[CGMZ] Animated Battle Backs for RPG Maker MZ

Hi all, this plugin allows you to add as many animations to your battle backgrounds as you want.

The plugin works by allowing you to create "animated battle background" properties in the plugin manager, and then in your maps you will change the battle background using plugin command to call that animated background via the id assigned to it. When you no longer want to use the animated background, you use the Clear Battle Back plugin command.

Parallax Backgrounds

You can choose to have scrolling parallax backgrounds with this plugin. You can either have only the scrolling parallax, or you can show a static battleback image in front of it. This can give the illusion of depth behind the battlefield, such as a battle taking place on cliffs with the ocean in the background. See gif example:

Video

You can play a video as the battle background. This can include sprites on top (such as other battlebacks) or animations. The video will continue to loop throughout the battle. See below gif for how it can look:

Automatic Map Notetag

You can also use a map notetag to cause maps to automatically use an animated battleback, similar to how normal battlebacks can be set up.

Create Unlimited Animations

As for the actual animations, you can attach an unlimited amount of them to your animated battle background properties. Animations use a sprite-sheet based animation style, with as many frames as you want. You can have a starting or replay delay, specify the x/y coordinates of the animation, the x/y scale of the animation, and the delay between switching frames. You can also change the opacity of your animations, including a flicker feature.

Here is a gif preview of different scaled animations on the lava cave battle background:

In the above gif, one of the animations seems to have a noticeable "pop in" after the battle starts. This is not a bug, rather it is showing off the "starting delay" feature for animations.

Roadmap

Want additional features not already present/listed above? Leave your suggestions below or in my discord under the #suggestions channel!

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Quick Facts

✅ RPG Maker MZ
✅ No obfuscation
✅ All future updates included
✅ No AI used at any point in the creation of this plugin

Credit & Requirements

Please see terms of use here: Terms of Use

Requires CGMZ Core plugin: CGMZ Core

Happy RPG Making!