User blog:Kain McBride/MonsterPeida Resource File...

Alright, as you may know I'm working on a side story editor for Monster Girl Quest... My current issue is the sprite count, it's really quite extensive... and, when looking for a specific image, it could take a LONG LONG time to find the one you're looking for...

So my method of fixing this was to create a sort of monsterpedia... The monsterpedia references monsters by their monsterpedia index under extras -> monsterpedia in the game. It lists their images by type and allows the user to select from a much shorter list that way... Currently the issue I'm having is that monsters with multiple indexes (Alice, Granberia, etc) have different image sets for each index, some overlap, some don't... I'm not sure at the moment if I'm going to separate them down that far, though for a completely specific image list per chapter, it's at least semi important to do it that way...

Anyway, the monsterpedia I'm creating is not a stand alone component, you can't just look at it and find things... it's just a resource file with a bunch of stuff in it that helps to organize a program... though, I may use the resource to create a stand alone resource... maybe in html or pdf..? Though, I've not gotten to that point yet...

Currently, I've got about 20% of the sprites indexed, keeping in mind that there are well over 5000 sprites in the game, that's not too bad... but it does take a while... If you'd like a stand alone resource, let me know I'll work on that side of it as well...