"Bad Sprite Name"

[DrStephen]

Hello, i am making a character wad called Bandages The Hedgehog.
I finished all the sprites and added the OBJCTCFG and the S_SKIN2. But when I add it to the game it appears this:

"WARNING! BAD SPRITE NAME: SBOSLIFE,MDadded skin "sonic-boom"

And when i start the game with my character, the sprites don't appear. It's like an invisible character. Can someone explain me why does this happen and how to fix it?

 

[Rob]

Including a link to your wad for debugging purposes would probably be a good idea.

 

[DrStephen]

Oh ok. I'll send it then. I'm also sending a playable one, it replaces Sonic.
Bandages: http://www.4shared.com/file/Shc_kTFpba/BandagesTheHedgehog.html?
Playable: http://www.4shared.com/file/P9sesbrrba/Boom-Sonic.html?

 

[Rob]

Please use a service that doesn't require registering an account.

 

[Monster Iestyn]

Question: Where did you place SBOSLIFE in your character WAD's list of lumps? It should really be above S_SKIN, because I don't think it works right with the images that aren't the character sprites themselves, if they're below S_SKIN.

 

[DrStephen]

Please use a service that doesn't require registering an account.

Here they are in Mediafire.

Bandages: http://www.mediafire.com/download/354m7444c7q23z8/BandagesTheHedgehog.wad
Playable: http://www.mediafire.com/download/hkqtj7efsdc2f1a/Boom-Sonic.wad

 

[Monster Iestyn]

Yeah, seems you have your life icon and character select graphics underneath the S_SKIN lump, move them above it.

 

[DrStephen]

Question: Where did you place SBOSLIFE in your character WAD's list of lumps? It should really be above S_SKIN, because I don't think it works right with the images that aren't the character sprites themselves, if they're below S_SKIN.

I now placed OBJCTCFG and S_SKIN2 below the first 3 sprites (Face, facename and character select picture) and now it works perfectly.

Now i have to ask, does this wad count as recolor? Because I would like to release it.

 

[Rob]

It does count as a recolor.

Even though the modified graphic appears in the upcoming Sonic game, it is still unacceptable here. The sprite is recolored with a scarf and adds no quality gameplay elements, both things that we look for in characters. This would not get past submissions.

 

[DrStephen]

Ok, then i guess i should release it in other place... Thanks for the help and the info.