Other Idle Animations

[MegaMage314 🌳]

That's true, but what about different skin colors? Eye color? They change the face sprite, not sure how easy that would be to change, never sprited anything decent in my life.

Well, that would probably be made the same way they make walking animations. Don't quote me on this, but I think every sprite is grey-scale and the colors are replaced with the one's you selected when you created your character.

 

[TheFireroll]

Looks good to me.

 

[drain.]

Since ambient NPC animinimations are confirmed, this might be in the game already.

But if not, yeah sure, I'd go for it.

 

[Theo]

Once again, thank y'all for the awesome feedback! You guys are the best!

 

[Theo]

@Geneen's profile picture is precisely what I envision.

 

[Tetrahedron]

This could be extended to characters too. For example, when you create one for the first time, you could choose which idle animation you like.

The thing is, if in includes the entire body, then every set of armor in the game would have to be animated.

 

[MegaMage314 🌳]

The thing is, if in includes the entire body, then every set of armor in the game would have to be animated.

Unless it was just the face that was animated, or it used character sprites that were already in the game.

 

[rhebok]

@Geneen's profile picture is precisely what I envision.

My avatar deals in 1x1 px for more detail, I made it for fun. Terraria deals strictly in 2x2 px.

The thing is, if in includes the entire body, then every set of armor in the game would have to be animated.

It could be coded

 

[DestroyerOfTheDestroyer]

This is a good idea! #GenericSupportHashtag

 

[Dakota Spine]

this is awesome ! @Cenx

Nonono! Never tag devs to try to get them to see a thread. It will most likely blow the chances, and be ignored.

As for the idea itself, I want to see some. It would be a nice touch. Maybe some NPC could just tap their foot, or the Merchant could polish a potion bottle, or the Arms Dealer could flip a coin in the air. Tons of things that could be done!

 

[MegaMage314 🌳]

Nonono! Never tag devs to try to get them to see a thread. It will most likely blow the chances, and be ignored.

I don't think tagging the devs actually does anything.

 

[Dakota Spine]

I don't think tagging the devs actually does anything.

Well, either way, nobody should do it anyway just in case. It's just a bad idea.

 

[W1K]

NPCs are a special case as they have a single sprite sheet and can be coded to act differently depending on their type. Characters are generic and can wear hundreds of different armors/vanities. Making idle animation sprites for all of them sounds more like a worthless pain than anything really useful to work on.

 

[Nakano15]

Seems like an amazing idea, but i do not think playable characters will have these animations, at least the eye animations may end up happening.

 

[IvoryPlants 🌳]

We Need this now please

 

[NiteSeal]

@theomichailidis i tried to make a merchant animation lol, though the talking is weird.

 

[Jason_c_o]

Yeah I'd love to see little idle animations for the NPCs. I wonder if that's part of the "livelier NPCs" part of the 1.3 update. I hope it is!

 

[Deleted member 19168]

great idea, i hope they implement it...

 

[OreoFace]

i can imagine the arms dealer standing still,making a finger gun and pretending to shoot at something

 

[Pseudoname]

sounds like it'd fit in well with 1.3's ability to sit down