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oliviert
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posted 15 April 2002 08:40     Click Here to See the Profile for oliviert   Click Here to Email oliviert        Reply w/Quote   
I have tryed to used the plugins "red dragon" from phrozeenkeep, but I do not manage to make it running.
I suspect I hve to make a modification to animdata but I do am not sure.
Is somebody managed to do it ?

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Baz
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posted 15 April 2002 12:16     Click Here to See the Profile for Baz   Click Here to Email Baz        Reply w/Quote   
You'll have to change AnimData.d2, and play a bit with some .cof files. What you have to change depends on the monster you wanna change into the red dragon.

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Har'lea'quinn
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posted 17 April 2002 05:03     Click Here to See the Profile for Har'lea'quinn   Click Here to Email Har'lea'quinn        Reply w/Quote   Visit Har'lea'quinn's Homepage!
Regarding oliviert's question...

Has anyone managed to do it?

I'm curious if anyone has done it, and if so, would they like to share it?

(insert)At that, any luck w/ the silver dragon as well?

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Apocalypse Demon
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posted 17 April 2002 05:52     Click Here to See the Profile for Apocalypse Demon   Click Here to Email Apocalypse Demon        Reply w/Quote   
"I'm curious if anyone has done it, and if so, would they like to share it?"

Yes, I"ve done it(but it's not in my mod)...and yes, you need to modify animdata, it depends what monster you are replacing though.

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Baz
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posted 17 April 2002 07:22     Click Here to See the Profile for Baz   Click Here to Email Baz        Reply w/Quote   
and about offsets... if you replace it with (for example) Diablo, but then you wanna replace the dragon with Baal, should you get new offsets, or are the offsets still OK?

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oliviert
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posted 17 April 2002 09:20     Click Here to See the Profile for oliviert   Click Here to Email oliviert        Reply w/Quote   
Which value did you put in animdata?

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Alkalund
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posted 17 April 2002 21:26     Click Here to See the Profile for Alkalund   Click Here to Email Alkalund        Reply w/Quote   
quote:
Originally posted by Baz:
and about offsets... if you replace it with (for example) Diablo, but then you wanna replace the dragon with Baal, should you get new offsets, or are the offsets still OK?


You will most likely have to edit the red dragon animation's offsets

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Apocalypse Demon
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posted 17 April 2002 22:08     Click Here to See the Profile for Apocalypse Demon   Click Here to Email Apocalypse Demon        Reply w/Quote   
"Which value did you put in animdata?"

You have to do it for each animation(walking, neutral, attacking, etc). So, let's say you are changing the frames for the walking animation. You find the location of the walking animation for the monster token in animdata.d2. Then, you take the amount of frames your new walking animation is, divide it by the number of directions(in this case, 8), then convert it to a hexadecimal value, then replace the byte value that is currently in there for the token animation. You do that for all animations of the monster and you're done the frames. Then there's the offsets...

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darkwhispers
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posted 18 April 2002 01:42     Click Here to See the Profile for darkwhispers   Click Here to Email darkwhispers        Reply w/Quote   
well that brings up another question. I replaced the zombie with the red dragon and finaly finished most of the offsets. just needs a little tweaking.I need to modify the animadata file in with hex. can some one give me an example to look up say ZMTRLITA1HTH and ZMLGLITA1HTH ECT. I need to know what the line should look like as well as what im supposed to change.its taken me a week to get the red dragons offsets right and to create all the blank
1x1 frames to replace the head and arms ect.
but no worries i will share it when its done and done correctly

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Har'lea'quinn
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posted 18 April 2002 04:55     Click Here to See the Profile for Har'lea'quinn   Click Here to Email Har'lea'quinn        Reply w/Quote   Visit Har'lea'quinn's Homepage!
darkwhispers,

I especially liked the last line of your post

Not only an answer to 1 of the questions I asked...

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Chineseman
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posted 18 April 2002 21:27     Click Here to See the Profile for Chineseman   Click Here to Email Chineseman        Reply w/Quote   
How do you do the animation offsets, Apoc? I guess you also need that kind of tweaking with the magmademons plugin...

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Apocalypse Demon
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posted 18 April 2002 21:56     Click Here to See the Profile for Apocalypse Demon   Click Here to Email Apocalypse Demon        Reply w/Quote   
The best way to do the offsets is with a pally. Get conviction for him, then find the monster that you are replacing in the game. He should have bad offsets, flash your conviction aura and it will show up under the monster's feet but where he is supposed to be. Thus, you try to get the monster under the aura overlay. So, let's say the monster is slightly over the aura overlay. That means, you increase y(increasing y moves the animation downwards).

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Chineseman
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posted 18 April 2002 22:57     Click Here to See the Profile for Chineseman   Click Here to Email Chineseman        Reply w/Quote   
I get it. But change the y where? In its anim frames? or in monstats?

Follow-up: how do I convert my own monster anims to .dcc? Is there a tool somewhere?

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darkwhispers
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posted 18 April 2002 23:40     Click Here to See the Profile for darkwhispers   Click Here to Email darkwhispers        Reply w/Quote   
I use cv5 to change the X and Y offsets.
but be prepared for it takes along time to do so. what i do is start with the neutral .dcc and i usually put -20 20
and -30 30 in the X and Y collums in cv5. make sure you choose 8 directions or it wont work. after you get all the collums changed, put the .dcc files in your patch and place it in the diablo2 dir. then start the game. go to your new monster and check the graphics to see how they look. I have done this well over 500 times with the dragon and it has taken more than a week to do it.it slow but it works.just keep changing X and Y till the monster lines up perfect with the other. and you do have to change the animadat file as well. which by the way i could use some help on.I am currently working on new tutorials that show step by step how to mod.

Chineseman: download cv5 and use it to change the X and Y offsets. you open up cv5 and 2 windows open. the one on the right is where youll find the .dcc files you want to change. the one on the left is where you save it. highlight your .dcc file in the right hand box( youll have to look for it) and then in the left window youll notice a save button in the LOWER right corner, click it and it opens a window. now in the lower row at the bottom of that window, make sure it says save as .dcc and right above that type in your .dcc file name, then click save, another window will open and thats where you type in your X and Y offsets. make your changes as follows :
-Y means the graphis move up example -20
+y means it moves down example 20
-X means it moves left example -30
+X means it moves right example 30
I usually start with this: in the X row i put different numbers all the way down like -20 -20 -30 -30 -40 -40 and do the same in Y like this 20 20 30 30 40 40 or you can put all 0's in the collum and then check in the game how it looks. just remember to copy the saved .dccs to your patch and then put in the diablo2 dir. and start game. I hope this helps.


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Apocalypse Demon
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posted 19 April 2002 00:10     Click Here to See the Profile for Apocalypse Demon   Click Here to Email Apocalypse Demon        Reply w/Quote   
Actually darkwhispers, +X moves the animation to the right, -X to the left, not the other way around...

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darkwhispers
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posted 19 April 2002 00:18     Click Here to See the Profile for darkwhispers   Click Here to Email darkwhispers        Reply w/Quote   
youre right Apoc. thnx ive edited it to be correct now. Apoc did you get my email?

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Apocalypse Demon
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posted 19 April 2002 00:28     Click Here to See the Profile for Apocalypse Demon   Click Here to Email Apocalypse Demon        Reply w/Quote   
Yes, I got your e-mail, but hadn't had a chance to reply to it(too busy with school ). Sorry...

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darkwhispers
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posted 19 April 2002 00:39     Click Here to See the Profile for darkwhispers   Click Here to Email darkwhispers        Reply w/Quote   
Apoc just so you know.. I cant wait till your mod comes out. you do excellent work!is there a time frame yet? i looked for your post but didnt see it. ill check again though

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Apocalypse Demon
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posted 19 April 2002 00:45     Click Here to See the Profile for Apocalypse Demon   Click Here to Email Apocalypse Demon        Reply w/Quote   
Heh, can you comment on some of the implementations. Unfortunately, if it wasn't for school, I would be done the mod a long time ago.

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Chineseman
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posted 24 April 2002 02:57     Click Here to See the Profile for Chineseman   Click Here to Email Chineseman        Reply w/Quote   
darkwhispers, my CV5 doesn't have the Save As .dcc thingy, only save as .gif and save as all files. I think I have an old version or something...

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Paul Siramy
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posted 24 April 2002 03:22     Click Here to See the Profile for Paul Siramy   Click Here to Email Paul Siramy        Reply w/Quote   Visit Paul Siramy's Homepage!
You just have to download the cvdcc.dll from the original source : http://user.cs.tu-berlin.de/%7Emickyk/cv.html

Get the version 2.1 (11/15/01), and you'll be able to save as dcc.

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