Overview
A quick guide exploring the playable character traits, and how to “create” your own characters! :DMatt hinted at having a character XML somewhere but I finally got bored enough to look through the files and have found some awesome stuff!Keep in mind this does modify the game, so please back up your stuff and it’s nobody’s fault but yours if something goes wrong!Have fun everybody!:tf_pink:
Foreword/Disclaimer thing
A) I don’t promote y’all sharing the base TF files. Thats rude. Keep custom stuff to yourself unless you and your buddies can manage the sprite sheets and the character data. I’m not responsible for y’all breakingany EULAs or anything.
B) Back up your stuff. Don’t complain when things don’t work otherwise.
C) Feel free to share GIFs of your new archers! I think it’s a good way to keep Towerfall going!
D) I’m writing this just to get it out there, I would expect this to be cleaned up by people or myself. I am writng this on a mac and on my free time so yeah.
A link to an actual comprehensive guide!
TheVortex made this cool guide to help people make their own archers! (He beat me to it :/ )
Use this guide to help make your archer, and reference my guide to help solidify them! 😀
Need help editing the Sprites? Use TowerForge!
Reddit user /u/Tellous has created an easy to use tool to help you find and edit sprites – it’s especially useful for when you have difficulty finding the right ones! It’s simple to use, and makes the changes to your Atlas for you, you just need to upload your changes properly!
[link]How to find the XML (WIN)
1) Right Click on Towerfall and click properties.
2) Go to “Local Files” and browse local files
3) Go from”Content” -> “Atlas” -> “GameData” -> “archerData.xml”
Credits to The Vortex for the help with the section!
How to find the XML (MAC)
1) Right Click on Towerfall and click properties.
2) Go to “Local Files” and browse local files
3) Right Click on the Towerfall app, and the select Show pakage contents
4) Go from “Contents” -> “MacOS” -> “Content” -> “Atlas” -> “GameData” -> “archerData.xml”
Editing the XML
1) BACK UP YOUR STUFF
2) Open with a text editor.
-Look at the archers and compare what’s available, and mess with those. Keep your edits in the tags, and refer to the reference part of the guide if you need help!
Character Tag Reference
<Name0> : The first name for the character
<Name1> : The second name for the character
<ColorA> : Controls the colour of the lettering of the name, the border when the character is selected, the “name” of the gamepad setup, the colour of the character on the pie chart, some particles, etc.
<ColorB> : Controls the colour of the “Swap Skin button”, the “selected name” for the gamepad, the fletchings, the character’s ghost, etc.
<LightbarColor> : DS4 support is weird. The DS4 driver for Mac doesn’t let TF control the lightbar, how about windows? :/
<Aimer> : Tag sets the colour and the type of aimer the character uses. The colour and type of aimer is actually a set thing, so you might have to work around it somehow or edit some in!
<Hair> : A default for the white archer, you can add this in to get the flowing hair for your character, if you really wanted it 😉
<SFX> : The sound effects obviously. I’m probably gonna have to expand on this later, and if I do a seperate guide for that I’ll link it here. <3
<Corpse> : Uhh, the dead body sprite. 😛
<PurpleParticles> : Value for the purple archer’s aura!
<VictoryMusic> : Duh. But see the SFX tag above.
<Gender> : Probably has to do with “Comeback King/Queen/Whatever the puppet would like to be idetified as.” 😉
<Body> : The character’s body sprite set. Refer to the Atlas for locations if ya wanna edit that 🙂
<HeadNormal> : The head with the hat on. You can mix and match heads and bodies if you’re silly.
<HeadNoHat> : Head when hat is off.
<HeadCrown> : Do I really need to explain this?
<Bow> : The bow the character uses.
<Material> : How the hat moves when it gets shot off. I’m glad this is a tag. :3
<Normal> : The Normal hat.
<Blue> : The hat if the character is on blue team.
<Red> : Red team always wins.
<NotJoined> : The character’s portrait when not selected, but hovered.
<Joined> : Same, but when you have the character selected.
<Win> : The little win picture.
<Lose> : The picture for losers. Literally.
(I’m not messing with statues. Not sure they do anything anymore)
<Menu> : Gem selected for the menu
<Gameplay> : Gameplay gem!
<Offset> : Where the breathing starts. Red archer is weird, so this is appreciated. 🙂
<DuckingOffset> : Same, but for ducking.
<Interval> : How often they breathe??? 0_0
BONUS SECTION
You know how the Assasin Prince and the Ancient Exile both have secret characters? You can add a “Secret character” to any other archer to make your very own archer! Super cool stuff! Thanks Matt!