence
4. Running animation (on available resources) would be an excellent addition
I've been working on a toolbar for my game UI. I guess that testing it in the generator is not a bad idea. I'll probably do it in next version.
That bug has been pointed out. It will definitely be fixed in next version.
The exporter creates one file for each animation when the character is wielding a "large" weapon. I tried to explain the reasoning behind this decision in version 0.4 devlog.
There are more animations created for LPC characters (running, climbing, jumping and sitting). Unfortunetly there are very few clothes adapted for this animations. That's why I haven't included them in the generator.
I'm not plannig on adding more animations to the app.
As I said before, there are running, climbing, jumping and sitting animations already made, but they have considerably very few clothes for those animations, and that made me take that decision.
Sure, running animations would be cooler, but to me, more clothing options was way more important.
It is possible to create new races or modify the existing ones.
If you open the chargen.pak file (it is a zip file) you can see how everything is defined in json files, and all the used textures.
Also, if you create a "data" folder in the app folder, and unzip the contents of the pak file to this folder, the app uses the lose files instead of the single archive.
This way anyone can try to add/modify things in the app.
I never wrote a guide detailing the process of creating a new race, but, for now, by checking the existing ones, and some patience, you can modify almost everything in the characters.
I haven't published the code to github yet. In the past the code was a bit messy and I wanted to clean it first. After I did clean it, I started building on it, trying to build a working game prototype. I think it now needs to be simplified a lot. Otherwise it would be a game engine (a simple game engine) and a demo application.
this is an awesome lil tool you've made here! i was jus curious tho as to how you change the direction the sprite is facing? also does it have other animations like dying hurt etc.?
Does the arrow keys or WSAD doesn't work for you? Or am I misunderstanding you ?
The animations implemented are walk, slash, thrust, shoot, cast, die. (you can test the animations with the keys 1-5, and backspace (use 5 to came back to life). You can check the keys in the initial app page in itch.io, or by pressing F1 in the app.
If you are asking if it is possible to integrate some kind of AI image generation in this app, I don't even know where to start. It was never in the goals of the app.
If you are asking if you can use the images obtained with this app as a base to create new images with a AI algorithm, I truly don't know.... I got all these assets from opengameart.org, and they are very mindfull regarding how their assets are credited.
Best check the rules in opengameart.org, and when in doubt credit everyone.
Regarding the running animations. short answer is: sadly no.
There is a project by Death's Darling, called LPC Revised that has running, climbing and sitting animations. Unfortunately, even thought there's plenty clothing options in LPC Revised, there's not as many as I gathered here. Most important, the clothing is not 100% compatible with my version of LPC, and I'm not planning to mass convert so many assets as I have done already.
Regarding the export problem, I'm at a loss here. If you run the app from a command prompt, does the program writes any error messages ?
hello, wow, you program is awesome, thank you! I want to maybe use the bits randomly is there a table of compatibility? so, like having a different head on a human? anyway, i really am looking for an owl to use in my game, but can't find one, any chance of that being included? also, i saw something super similarthat was going to be an addon in godot....
Every race defined in the generator doesn't use all possible combinations of body and heads because I thought that it looked weird (for example, a skinny minotaur). However, by editing the race files (*.race) that can be done (Hope I understood your question).
Regarding the owl head, I haven't found any yet. If I do, I'll gladly add new race for it.
Also, the Godot Addon sure is a sweet piece of work. Playing With Godot might took some inspiration from this app, but it stands on it's own now and you can only praise his work.
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Absolutely phenomenal app!
Unlike some other similar online versions of this program, this one does NOT include "trash" animations like run or jump with very few clothing options that will end up only cluttering your output.
Cozy UI with cozy music and sounds let's you test out animations.
I can freely change palettes, add more items, and change the layout of the spritesheet. I feel like I have freedom to do and change anything to my taste.
The ability to have all spritesheets in uniform sizing, regardless if you have big weapon on/off is a godsend. As is also the ability to output only certain item, without rest of the character.
The source files on OGA tend to be messy and unorganized, with different layouts. It's a hustle to navigate through them, but this app makes it so easy to get the items you want in format you want.
I have only one suggestion/request:Since all individual spritesheets have the ability to have universally the same size per frame of animation, would it be possible to add the option to output one large sheet? Even better if I could alter the layout of said file.Currently I use Aseprite to glue all those individual sheets into one large file, and, well, my lazy self is being lazy.10/10
Turns out I could export it into one file all along, and the solution was extremely simple: just by changing the "type" from "universal" to "single". This is ridiculous, thank you so so much,
This app is a must and should be standard for LPC character stuff.
I was also hoping to export to a single sheet with uniform sizes, but when I click the dropdown for "Save as Type", no options are shown (on Windows 10).
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Inside a downloaded CharGen folder is a "data" folder with single chargen zipped file. Open it and there you will find "export" folder. There should be 3 .layout files inside. Edit the "type" (in the screenshot, I edited a default universal lpc layout from "universal" to "single") in the layout you are using (as per chargen.ini). You should change the value to "universal" for spritesheets you don't want to be generated. In chargen.ini file edit
"export_individual_sheets" and"export_large_sheets" key to have value of "always". You can open and edit those files with Notepad.Hope this helps.
Edit: so I've just been playing around and it appears it will work with just "export_large_sheets" set to "always".
Thanks for the details, they've been helpful.
What I really am trying to do is make it so that every export is exported as a single spritesheet, with the animations in a consistent order, and the frames being a consistent size. This happens by default for everything, except when I add an oversized weapon, and it ends up exporting individual sheets.
What I will probably end up doing is turning that "export_large_sheets" option to "always", so that it always exports individual sheets, and then create a script to combine the individual sheets into a single sheet with a consistent frame size.
Please let me know if you are aware of some settings configuration that will allow for what I am attempting.
Yes, turn "export_large_sheets" to "always" - this is responsible for outputting ONLY spritesheets with "type": "single". These are those oversized spritesheets with frame size 192x192 that will export individually when you have weapon on, one sheet for slash, walk, etc....
Open lpc.layout file and in the very first spritesheet with "name": "universal" change the value of "type" from "universal" to "single", just as is shown in my previous screenshot (highlighted part in the notepad on the right). This will export that default big spritesheet, but in oversized format,
Turn all the other animations to "type": "universal".
Now your export should be only one big spritesheet with oversized frames, regardless if you have equipped oversized weapon or none at all, or if you export the full equipped character or only a piece of armor, or only a weapon with hidden body.
However, that default spritesheet does not have "smash", "whip" and "fish" animations. You will have to add them to the "frames" yourself if you want them in that same single sheet. This is where you can change the layout of your spritesheet, if you want to make your own. Just be careful about commas and typos, or the app will crash. Doesn't hurt to backup the whole data folder.
Hi! I'm a total noob.. can this program use external souces like this https://opengameart.org/content/lpc-female-orcogregoblintroll-base-walkcycle for example or is it working with only that's inside it?
It can work with external resources, but textures would have to use the colors used in the packed textures, and you would need to create data files for the new items (it's not a straightforward process). Check v0.7 readme for more info.
If you only need the female orc pirate, i just made the eyepatch work with that head, so, in next version all assets needed will be present.
Wonderful. It would also be nice if it were possible to create mermaids, and also export in a layout compatible with RPG Developer Bakin.
I went looking for LPC mermaids and didn't find any (doing it myself is beyond my pixel art skills).
As for exporting in a layout compatible with Bakin, maybe that's possible. I checked the bakin documentation, but did not find a reference spritesheet to use. It looked to me that each user is free to define their own layout. If that's the case you can try to define your export layout as explained in the v0.7 readme
Hope that helps
This is amazing! I used to use a web-based creator when I needed an LPC sprite, but it's gone squirrely lately (not including characters' hair, etc. so my dark angel avenger girl ended up bald. lol).
This is so straightforward and easy to use 💖
Edit: Because it's been *changes sign* 0 Minutes since my last typo
Thanks a lot for the kind words
The tool is great, but the bug with this export function still exists. Can the author go ahead and fix it? File cannot be found after export. It's important to my work
——A descendant of dragons from the other side of the continent, Asia
Sorry for the very late reply.
I've taken a look at this bug and I'm not able to reproduce it.
I've tested in linux, win7 and win10 (I don't have access to win11)
I know it exists but I haven't been able to fix it yet because of that.
In the meantime, when you export to character, can you try to write the filename + extension, instead of just filename (ie, 'char1.png', instead of 'char1'), as MadMedicSoft as sugested ?
Hello ! Excellent and great work and great work!
however, there are several suggestions:
1. Add buttons to select animation (or hints in the form of text)
2. When exporting, the image is not saved unless you add an extension, for example - 'Image' - does not work, 'image.png' - works
3. Also, when exporting, sometimes one file is created with all animations of the type 'skeleton_universal.png', and sometimes several separate ones of the type 'skeleton_cast.png', 'skeleton_hurt.png', 'skeleton_idle.png'. I can't catch the dependence
4. Running animation (on available resources) would be an excellent addition
Hello. Thanks for trying out the app.
Regarding your suggestions:
Thank you for taking the time to help me.
Take care.
sirve para rpg maker xp?
May I ask you if you add running poses?
I'm not plannig on adding more animations to the app.
As I said before, there are running, climbing, jumping and sitting animations already made, but they have considerably very few clothes for those animations, and that made me take that decision.
Sure, running animations would be cooler, but to me, more clothing options was way more important.
hello and thanks for this tool, but it seems that i cant export any characters to me pc. help please
Hello,
there are already a couple posts with the same problem.
Unfortunately, I don't know the reason for the issue (I also don't have many info on the issue).
What's your OS?
Does a "Save file" dialog appears when you click the export button?
If so, can you save/load characters ?
Do you have anything on the log file (in windows it's in %AppData%) ?
win 11 64
i cant save or export
Sorry for the delay in the response.
What happens when you write something in the "File name:" text box and press the "Save" button?
(There's no need to fill the "Save as type:" text box).
its working now but it only save in docs i guess .thanks for the response.
hi,
its possible custom body, to create another character, or exist project in github, to contribute or custom code.
regards.
thanks
Hi, thanks for the interest.
It is possible to create new races or modify the existing ones.
If you open the chargen.pak file (it is a zip file) you can see how everything is defined in json files, and all the used textures.
Also, if you create a "data" folder in the app folder, and unzip the contents of the pak file to this folder, the app uses the lose files instead of the single archive.
This way anyone can try to add/modify things in the app.
I never wrote a guide detailing the process of creating a new race, but, for now, by checking the existing ones, and some patience, you can modify almost everything in the characters.
I haven't published the code to github yet. In the past the code was a bit messy and I wanted to clean it first. After I did clean it, I started building on it, trying to build a working game prototype. I think it now needs to be simplified a lot. Otherwise it would be a game engine (a simple game engine) and a demo application.
Time will tell.
thanks, for your response and time :)
This tool is awesome. It has saved me so much time. Thank you.
One thing I have noticed, when using the die animation the goblins head disapears.
I'm looking forward to any future updates.
Thank you for using the app, and even more for liking it.
The original goblin head I used had no die animation. I just rechecked and it is now done. I'll include it in next update.
Thanks
also meant to ask if this can be exported to RPG maker MZ? thnx!
Since v0.7 you can define the layout of the exported spritesheets.
It requires some configuration but it is working.
The base for that feature was RPGMaker (although I don't know if it was RPGMaker MZ), so maybe you're already covered.
Please see the v0.7 notes carefully, and check if this is what you need.
this is an awesome lil tool you've made here! i was jus curious tho as to how you change the direction the sprite is facing? also does it have other animations like dying hurt etc.?
Sorry for tooking so long to reply.
Glad you liked the app so far.
Does the arrow keys or WSAD doesn't work for you? Or am I misunderstanding you ?
The animations implemented are walk, slash, thrust, shoot, cast, die. (you can test the animations with the keys 1-5, and backspace (use 5 to came back to life). You can check the keys in the initial app page in itch.io, or by pressing F1 in the app.
Can it use to generate more assets in Stable Diffusion or ComfyUI? Just like Krita, it is even more well-known after supporting AI painting
If you are asking if it is possible to integrate some kind of AI image generation in this app, I don't even know where to start. It was never in the goals of the app.
If you are asking if you can use the images obtained with this app as a base to create new images with a AI algorithm, I truly don't know.... I got all these assets from opengameart.org, and they are very mindfull regarding how their assets are credited.
Best check the rules in opengameart.org, and when in doubt credit everyone.
Hope I answered you question.
is it possible to add custom face by loading an image from disk?
I guess it is possible, but it would be a convoluted proccess.
First you would need to create the image, with the some colors already used on the body images (that's where current heads take their color from).
Then you would need to create a new race to use that head.
It doesn'd seem difficult, and is certainly doable, but there's so much details that anyone would get many, many errors until it would be done.
Depending on avaliable time, I'll try to think on something for future versions.
Olá, primeiramente parabéns pelo projeto, ele é incrível.
Gostaria de saber se vocês implementarão animações para o personagem correndo?
E estou tendo um problema para exportar os sprites...
Quando clico para exportar, simplesmente não salva nada, nenhum tipo de arquivo é gerado.
Thank you very much. Appreciated.
Regarding the running animations. short answer is: sadly no.
There is a project by Death's Darling, called LPC Revised that has running, climbing and sitting animations. Unfortunately, even thought there's plenty clothing options in LPC Revised, there's not as many as I gathered here. Most important, the clothing is not 100% compatible with my version of LPC, and I'm not planning to mass convert so many assets as I have done already.
Regarding the export problem, I'm at a loss here. If you run the app from a command prompt, does the program writes any error messages ?
Hello,
I'm trying to run the program on windows 11, but I can't open the application. The error message says it's missing some .dll files
Hmmm, I staticaly link all the libraries (except the one included in the zip) to avoid these kind of problems....
Maybe you don't have the C++ runtime I used to build the app.
I builded it with Visual Studio 2015. Do you have this runtime version installed ?
https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/details.aspx?id=48145
hello, wow, you program is awesome, thank you! I want to maybe use the bits randomly is there a table of compatibility? so, like having a different head on a human? anyway, i really am looking for an owl to use in my game, but can't find one, any chance of that being included? also, i saw something super similarthat was going to be an addon in godot....
Hello, glad you liked the app.
Every race defined in the generator doesn't use all possible combinations of body and heads because I thought that it looked weird (for example, a skinny minotaur). However, by editing the race files (*.race) that can be done (Hope I understood your question).
Regarding the owl head, I haven't found any yet. If I do, I'll gladly add new race for it.
Also, the Godot Addon sure is a sweet piece of work. Playing With Godot might took some inspiration from this app, but it stands on it's own now and you can only praise his work.
Thank you for your work! Can I contribute to the development of the project?