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nash wrote:I've also watching the progress of Live2D, now it really is open for Free User (with some restrictions though) I would really like to see a support for Ren'Py thus you can combine both to integrate animated sprites and figures :3

PyTom wrote:Interesting, although it looks like all the important code is in live2d.framework and live2d. What's the license on the SDK code? I could probably make it work somehow, but I'm not sure I could do it legally.

renoa-heartilly wrote:

nash wrote:I've also watching the progress of Live2D, now it really is open for Free User (with some restrictions though) I would really like to see a support for Ren'Py thus you can combine both to integrate animated sprites and figures :3

i'm hoping for that too!



alright, so apparently in Unity you can display a Live2D paper doll using two of the file types exported by Cubism:
texture.png (the parts of the doll in an image with a transparent background, some are rotated but that's optional)
Model.moc (it is the file that tells the screen where to place each part of the paper doll)
the Unity script that actually displays a paper doll in the game window has this inside it

[see attached unity_live2d_script.txt]

Cubism Animator also exports a motion data file (or a container of several motions, like the character laughing or fidgeting or showing surprise etc)
according to unity, the contents of the motion file is this:
think of it as a grid, the first number of every PARAM_**** is the first frame, which means all the PARAM_**** play the first number all at once, that's why some are 0 where nothing is changed. second frame is the second number, all the PARAM_**** execute it together, etc
it is the text version of the keyframes at the top of this image:



it will make more sense if you paste this into a text editor and disable 'text wrapping'

[see attached unity_live2d_motion.txt]

i hope this helps if someone is considering making renpy support live 2D

trooper6 wrote:So you have been able to use Live2D sprites in Ren'py?

# You can place the script of your game in this file.

# Declare images below this line, using the image statement.
# eg. image eileen happy = "eileen_happy.png"
image eileen = "images/normal.png"
image eileen bye = "images/bye.png"
# Declare characters used by this game.
define e = Character('إيلين', color="#c8ffc8", image="eileen")

# The game starts here.
label start:

    show eileen
    e "لقد بدأت حكاية رينباي جديدة."
    e bye "bye, come again." 

    return

With the png export feature, you can create animations and then utilize them with renpys animation feature

renoa-heartilly wrote: you cannot utilize the Live2D functionality by, say, making blinking randomized or changing the mouth as the character speaks!

renoa-heartilly wrote:hello astrokeofmadness ^^

With the png export feature, you can create animations and then utilize them with renpys animation feature

i tried a game that did that once, but my computer couldn't process it as fast and it made playing the story a complete nightmare!
there was just too much lag, i wished there was an option to turn the animation off!
also, even if you could somehow make the sprites small (like in phoenix wright) it will always be technically static. you cannot utilize the Live2D functionality by, say, making blinking randomized or changing the mouth as the character speaks!
i'm currently working on a vn that sometimes you get two or more characters on the screen, i think even if my computer can work with that during production, slower computers (or smartphones) will not be able to handle multiple PNG animations, although i didn't try it on one to say with 100% certainty, and i'm not sure how my own machine will handle it once the whole story is finished and all sprites are in place.

You CAN make an animation toggle,