u/ArgamaWitch

Sir where are your legs?

I'm using Live2d for sprites. For some reason when I apply blur it cuts off half the model.

My code

show 
Noah
 
m02
 
waveeyeopen
 with moveinright:       
        subpixel True pos (0.83, 0.08) zoom 0.75 blur 2.0 matrixcolor InvertMatrix(0.0)*ContrastMatrix(1.0)*SaturationMatrix(0.7)*BrightnessMatrix(-0.12)*HueMatrix(0.0) orientation (0.0, 0.0, 0.0) 

I've tried putting him in a mesh transformer and it didn't work. I removed everything but blur 2.0 and it still did this. When I removed the blur his legs returned. At 0.01 blur his legs disappear.

Oh hey, legs! I knew they were there somewhere.

If I call him to the screen his whole body is there but we only see from about the crotch down. I speculate that the blur is basically grabbing this, cropping out the rest and blurring, then applying the move. I've moved blur to different points of the code and it still does this.

I very much want him and only him out of focus in this scene to signify 1) he's a bit away, 2) he isn't engaging with the mc directly.

Girl, why you blushing over a floating torso? Run!

The thing was this worked before, but I updated the live2d file's art. Nothing beyond that changed.

I have only found one workaround with a slight (and very annoying and tedious) issue.
So when calling the characters I use base=0.5 to keep them half their original file size.

Why you no be like the others, you prima donna?!

If I remove base from Noah, he is super tiny on screen but does have his legs. However I have to zoom in on him and readjust his anchor points which mean everywhere he appears moving forward is broken and in need of readjustment. [I also have his xanchor defined but seems like sometimes he's like 'I know you want me here, but frick you, I do what I want!'

Sir, you are a teacher, get off the floor you, you have your legs back, you weirdo!

Honestly, dealing with his model specifically feels like trying to hold a pile of very angry eels with oiled hands.

So I don't know if this is just a live2d thing (probably because it is always a Live2d thing), or I'm doing something very wrong. Or I'm not understanding Ren'Py like I wish I did (also a thing). Or maybe a little buggy boo.

Any help is appreciated before I go cry in the tub knowing I will probably have to readjust his code in all chapters that he is in up till now. T0T

I mean ideally I'd like to release it all at once, but as a solo dev, its so very time consuming. I'm only on chapter 3 of 40 after a year and half. So I do need to pick up the pace, but also I wonder if 1) it will give me more motivation and 2) allow people to enjoy it and talk about it, etc.

I have it on steam, I was thinking of making the game free with a paid supporter DLC that gives bonus chapters and content. It just gives others perspectives and side stories that do not really affect the main story at all. So the free game is not losing out on anything as far as the main story goes.

But I'm wondering if this is a bad idea. If I should just wait until the whole thing is done or maybe this would work?

Today I was hit with 7 bots spamming porn and other shit in the matter of 30 minutes. They specifically tagged this one user. This user admits they were attacked in the past years ago. I'm not kicking that user, they are a good person. Currently I paused new members joining for 24 hours, but is there anything I can do about it? They are smart enough to select the tag to access the channels.

So I'm at a loss of what to do with my dog. I work freelance from home so I do get leeway in my hours, but my dog gets extra needy some days. My office is pretty much the living room, and I can't really move my computer set up.

In the 2.5 years of owning the dog there has been a 3 times I asked for the dog to go to doggy daycare so I could focus to meet a deadline.

However, my husband tells me that doing that makes me irresponsible. That I "want a dog without taking care of the dog". Which to me sounds unreasonable, since I still walk the dog, feed the dog, play with the dog, pet and hold the dog, get the dog groomed, make his vet appointments, are on top of his medications, get him toys and puzzle boards. So I feel that may not be a fair statement, however, what are options I can take that wouldn't be irresponsible?

For context the dog it 2.5 years old, male, fixed, mini bernadoodle. He doesn't solve puzzle boards and if pawing doesn't get the results he gives up. I recently got the woof lick ball and he loves that, but that only keeps him busy for 20 minutes.

I told my husband I'd ideally like 4 solid hours of uninterrupted work time a day, I can work with distractions the rest of the time. I don't feel crating the dog for 4 hours is ideal, nor locking him in another room for that time. I'm just at a loss. Thanks for any advice

Pic for reading all that nonsense.

So my game is 16:9 and I know in window mode you can adjust it to whatever, but is there a way to lock it into that ratio so if they make it larger or smaller it doesn't give black bars outside that ratio (of course not including fullscreen, this is assuming windowed mode)

I realize I have some action scenes. Right now my mind goes to drawing each scene out similar as one would see in comic books. Although I do know some VNs will do action lines with the dialogue over it, or a flash of something.

So how do you approach or would approach an action scene?