Player Renderer

Player Renderer: Craft Unique Town NPCs for tModLoader

Elevate your tModLoader experience by transforming your meticulously designed character into a custom Town NPC sprite with the Player Renderer mod. This innovative tool allows you to capture your in-game avatar and convert it into a format usable for NPC spritesheets, opening up a world of creative possibilities for your modded adventures.

Generate Your Custom Sprite

Creating your own NPC sprite is a straightforward process designed to integrate seamlessly with your character’s appearance. Follow these simple steps to generate your unique sprite:

• First, customize your character to your heart’s content. Equip all the armor, vanity items, and accessories you desire – everything will be rendered.
• Ensure your game view is zoomed out to 100%. If your zoom slider doesn’t reach this point, you can enable “Forced Zoom” within the tModLoader settings.
• Pay attention to the lighting conditions. Optimal lighting, such as daylight, will significantly improve the quality and appearance of your final sprites.
• While not strictly required, facing your character to the left is recommended, as this is the standard orientation for most NPC sprites.
• Finally, open the in-game chat and type the command “/render [your desired sprite name]”, replacing “[your desired sprite name]” with the name you wish to assign to your new sprite.

Once executed, your rendered sprite will be saved in the ‘Sprites’ directory, conveniently located alongside your ‘Players’ and ‘Worlds’ folders, ready for immediate use.

Integrating Sprites into Your Mods

For mod developers looking to implement these custom sprites into their own creations, detailed instructions and guidance are available on the mod’s GitHub repository. This resource provides all the necessary information to integrate your rendered player sprites as unique Town NPCs within your tModLoader mods.

Key Features and Support

The Player Renderer mod is designed to capture the full essence of your character. It offers comprehensive support for:

• Your base character model
• All equipped armors
• Vanity items
• Active accessories
• Basic attack animations, adding dynamic flair to your generated sprites.

With Player Renderer, the power to create truly personalized NPCs for your tModLoader world is now at your fingertips.