How to Make/Use a Dragon Battler? (+related questions)

[Micro]

pretty self-explanatory here...

does anyone know how I could make a dragon battler to use? is it possible? I don't think I could make or find such a sprite anyway, but I wanted to know.

other questions:

-If not an actual animated battler, is there any way I can replace the character/battler with, say, a small image of a dragon or something?

-also, how would I flash an image of a dragon on the screen (on the player side) while using an ability? (only for one character, not all of them)

I never really did anything more than simple stuff with RM so I was hoping you guys could help me learn. <3

Thanks so much!

 

[eivl]

Everything you ask is possible. Maybe someone could make a demo of this?

 

[Micro]

Everything you ask is possible. Maybe someone could make a demo of this?

awesome! and yeah I would really appreciate something like that.

I love dragons and I really wanted to have a character who can shapeshift into one :D

 

[eivl]

someone needs to make the sprite. there are a few non human resources on rpgmakerweb, i found this

http://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?/topic/47255-hiddenones-mv-resource-warehouse/?p=471897
[doublepost=1447070079,1447069484][/doublepost]Let me write a bit more on your questions.

does anyone know how I could make a dragon battler to use?

I need to draw it, either with multiple parts and import it to the generator or for hand.

If not an actual animated battler, is there any way I can replace the character/battler with, say, a small image of a dragon or something

Yes, with a plugin you can do this, it can read a state (transform to dragon) and change the graphics on the fly.

also, how would I flash an image of a dragon on the screen (on the player side) while using an ability?

This already part of the game, just make it a draon flash animation in stead of a fire slash.

 

[Micro]

Oh awesome! thanks eivl ^_^

any idea if such a plugin already exists? maybe not since MV is so new hehe... but really thanks a bunch. I'll have to try out the dragon animation thingy, it seems that will be the most likely course of action right now! that helps a lot, I had no idea you could do that!

to my first question, would the dragon battler have to be the same sizes as the human ones or.. not sure if you have to have all the same frames or something. sorry, I worded that question badly lol.

what I want to know is, how would I replace a human battler with a dragon one? would I need a plugin for that? because I'm guessing I can't just dump any 'ol dragon sprite in there lol. doh, hope I worded that better..

thanks again for your help :) !!

 

[eivl]

any idea if such a plugin already exists

Don't know, but make the graphics first and I'll help you out with the plugin!

would the dragon battler have to be the same sizes as the human ones

I think you have to make it the same size.

what I want to know is, how would I replace a human battler with a dragon one?

if you want to use the same battler sprite the whole game, you can replace, if you want to transform into a dragon, you would need a plugin.

 

[Micro]

ok thanks a lot eivl :) I'll see if I can put together a sprite sometime...

hmm I think that's everything then. would basically need 2 plugins for my "dream" idea to be a reality xD

guess that's it for now! really appreciate your answers ^_^