[Open Assets] Kartmaker - Sprites to WAD in record time 2019-01-29

[MatchaWolf]

I can't get started, whenever I try to open kartmaker, nothing happens. I tried making a shortcut and clicking that, nothing, I tried right clicking it in my files and selecting open, still nothing.

 

[darkpurplesonic]

This is a simple utility that automatically creates a character WAD for SRB2Kart from a working folder. It handles separating a sprite sheet into multiple sprites, applying the appropriate wheel shine for each frame, rendering the vibration effect, converting graphics to the SRB2 palette, and placing the sprites into a WAD with appropriate names. It also handles generating an S_SKIN and importing voice files for the character.

This program can be used either by dragging the working folder onto kartmaker.exe, or running it in the command line with the folder path as an argument. Two example folders, one with a transparent background and one with colors defined as transparent, are included. Copy one of the example folders and edit the files within it for your character. (If you're pasting in sprites from another working sheet, make the shines on the wheels transparent so that the proper shine effect for each frame can be applied!)

If you need a different sheet layout, you can edit the layout information in properties.txt for your working folder. If you need to convert graphics to a different palette, you can replace PLAYPAL.lmp in the kartmaker folder with any palette lump of your choosing.

Source code is included in the download and licensed under the GPL. You should only need gcc to compile it. I've tested this on Windows, but not on other OSes.

The sample sprite sheets were edited from a sheet reference made by VAdaPEGA and contain sample images of his Flicky character.

NOTE: Due to the nature of its purpose, please refrain from using this program for monetary gain.

Is Their a MAC Port?

 

[rosie the racoon]

can you make one for base srb2

Post automatically merged: Jul 31, 2022

You clearly don't know how this works then. This would not help much for vanilla characters at all.

i just want the sprites to go i can change the s_skin with some reading of the wiki

 

[Bombchu Link]

Hey there, I went and made kartmaker work on linux/mac (and fixed a few other semantic and datatype errors)

GitHub - BombchuLink/kartmaker

Contribute to BombchuLink/kartmaker development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

 

[metlallic sonciic]

i checked the github page and i dont see the mac version anywhere for download, are you sure?

 

[Bombchu Link]

i checked the github page and i dont see the mac version anywhere for download, are you sure?

You'd have to compile it for yourself if you want a mac build; as I don't (and never have) owned a mac.

 

[metlallic sonciic]

ah.

 

[Amiano711u]

hey so like is it only like a me problem or cus whenever i try to actually use the tool it just doesnt wanna do its job. its probably just a bug and i have to redownload the system but still

 

[Soniku11]

So, apparently this doesnt work anymore on Windows, great.. What happened there?

 

[Glass-Teeth]

So, apparently this doesnt work anymore on Windows, great.. What happened there?

What version of Windows are you using?

 

[Soniku11]

What version of Windows are you using?

Windows 10, program doesnt open, not even when opening it with admin perms

 

[Glass-Teeth]

Windows 10, program doesnt open, not even when opening it with admin perms

The program isn't supposed to open, you're supposed to drag the folder containing your character sprites, the voicelines, and the txt file with their stats to the program, and it does the rest

 

[Soniku11]

The program isn't supposed to open, you're supposed to drag the folder containing your character sprites, the voicelines, and the txt file with their stats to the program, and it does the rest

I see. Like a classic "drag to open with.."

 

[LeoTheHedgehog12]

I've built Kartmaker with no issues whatsoever, but I can't drag files into it.

Is there a way to fix this?