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Frame-based Animation

This is a Frame-based animated theme

This guide will be using a new way to make Frame-based animated themes

If you want to follow the old guide go to Frame by frame

What you need.

  • Switch Toolbox
  • TrackStudio

  • An animation with less than 38 frames

    About more frames

    Animations longer than 38 frames are possible but are more likely to crash on console, and the provided base only has 38 frames to work with

Base

We will be working with this base

Download Base (Frame-based)

Apply the patch to a copy of your Men2.pack file (Patching) and come back here when you're done

Exporting

Open the patched base with Switch Toolbox

  • Go inside Common
  • Go inside Model
  • Right click LoungueVR.szs

  • Select Export Raw Data

    image

  • Save it

You can close Switch Toolbox for now

Replacing Textures

Open LoungueVR.szs with TrackStudio

  • Double click gsys.bfres

  • Go inside Textures

  • Now replace every frame that you are going to use with your images

    Recommended Image Resolution

    1280x720 or less, anything higher is more likely to crash on console

    • Right click the frame you are going to replace

    • Click Replace

      image

    • Select your frame

    • Make sure the format is set to BC1_SRGB

      image

    • Click OK

    And repeat with every frame of your animation

Now that you replaced all the textures you need, you need to change the animation file

Changing the Animation File

This is needed so your animation can work as intended

  • Set the framerate of your animation and the amount of frames it has
Script info

With the way this script works, only values divisible by 60 will work for the framerate.





Keep in mind that if the generated output is too long, it might crash and will not work

Why is this needed

If you don't change the animation file, your animation will play at the wrong speed and will not loop properly

After you set your framerate and Frame count click on Generate Wait.json

This will generate a Wait.json file

  • Go back to TrackStudio
  • Go inside Animations
  • Go inside Skeletal Animations
  • Right click Wait
  • Click Replace
  • Replace it with the Wait.json file you just generated

You can preview the animation by clicking the Play button

Finally save

  • Click File
  • Click Save

After saving, you can close TrackStudio

Now open the patched base with Switch Toolbox

  • Go inside Common
  • Go inside Model
  • Right click LoungueVR.szs
  • Select Replace Raw Data
  • Replace it with the LoungueVR.szs we just saved
  • Now click Save

Success

Your Frame-based animation is done and you can now test it SDCafiine