Class Sprite for Male and Female

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Class Sprite for Male and Female - JokeofWeek - 23-09-2008

Alright, so what this tutorial will basically do is let you choose a sprite for the male version of a class and the female version of a class! Smile

This is all server side too Big Grin

Go look for the following lines, in modTypes :

Code:
Type ClassRec

    Name As String * NAME_LENGTH

    Sprite As Integer

    Stat(1 To Stats.Stat_Count - 1) As Byte

End Type

and replace the Sprite as Integer with :

Code:
MSprite as Integer

FSprite as Integer

Now, in sub LoadClasses (modDatabase), look for the line :

Code:
Class(i).Sprite = Val(GetVar(FileName, "CLASS" & i, "Sprite"))

and replace it with :

Code:
Class(i).MSprite = Val(GetVar(FileName, "CLASS" & i, "MSprite"))

Class(i).FSprite = Val(GetVar(FileName, "CLASS" & i, "FSprite"))

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In sub SaveClasses (modDatabase), look for :

Code:
Call PutVar(FileName, "CLASS" & i, "Sprite", CStr(Class(i).Sprite))

and replace it with :

Code:
Call PutVar(FileName, "CLASS" & i, "MSprite", CStr(Class(i).MSprite))

Call PutVar(FileName, "CLASS" & i, "FSprite", CStr(Class(i).FSprite))

So far so good Smile

It's all pretty self explanatory, you're just changing the single sprite variable to two variables, one that holds the female sprite and one that holds the male sprite, and you're properly loading/saving it Smile

Make sure you change (in your classes.ini) :

Quote:Sprite=###

to :

Quote:MSprite=Male Sprite ###
FSprite=Female Sprite ###

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Now, we have to make sure the code in the part where the player is actually assigned the proper sprite. This is done in sub AddChar. Now, MS already has a system like this, but the problem with it is it assigns the player the same sprite, whether the player chooses Male or Female. This is represented by these lines :

Code:
If Player(Index).Char(CharNum).Sex = SEX_MALE Then

            Player(Index).Char(CharNum).Sprite = Class(ClassNum).Sprite

        Else

            Player(Index).Char(CharNum).Sprite = Class(ClassNum).Sprite

        End If

Just replace those lines with :

Code:
If Player(Index).Char(CharNum).Sex = SEX_MALE Then

            Player(Index).Char(CharNum).Sprite = Class(ClassNum).MSprite

        Else

            Player(Index).Char(CharNum).Sprite = Class(ClassNum).FSprite

        End If

And there you go! You now have a female and male sprite for each class! Smile

Re: Class Sprite for Male and Female - timster0 - 23-01-2009

How would I make it so when you create a new char you select which sprite you want to be?

Re: Class Sprite for Male and Female - Forte - 26-01-2009

timster0 Wrote:How would I make it so when you create a new char you select which sprite you want to be?

There's a tutorial for that. Search for it

Re: Class Sprite for Male and Female - Coke - 26-01-2009

timster0 Wrote:How would I make it so when you create a new char you select which sprite you want to be?

The very last part of the tutorial tells you exactly how to do this.

Read please.

Re: Class Sprite for Male and Female - Forte - 26-01-2009

Fox, I may be wrong but I thought me meant it as the way MRPGE did it, with 2 arrows so you can select from a list of sprites to choose from

Re: Class Sprite for Male and Female - Coke - 26-01-2009

Oh, thats easy then. You code it.