Monday, June 3, 2013

iEra Gani Guide

Ver's Basic Guide to Being A Gani Artist
If you wanna learn the basics of being a Gani Artist  and were to get the program.   

1. Open up internet explore,firefox,google chrome on your pc or laptop!
2. Type in your searchbar "Graalonline.com" 
3. Once there click the Playerworld section

4.Scroll all the way down and then click the image that says "Click here to download"


5. Once you did that there will be a page that ask you a question on which type of download to do
Download the one that best fits your PC or Lapto

6.Once that downloads you need to go to your download folder on your PC or Laptop

7. In that section you need to click "GraalSetup"

8. You will then get this window just press "Install"

9. You have completed how to get Graal PC !
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Getting the Gani Program:
1. Once you have installed Graal and it is opened , you will need to log in . For now, it would be best to log in as a guest.
Once you see that screen click on the "Start" button in the bottom left corner. A box should appear with 10 options, click the very bottom one "Install Packages"
A window should than appear find the Developer Tools folder, then two down,
below the Level Editor will be Developer Tools, Click on that then click Install. 
2. To find the GraalShop Program search for Graal in "My Computer" you should have a folder, once there, Find an application with the name Graal Shop.
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How to Use GraalShop and The Basics
Once you have opened GraalShop you will see all these buttons.. oh god (if you move your mouse over to one of the buttons it will give a description on it )
To add a sprite/image to the program  you need to save the image you want to add to the Gani into your Graal Folder,
Be sure to add .gani at the end of your Gani otherwise it wont be a Gani!
Once you have put your image in your Graal Folder open up graalshop and try to drag the whole image into Graalshop and see if it loads (use the ak47 as a refrence)

To add the sprite or image to the gani you need to press the orange button as shown below
to Get the x,y,w,h part of the image you need to open Microsoft Paint, or as we all know it "Paint"
(NOTE TO GET THE IMAGE FOR THE AK ... CLICK HERE)
Where is says "SPRITES" replace that with your image name.
So you have added the gun to the program now!
Now lets get to the good part, making the animation! First you see the blue bar that is your speed for the gani, if you click the red box at the end  and pull to the right its gonna make the gani slower. 

If you want to add a frame , Click the little pink sparkle thing then click  the clipboard to the right not the one to the left and it will create a new frame for the next frame to the gani.
You will then notice there are two blue bars instead of one, those are your frames. Move the red arrow that is under the bar to the second frame, and move the hat from the player away from it, then press play. That is how you make a gani move.
The image above gives some hints, if you add a third frame , and move the hat farther away and press play . It will look as if the hat is moving away.

This is what the final results should look like once you press the blue play button.


How to save a gani:
In GraalShop press the blue floppy disk.

you will then get a window asking to save it . Make sure you save it as .gani at the end of the file name EXAMPLE:"era_test.gani"

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