Preparation

Both characters and items can use animated sprites.

To convert your still image into an animated sprite, you'll need to provide a horizontal sprite sheet and an .ini file.

The filename of the .ini file, the filename of the horizontal sprite sheet, and the id column in the mod-loading Excel sheet must all match.

INI

frame = 6
time = 0.066

This defines an animation with 6 frames at a 66 ms interval.

Example

Keeper of Garden Pole Dance (opens in a new tab)https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3711895231Lost Case Monster Girl Takeover (opens in a new tab)https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3609895215

Variation

You can use variations with animated sprites for automatic switching.

Switching at Runtime

To give one character a different sprite, animated or not, set a sprite override with the id of another texture in your Texture folder:

chara.SetSpriteOverride("my_chara_alt");   // my_chara_alt.png, optional .ini and .pref
chara.SetSpriteOverride();                 // back to the normal sprite

In drama sheets, use set_sprite.

• my_chara_alt_snow.png works as its snow variation. Without a .pref, the override uses the character's.
• The override is saved with the character and takes priority over a custom skin.
• It only works on characters using standalone textures (@chara in _idRenderData). Tile-sheet and PCC characters, including vanilla NPCs, keep their map sprite.