RPG Maker MZ - Diagonal Sprite Generator (DLC)

This add-on is for people making their own RPG in RPG Maker MZ who are tired of hand-drawing every character in eight directions. It takes your standard four-direction walk sheets and generates the diagonal frames itself, so the project looks livelier without extra work from an artist. The tool is practical at heart: drop in your PNGs, hit test, and within a minute the ready-made sprites are sitting in the folder. Why grab it: - Your first evening can go to experimenting: run a few characters through and see how diagonal movement looks in your scenes. - It works with both MV and MZ, so an older project can get the upgrade too. - The algorithm is tuned for humanoid characters, but animals and bulkier figures still come out reasonably convincing. - Full eight-direction movement still needs a separate control plugin such as PD_8DirDash.js, because this DLC only prepares the images. You can buy RPG Maker MZ - Diagonal Sprite Generator (DLC) on Steam here: after payment you send your Friend Invite link, we add you as a friend and gift the game to your account. The base RPG Maker MZ must be on the account, otherwise the add-on won't run. [Product Overview and Usage] This plugin is compatible with both RPG Maker MV and RPG Maker MZ. To perform batch processing for the “character” folder, please ensure that you do not include any files other than PNG images when using it. When you activate this plugin and initiate a test play, it will read the “character” folder and generate diagonal difference PNGs using a unique algorithm in the "TN_8DirectionGenerator" folder within your project. Once you have collected the necessary images, feel free to delete the folder. Please note that this plugin serves as a tool for batch image processing and does not provide functionality to control the generated diagonal images within the game. Therefore, when using it, make sure to separately install eight-direction movement plugins like PD_8DirDash.js. [Mechanism and Specializations of 8-Directional Conversion] This algorithm uses a portion of the image to perform scaling, generating diagonal images in a pseudo-3D fashion. It is optimized for RPG Maker's standard 4-direction human-like walking graphics, making it possible to anticipate reasonably diagonal-looking results even for animals and large characters. However, it may have some difficulty with boxy characters or characters with overly wide image widths. (This algorithm is also adopted in the game "Absented Age -Mystic Chapter-"). [Collaborative Plugins] ・TN_SpriteExtenderEx.js (Sprite Height Modifier EX) 　This plugin allows you to specify the scaling ratio and automatically generate a batch of walking graphics with a different head height. 　It is included in “TN_SpriteExtender.js (Sprite Height Modifier)” released in 2019 after ver. 2.0 update (2023).　 This plugin can be used in conjunction with this plugin (Diagonal Sprite Generator). 　When used in conjunction with this plugin, it is possible to generate "8-directional images with modified proportions." ・PD_8DirDash.js (by Shioinu) *Included with the product This plugin enables diagonal movement for 8-directional images. While it's a plugin for RPG Maker MV, it has been confirmed to work in MZ as well. The default parameters and output layout of this plugin are designed to work with PD_8DirDash.js. (Of course, it can be used with other 8-directional movement plugins as well.) ------ ・This pack is for use in Maker Series ONLY. ・OK to be used in Commercial projects made in RPG Maker. ・You may modify some of the assets (but not redistribute them) for your own game use only.