PSX Framerates(not emulated)

[Akari_Enderwolf]

Does anyone know what frame rate the sprites for Megaman X4 were made for? I feel like some were animated on 2s for 12fps, or 4s for 24fps, given how few frames there are for some of them.

[Devsman]

That's not really how sprite graphics work. They would draw sprites and then make the overall animation feel right by adjusting the timing of each sprite.

[Akari_Enderwolf]

All animation runs at a certain frame rate. many animated for tv shows would run at around 24 fps. I know that the PSX generally ran between 20-30fps. I'm wanting to know the generalized framerate that the original game ran at because I'm trying to animate in a way that is an homage to that era of gaming.

[Devsman]

Now, the game itself, yes, would run at a constant framerate. I'm afraid I don't know that number, but it definitely feels closer to 30 than 20 to me.

[Akari_Enderwolf]

Originally posted by Devsman's Comet:

Now, the game itself, yes, would run at a constant framerate. I'm afraid I don't know that number, but it definitely feels closer to 30 than 20 to me.

Yea, I was curious about the rate the frames were shown because I look at the sprite sheet and see the Idle has 4 frames, and then 6 frames for the blinking part of it. I was thinking of using 6 keyframes for my game's idle animation, possibly try to work in smears and stuff where needed to make a cool effect reminiscent of the PSX era X games.

I'm using 3d models as well, so it's going to be interesting.

[Devsman]

Originally posted by Akari_Enderwolf:

Originally posted by Devsman's Comet:

Now, the game itself, yes, would run at a constant framerate. I'm afraid I don't know that number, but it definitely feels closer to 30 than 20 to me.

Yea, I was curious about the rate the frames were shown because I look at the sprite sheet and see the Idle has 4 frames, and then 6 frames for the blinking part of it. I was thinking of using 6 keyframes for my game's idle animation, possibly try to work in smears and stuff where needed to make a cool effect reminiscent of the PSX era X games.

I'm using 3d models as well, so it's going to be interesting.

Yeah, you can watch and see that the part of the animation where he bobs up and down runs a lot slower than the part where he blinks.