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#1
Plugins & Plugin Creation Forum / Re: Magic: The Gathering Plugi...
Last post by CrazyChucky - November 22, 2024, 10:37:57 PMNew sets
Scripting
Scripting
- Added missing spawn scripts for several legendary tokens:
- New art for several playtest tokens from Mystery Booster 2
#2
Plugins & Plugin Creation Forum / Re: Rotate a card 30 degrees
Last post by CrazyChucky - October 06, 2024, 12:07:38 PMYeah, unfortunately there's no way to do that in Lackey. You could try using notes, or perhaps visually tying a color of counter to each direction?
Another janky idea might be to pick a corner of the card that will indicate direction. Then you've got four out of your available six directions covered, so only the other two would need a workaround.
Obviously none of these is nearly as straightforward or elegant as what you could easily do with physical cards, but oftentimes with Lackey we have to find creative workarounds.
Another janky idea might be to pick a corner of the card that will indicate direction. Then you've got four out of your available six directions covered, so only the other two would need a workaround.
Obviously none of these is nearly as straightforward or elegant as what you could easily do with physical cards, but oftentimes with Lackey we have to find creative workarounds.
#3
Plugins & Plugin Creation Forum / Rotate a card 30 degrees
Last post by rhgbta - October 05, 2024, 04:35:38 PMHi,
I am making a plugin for a playtest group to use for online play for a new game. This game has players move cards around on a hex-board. Direction of travel for the cards is denoted by the direction the front of the card is pointing. This is a core mechanic of the game.
the thing is, this seemingly simple thing does not seem possible in the game. I can't seem to find anything that lets me rotate cards in a custom direction, only can rotate right, upside down, and forward. Am I missing something?
I am making a plugin for a playtest group to use for online play for a new game. This game has players move cards around on a hex-board. Direction of travel for the cards is denoted by the direction the front of the card is pointing. This is a core mechanic of the game.
the thing is, this seemingly simple thing does not seem possible in the game. I can't seem to find anything that lets me rotate cards in a custom direction, only can rotate right, upside down, and forward. Am I missing something?
#4
Plugins & Plugin Creation Forum / Re: Magic: The Gathering Plugi...
Last post by CrazyChucky - October 03, 2024, 09:57:07 PMNew sets
#5
Plugins & Plugin Creation Forum / Re: Magic: The Gathering Plugi...
Last post by CrazyChucky - October 03, 2024, 09:28:05 PMI updated the plugin last night, but didn't get a chance to post a message here, so this is for yesterday, 10/2/25.
Sets with added card
Scripting improvements
TOKENS
This is the big one. As of Core Set 2020, Wizards introduced a new frame style for tokens. Roughly five years later, I've followed suit! I've reverse-engineered all the fancy transparency effects, and whenever possible sourced higher-res files of the art to better enlarge and fill the full-ish-art frames:
Now that Wizards has been printing official tokens that are copies of cards, I have a real style guide to follow for displaying mana costs on tokens, as reminder text rather than in the title bar like I've been doing previously:
Also included is the added legendary crown on tokens:
In some cases I've picked different illustrations, if the one I had previously didn't work well in the new aspect ratio. Handily, Donato Giancola has since done a wider view of the same creature design in his own Shivan Dragon artwork:
I've also overhauled how I handle planeswalkers. Since there are so few of them, I've been Photoshopping custom elements on top of each individual card. But now I've created separate frame elements and automated the process so that I generate them from the ground up like everything else. This means I have more freedom to alter or omit text as needed, as seen here:
(From left to right: original card, Photoshop work on top of it for the old token style, and full-generated version for the new style. This way I can leave off things irrelevant to the token — like kicker and casualty — and add the mana cost.)
I've also added all the new tokens that Mystery Booster 2's playtest cards create, but have not yet made custom art for them.
All the custom-generated tokens in Lackey can be viewed here.
Hope you enjoy them! As always, let me know if you find anything missing or incorrect.
Sets with added card
- Secret Lair Drop
- Duskmourn: Kaito's emblem, which wasn't on Scryfall yet when I added the set
Scripting improvements
- Token scripts for playtest cards, and conjuring scripts for Alchemy Made Real cards, in Mystery Booster 2
- Cards that reference finality counters can now create one.
TOKENS
This is the big one. As of Core Set 2020, Wizards introduced a new frame style for tokens. Roughly five years later, I've followed suit! I've reverse-engineered all the fancy transparency effects, and whenever possible sourced higher-res files of the art to better enlarge and fill the full-ish-art frames:
Now that Wizards has been printing official tokens that are copies of cards, I have a real style guide to follow for displaying mana costs on tokens, as reminder text rather than in the title bar like I've been doing previously:
Also included is the added legendary crown on tokens:
In some cases I've picked different illustrations, if the one I had previously didn't work well in the new aspect ratio. Handily, Donato Giancola has since done a wider view of the same creature design in his own Shivan Dragon artwork:
I've also overhauled how I handle planeswalkers. Since there are so few of them, I've been Photoshopping custom elements on top of each individual card. But now I've created separate frame elements and automated the process so that I generate them from the ground up like everything else. This means I have more freedom to alter or omit text as needed, as seen here:
(From left to right: original card, Photoshop work on top of it for the old token style, and full-generated version for the new style. This way I can leave off things irrelevant to the token — like kicker and casualty — and add the mana cost.)
I've also added all the new tokens that Mystery Booster 2's playtest cards create, but have not yet made custom art for them.
All the custom-generated tokens in Lackey can be viewed here.
Hope you enjoy them! As always, let me know if you find anything missing or incorrect.
#6
Plugins & Plugin Creation Forum / Re: Magic: The Gathering Plugi...
Last post by CrazyChucky - September 14, 2024, 01:15:47 PMNew Sets
Sets with cards added
Bugfixes
- Duskmourn
- Duskmourn Commander
- Mystery Booster 2 — All the new playtest cards are included, but I've not yet had time to go through and implement all the custom tokens and other weird scripting things yet.
Sets with cards added
- Special guests cards for Duskmourn
- Secret Lair Drop, as usual
Bugfixes
- Dungeon Master from Heroes of the Realm was mistakenly listed as a token (because one of his types is "Dungeon" 🤣). Fixed.
- Some Secret Lair cards weren't uploaded under the right file names after Scryfall changed how they record some collector's numbers. Should all be good now.
#7
Plugins & Plugin Creation Forum / Re: Magic: The Gathering Plugi...
Last post by CrazyChucky - August 08, 2024, 08:13:43 PMSets with cards added
Errata
Other
- Secret Lair Drop, as usual
Errata
- "Enters the battlefield" has been shortened to "enters". A few related phrasings have changed too: for example, "a creature enters the battlefield under your control" is now "a creature you control enters". This affects a LOT of cards, obviously — pretty sure it changes every single card data file
Other
- I've changed how reversible cards (for example, this printing of Zndrsplt) are handled in the plugin. Previously, the front side was a normal card, and the back side was only available as a spawned token, like DFCs. In practice, I don't think this makes sense. It would be better to be able to choose which one you want for your deck. Therefore, the back sides are now included as full-fledged cards.
#8
Plugins & Plugin Creation Forum / Re: Magic: The Gathering Plugi...
Last post by CrazyChucky - July 24, 2024, 08:00:48 PMAdded Ravnica Remastered!
#9
Plugins & Plugin Creation Forum / Re: Magic: The Gathering Plugi...
Last post by CrazyChucky - July 23, 2024, 10:11:11 PMSets with cards added
- Added all the various alternate prints for Bloomburrow and Bloomburrow Commander
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail cards for Secret Lair Drop 🤣
#10
Plugins & Plugin Creation Forum / Re: Magic: The Gathering Plugi...
Last post by CrazyChucky - July 19, 2024, 11:14:42 PMNew sets
Sets with cards added
Sets with cards added
- Special Guests (cards for Bloomburrow)
- For once, nothing new in Secret Lair Drop!