Modifying a character sprite

[ChesterCopperpott]

Read the readme.txt from the game's folder. It mentions some PCCustom folder that doesn't even exists in my game folder (I guess readme.txt is obsolete). Where and how can I edit the game character sprites?

[Rhoval]

Manually searched nearly all of my entire C drive for the answer to this very question. Hard to believe that the folder location was somewhere so out in the open but has anyone recently tried to mod character sprites? I've tried to replace Zantanak with a custom sprite by following the instructions, but it doesn't show up.

I experimented a little bit; made a copy of the PCCustom folder and pasted it to the correct directory (C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Bastard Bonds) and renamed the example png "Baako" to "Zantanak" and later on "Greave" as tests. Then I attempted to load my save files and created new characters, neither case worked. Kept getting my demon pal in all his crimson glory.

I'm assuming the the size of the sprite I made didn't affect anything. It's a png within the range of 84x60 pixels although it takes up most of the space (it's PaD's Zuoh, he's a pretty beefy guy). And even if the png was a bit screwy it would still show up as something weird rather than the default sprite no?

[Unsuspecting Prey]

84x60? or 80x64? Custom sprites are supposed to be 80x64, so maybe that's the issue?

[Mog Hikarino]

it also have to be PNG file

[Rhoval]

Wow, the hours I spent carefully tweaking the image. I really need to get some sleep. But yeah, made the mistake on the png dimensions. Resized to 80x64 and it's magically fixed. Thanks for the help. Still had no clue why renaming the Baako image didn't work though even though he was the correct size.

In relation to the original post, character sprites can be replaced by simply adding your custom one to the PCCustom folder as mentioned earlier. I think you can also drop the sprite into the Roster folder to have it appear within the game randomly as a recruitable ally (maybe I heard this one wrong). Or if you meant how edit the existing character sprites, your jailbreak/campfire buddies, I don't believe you can unless you have the png's of them which I don't think are provided.

In general, if you want your own modded sprites, you can just create them yourself. Other threads mentioned the paint.net program to create your sprites from scratch which is handy. But if you've drawn up an image you want to use, you can use clippingmagic.com to edit it even further by removing backgrounds. Normally if you want to download your finished product from this site you would need a subscription, but through the miracle of screenshots/snipping tool and powerpoint 2013, you can save your edit with the former and make transition fixes and save with the latter. This was my process anyway. In the end I just used paint.net for resizing. Note: With this method, your image will most likely start out large and then change drastically upon shrinking. May or may not turn out a bit fuzzy compared to the rest of the game. Hope this info helps.

[ChesterCopperpott]

Originally posted by Rhoval:

I experimented a little bit; made a copy of the PCCustom folder and pasted it to the correct directory (C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Bastard Bonds) and renamed the example png "Baako" to "Zantanak" and later on "Greave" as tests.
I'm assuming the the size of the sprite I made didn't affect anything.

Where did you take that PCCustom folder from?

[Amateur Nitpicker]

Originally posted by Lupin K.:

Originally posted by Rhoval:

I experimented a little bit; made a copy of the PCCustom folder and pasted it to the correct directory (C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Bastard Bonds) and renamed the example png "Baako" to "Zantanak" and later on "Greave" as tests.
I'm assuming the the size of the sprite I made didn't affect anything.

Where did you take that PCCustom folder from?

Actually all Save files, Roster files & PCCustoms are now in your My Documents/Bastard Bonds, that is from the OLD system before patch 1.2.9 . Just made my main character the opera loving shopkeeper from Crypt of the Necrodancer

Take a look http://i.imgur.com/ZSC9PCI.png