Question - IDE Create from stripX? [SOLVED]

[Mick]

Is the automatic importing of sprites saved as strips (*_stripX.png) going to return? The way to import strips in GMS2 now is VERY complicated now compared to the old automatic way, or am I missing something?

 

[Carnivius]

I got GMS2 yesterday and just now found all them strips I've done don't automatically get sorted out on import using that method I used all the time in GMS1 (considering how often I tweak sprites it was a huge timesaver). Never thought I'd have to see that manual sprite strip cutter again. Hope there's at least an alternate way or maybe they'll put it back in?

 

[Mike]

LOL.... it's not that complicated, but I'll agree if it's a simple single line strip with no extra spacing etc, then the _strip thing is faster.

File a bug for it, and we'll add it to our backlog....

 

[Mick]

LOL.... it's not that complicated

Not so LOL in my opinion It's not complicated but I'm doing this a LOT, my artist is working in Pro Motion and saves strips which I will reload quite a few times. Having to manually write the frame count and frame size every time is not ideal. I will file a bug / feature request for it.

 

[Mike]

If he's in pro-motion, can't they just save an animating GIF, then import that? Then you wouldn't have to do anything else....??

 

[Mick]

If he's in pro-motion, can't they just save an animating GIF, then import that? Then you wouldn't have to do anything else....??

DOH, I didn't know that animated gifs were imported to separated frames in GMS2, even though I knew they are in GMS1.4, well that's good enough for me, thanks @Mike !

 

[Mike]

So, turns out "_stripX.png" was in the last public version. Not sure how long it's been there, but I missed on the last set of release notes. I've just tested it in 2.0.5.77 and it's working fine!

you can also export from the image editor into this format.