Hello! There has been something I have been wondering ever since I've joined this server, and that's if there was ever a place to submit custom weapon/armor/hair/ETC. sprites intended to fit MapleStory's design format? I know there's been a "design a chair" event, but I cannot find anywhere that's dedicated to custom MS sprites. If there is none, perhaps it's an idea to consider! I think it'd be cool if there was a thread set for members to submit their own custom MS designs for the various things in the game that the Royals developers could browse through and consider implementing them apart of their custom content, if it wouldn't be too difficult for them of course. There would need to be requirements such as including each possible frame of the designed piece of content (That is only as difficult as it sounds for custom armor. Weapons tend to only have a few different frames of design). Back when I was still playing GMS, I had gotten into creating custom things for my MS characters in Microsoft Paint, and they weren't too shabby for my age. If you've ever watched the Maplestory Sprite animator DeityZiex and his Link Vs. Mario 2 video, I provided him the sprites for Fierce Deity Link. Spoiler I have quite a few custom things already created at my disposal to throw in random directions. If I am not getting ahead of myself thinking there isn't something like this already, what are everyone's thoughts on the idea? Is it feasible? Stupid? Annoying for the developers? Let's hear it.
For this to be even remotely feasible, the user who is submitting the custom sprites would also need to specify the correct x, y coordinates for each individual frame. I've found this to be a real hassle to do, unfortunately. Anyway, I see no reason why custom NX items could be implemented into the Donor Shop for instance. Ps. Maybe this thread should have gone in the Artwork section of the forum?
Ah, yeah. There goes the problem I was expecting due to my lack of knowledge on how the sprites can work in the game. I was assuming the developers could easily find the placement themselves for more simple things like weapons, where there's often only 3 different sprite-specific designs of the same weapon, only used multiple times in different X-Y coordinates, but I guess even then may be asking too much from the developers. :v And not technically an art thread, it's more of an idea... that features exampled art. :0
It's nostalgic server, don't think so people from old ms wants to see custom stuff, like it was highrate server.
The server has already implemented Big Bang NX and Pyrope Weapons. If the custom NX items look as good as something that Nexon would put out, and it's not too much of a hassle to implement, they could most definitely become a part of the game. You're basically arguing that because Nexon didn't design it, it shouldn't be a part of the game.
This seems like a suggestion, would you like this to be moved to feedback so you can hear other people's opinion?
We already have custom chairs in the donator shop, created by the players, so custom NX with the right co-ordinates and with all the necessary images sounds like a nice idea as long as it's Maple-suitable. Banned Story sprite sheets give you a good idea of all the images needed, and there also needs to be images of what it looks like in your inventory, what it looks like when dropped, etc. I think there's some origin finders for custom hair out there, but I don't know about anything else. Sadly, the origin finder for custom chairs vanished some time ago =(
Sure, thanks! Edit: If I were to sometime come across lots of free time and nothing more convenient to do, I could probably create a spreadsheet of boxes that shows where the certain custom item would need to be placed for each frame, in addition to the item icon fit in the box's dimensions, and the appearance when dropped. Through this format the items could be submitted...
And a replacement for the chair origin finder! It would be great to be able to hold another chair competition (less complicated than creating custom equips).
