Spoiler:

Shadic12 wrote:
but I would like to  see if you could have the powerbar connected with the health bar similar to president Devon Infinite dream lifebar:

Shadic12 wrote:Also since the announcer for the source game only voice 1 round I was thinking if we could get a different announcer that has multiple round sounds or see if there is a way to edit to where the Blazblue cross tag announcer to voice more rounds. For example the SFxTekken announcer voices multiple rounds so you could match the font words with that announcer. I am open to suggestions when it comes to the announcer

Shadic12 wrote:5. I use Mugen 1.1 and PC specs are NIVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER/10th Generation Intel Core i9k/64 GB, 2 x 32 GB, DDR4, 2933 MHz, dual-channel

Shadic12 wrote:
2. My maximum budget would be around $200 if the life bar requires more I am willing to dish out more money

Shadic12 wrote:
3. For the time frame you can take as much time as you like there is no need to rush this commission since I am usually not in a hurry.

Shadic12 wrote:1.Hello I wanted to know if any of you guys would be open to making a Custom Blazblue Cross Tag battle HD lifebars with the fightfx and a easy to do portrait template from the source game.

Shadic12 wrote:Another thing I would like to do if there was a way to make a template for portraits of the lifebars to be easy to drag and drop renders and just resize them instead of doing anything extra similar to President Devon Infinite Lifebars.

Shadic12 wrote:
4. The lifebars and hitsparks FightFx is going to be in the source game:
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Shadic12 wrote:7. I found this website that has sources from the game: [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

Ex-Sirius wrote:Hi Shadic12

I have reviewed your initial commission request in detail so nw we can begin discussing the finer details.

To ensure that all bases are covered, and that the final product is 100% to your expectations and above where possible, it is standard procedure here that we do a very thorough assessment/discussion of the project initially and then form an overall project summary before any agreement on commencement of the project.

This is to ensure you are 100% happy with the proposed work before proceeding.
So first off, in response to your initial info:

Shadic12 wrote:
but I would like to  see if you could have the powerbar connected with the health bar similar to president Devon Infinite dream lifebar:

This is no problem. we are able to edit/upgrade/animate/customise the lifebars in anyway you require. As digital designers it is our main specialty to do so hence this is definitely easily achievable no issue.

Shadic12 wrote:Also since the announcer for the source game only voice 1 round I was thinking if we could get a different announcer that has multiple round sounds or see if there is a way to edit to where the Blazblue cross tag announcer to voice more rounds. For example the SFxTekken announcer voices multiple rounds so you could match the font words with that announcer. I am open to suggestions when it comes to the announcer

This is no problem. As digital designers we can create any type of animation sequence with any text/match any sound effect/wording to create truly original round animation announcers with stunning effects.

Shadic12 wrote:5. I use Mugen 1.1 and PC specs are NIVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER/10th Generation Intel Core i9k/64 GB, 2 x 32 GB, DDR4, 2933 MHz, dual-channel

Excellent. based on your PC specs, you will have no issue running high quality, HD Mugen animation sequences or OPenGL content.
This basically is just so we can confirm that we donot have to add restrictions on the quality level of the work/sprites required.

Shadic12 wrote:
2. My maximum budget would be around $200 if the life bar requires more I am willing to dish out more money

This shouldn't be an issue. Your budget is definitely within the ballpark of typical lifebar commission work, and we can discuss the details of this towards the end of the project once we have confirmed all your requirements. We can always add/omit certain elements to match the required work within your max budget as necessary.

Shadic12 wrote:
3. For the time frame you can take as much time as you like there is no need to rush this commission since I am usually not in a hurry.

This is no problem. Our community rules require us to finish open commissions within a certain time frame depending on the size of the request.
We are also required to update the client every 48 hours with progress images/info to ensure the project is on track to completion.
personally I do daily updates and it will be worked on daily until completion for a minimum of 1 hour so turn around time will be extremely reasonable.
depending on complexity and additional requirements, typically the turn around time for generic lifebars for 720p resolution and above is 1-2 weeks max but we will discuss this in more detail as the project scope is formed.

All of the above pointers mentioned are fine.
The items I have quoted below, I will need you to provide some answers/additional info as required.
I have marked the key questions in bold orange text:

Shadic12 wrote:1.Hello I wanted to know if any of you guys would be open to making a Custom Blazblue Cross Tag battle HD lifebars with the fightfx and a easy to do portrait template from the source game.

Do you require the following:

Fight.def/Fight.sff/fight.snd related:
- Full Lifebar system (All modes - single/Simul(Tag)/Team Mode)

Shadic12:
- Yes

Fightfx.sff/.air related:
- A fully customised Fightfx/Fight.air with custom fightFX (hitsparks/dust/guardsparks etc) for use with characters without their own built in fightfx/hitsparks etc

Shadic12:
-Yes

Shadic12 wrote:Another thing I would like to do if there was a way to make a template for portraits of the lifebars to be easy to drag and drop renders and just resize them instead of doing anything extra similar to President Devon Infinite Lifebars.

Please confirm whether or not you have access to Adobe photoshop CS6 or higher version, or any third party image editing application that can edit and access layered .PSD photoshop files.
Providing that you do, we can make a drop and drag instant portrait generator file for you with no issue whatsoever.
90% of work i have done for clients requesting custom portrait screenpacks, also include auto portrait generator templates to avoid them any hassle. So yes this is no issue.

Shadic12:
Yes I use Adobe photoshop CS6

Shadic12 wrote:
4. The lifebars and hitsparks FightFx is going to be in the source game:
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Just to reconfirm, by this I assume you mean:

- You would like the blazeblue cross tag battle lifebars for your fight.def/sff using ripped sprites from the source game ( not original bars remade in their likeness etc)

Shadic12:
Well if you can remake the Lifebars more unique and stylish based on the original then by all means go ahead I am always open to suggestions. Also I have seen some of your works on this site and they look dope so making this lifebar even more better than the original would be fantastic.
Here is the original Lifebar by K6orochi in a screenpack you could use as reference: [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

- you would like the fightfx.sff to contain the hitsparks shown in the video of the source game (i assume you are editing your characters in your personal mugen to use the mugen system fightfx instead of their own built in fx, or you use characters that donot have built in hitsparks ( i am aware a some creators make characters without built in hitsparks so they utilize the default mugen fightfx.sff/air hitsparks)

Shadic12:
- Yes  I would fightfx.sff to contain the hitsparks shown in the video of the source game to replace the default mugen fx since the characters don't have their own hitsparks.

in regards to both of these, they should be no problem providing you are able to supply the required sprites.
If you can supply direct links to both the hitsparks and Lifebar sprites so I can confirm they are accessible/usable for your request that will allow us to confirm this

Shadic12 wrote:7. I found this website that has sources from the game: [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

I may be perhaps not looking correctly, but I could not seem to see any hitspark or lifebar related download files, but instead many character related files.
If you could reconfirm this is the case for me or redirect me to the correct file that would be great.



Shadic12:
Unfortunately I could not find the hitsparks online unless you could find a way to extract the files from the source game. Or if there a way to recreate the hitsparks from scratch or be similar to it. If its to much of a hassle to do then I will drop the fightfx and focus on the Lifebars. Regarding the Lifebars I gave you the link to the previous question.

That concludes the first wave of questions. If you could get back to me regarding these details, we can proceed with the next part of the project planning. Thank you for your patience

Shadic12 wrote:Well if you can remake the Lifebars more unique and stylish based on the original then by all means go ahead I am always open to suggestions. Also I have seen some of your works on this site and they look dope so making this lifebar even more better than the original would be fantastic. Here is the original Lifebar by K6orochi in a screenpack you could use as reference: [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

Shadic12 wrote:Shadic12:
- Yes  I would fightfx.sff to contain the hitsparks shown in the video of the source game to replace the default mugen fx since the characters don't have their own hitsparks.

Shadic12:
Unfortunately I could not find the hitsparks online unless you could find a way to extract the files from the source game. Or if there a way to recreate the hitsparks from scratch or be similar to it. If its to much of a hassle to do then I will drop the fightfx and focus on the Lifebars. Regarding the Lifebars I gave you the link to the previous question.

Ex-Sirius wrote:Hi Shadic12.
Thank you for that.
I am currently waiting for the files to download.
In the meantime, we can proceed with discussing the finer details of the fight.def/required elements.

1.Native Resolution
What native resolution settings do you require for your fight.def
(eg 1280x720/1920x1080/2560x1440 etc)
Keep in mind that since we will be designing this using high quality 16/32bit png imagae/animation files,
they will auto-upscale to any HD/4K mugen.cfg video settings when using OpenGL with 0 image quality loss

Shadic12:
I use 1280x720 for settings for fight.def but I modify the p1.face.scale under [Face], [Simul Face], and [Turns Face], to .25,.25 to make the lifebars fit the characters Portraits. I have system and stage fit enabled.

2. Localcoord
Do you use any custom localcoord settings in your characters for widescreen aspect ratio correction
e.g 427,240 (default widescreen localcoord) /426.66,320.25 (True HD widescreen localcoord)
This will affect how we handle the lifebar portrait system/scaling coding.

Shadic12:
I don't have any custom localcoord settings in my characters

3. Playername Font settings
Please confirm your requirements for the Playername font settings.
A. You require original fonts created from scratch to a particular specification
   (please provide reference/sample images showing required style etc)
B. Use the existing font/def/sff in your current screenpack/another existing screenpack.
   (If so, please specify/suppy the required fonts)

Shadic12:
B. You can base the player name font off of Dissidia FIGHTING RETROMIX HD LIFEBAR: [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]



5. Combo Font settings
Please confirm your requirements for the combo font settings.
A. You require original fonts created from scratch to a particular specification
   (please provide reference/sample images showing required style etc)
B. Use the existing font/def/sff in your current screenpack/another existing screenpack ie sample blazlue tag SP already provided to reduce labor/cost.

Shadic12:
B. Legacy SP already provided

6. Timer Font settings
Please confirm your requirements for the Playername font settings.
A. You require original fonts created from scratch to a particular specification
   (please provide reference/sample images showing required style etc)
B. Use the existing font/def/sff in your current screenpack/another existing screenpack.
   (If so, please specify/suppy the required fonts)

B. blazlue tag SP already provided

7.Single Mode (1v1) Lifebar
Other than the already specified preferences discussed, do you have any other particular preferences on the design for the single mode life bar (e.g additional animations/glow/effects/enhancements) and/or would you like to leave this to us to add additional upgrades/animations as applicable?

Shadic12:
I will leave it to you guys to add additional upgrades/animations as applicable.

8.Tag/Simul Mode Lifebar
1.Other than the already specified preferences discussed, do you have any other particular preferences on the design for the single mode life bar (e.g additional animations/glow/effects/enhancements), and/or would you like to leave this to us to add additional upgrades/animations as applicable?

Shadic12:
I will leave it to you guys to add additional upgrades/animations as applicable.

9. Turns Mode Lifebar
1.Other than the already specified preferences discussed, do you have any other particular preferences on the design for the single mode life bar (e.g additional animations/glow/effects/enhancements) and/or would you like to leave this to us to add additional upgrades/animations as applicable?

Shadic12:
I will leave it to you guys to add additional upgrades/animations as applicable.

10. Powerbar
1.Other than the already specified preferences discussed (positioning at top as per devon lifebar sample image), do you have any other particular preferences on the design for the single mode life bar (e.g additional animations/glow/effects/enhancements) and/or would you like to leave this to us to add additional upgrades/animations as applicable?

Shadic12:
I will leave it to you guys to add additional upgrades/animations as applicable.

2. How many maximum charge fonts do your require for the lifebar meter 
(Mugen default =3, Max recommended is 5 for certain chars mainly KOF related boss chars)

Shadic12:
5

11. Portrait system - Single/Simul/Team Mode Portraits
Other than the already specified preferences discussed ( create an auto drop and save portrait generator PSD template as per Blazblue cross tag game lifebar design) do you have any other particular preferences on the designs of the 3 portrait variants?

Shadic12:
I don't have any other particular preferences on the designs of the 3 portrait variants.I will leave it up to you guys if you have a better idea on how to go about this otherwise you can leave it at that.

12.Round Announcer Animation system (sound)
Please confirm the following:
1. other than the already discussed, just to reconfirm, please state which of the following is correct:

A. You would like to specify exactly which voices/sounds and announcers are used for each round.
B. You have no preference and will leave it to us to creatively design as required
C. You would like to use street fighter x tekken announcer voices
D. Other (please specify)

Shadic12:
B.

13.Round Announcer Animation system (visuals)
Other than the already discussed, just to reconfirm, please state which of the following is correct:

A. You would like us to recreate the Blazblue cross tag announcer announcer graphics based on the sample lifebars provided as close as possible
B. You have no preference and will leave it to us to creatively design as required
C. You would like original animated announcer animation to match your voice announcers specified above
D. Other (please specify)

Shadic12:
B.

14.K.O-ANIMATION
A.Same questions as above

Shadic12:
B. I have no preference and will leave it to you guys to creatively design as required

15.WIN-ANIMATION
A.Same questions as above

Shadic12:
B. I have no preference and will leave it to you guys to creatively design as required

16.Double K.O Animation-ANIMATION
A.Same questions as above
B. I do not require additional animations for the KO. please use the default existing animationa lready in my screenpack to reduce labor/cost

Shadic12:
B. I have no preference and will leave it to you guys to creatively design as required

17.TIME-OVER-ANIMATION
A.Same questions as above
B. I do not require additional animations for the KO. please use the default existing animation already in my screenpack to reduce labor/cost

Shadic12:
B. I have no preference and will leave it to you guys to creatively design as required

18.Lifebar Win Icons
Please confirm which of the following is correct:

A. You only require one generic win icon for my lifebar
B. You require any of the following individual specific win icons to appear on the lifebars:


Win by special
Win by hyper (super)
Win by normal throw
Win by cheese
Win by time over
Win by suicide
Opponent beaten by his own teammate
Win by perfect (overlay icon)

Shadic12:
B.

I think this covers 95% of all remaining questions/details. This covers all parameters of the Mugen 1.1 Fight.def/sff system to ensure no fine details have been omitted.
Please answer/confirm these details at your convenience. Once these final details are confirmed & there are no more questions required, we can move on to the quoting process to calculate the total labortime/workload required and adjust/manage things accordingly.
Thank you again for your patience and I look forward to your reply

Shadic12 wrote:B. You can base the player name font off of Dissidia FIGHTING RETROMIX HD LIFEBAR: [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

Ex-Sirius wrote:Hi Shadic12

Thank you again for confirming all of these details. We are almost done with this step.
To ensure that we have definitely covered all of your requirements in the finest detail, there are just a few last things I need to reconfirm in regards to your latest replies

3. Playername Font settings

Shadic12 wrote:B. You can base the player name font off of Dissidia FIGHTING RETROMIX HD LIFEBAR: [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

Just to reconfirm, which of the following do you mean:

A. You would like to use this exact font file included in the supplied link (this will reduce time/labor costs as no font creation is required)
B. By "based on" you mean you would like 100% original fonts created for your lifebars with a design based on the ones in this retro lifebar

Shadic12:
Actually I would like to go with Dissidia HATSUNE MIKU: PROJECT MUGEN EXTEND player name font LIFEBAR : [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]
I would also choose B.

Aside from this final detail, we have enough information to begin building your initial quote and calculate the total time/labor required.
If you can confirm this last detail, we can move on to the final planning phase.

Ex-Sirius wrote:Thank you for confirming these details.
I have done a full review of all our discussions and planning to date, in order to produce a condensed project summary.
This is the second to last step.
Please note it is very important that you carefully read & review all the information provided below in your project summary as it will be used to calculate the final quote for the total no.of hours labor/commission cost. Please double check that all details are correct and no information has been altered or omitted in error.
Once we are both happy with the summary, I will then submit the final quote of the total labor cost for all mentioned tasks for you to accept/modify as required.
Here is your project summary  below:



Job Summary
Create a fully Customized "Blazblue Cross Tag Battle inspired" Fight.def/sff/snd system using 16/32bit high quality sprites for Clients personal Mugen 1.1 1280x720 localcoord "Legacy Tag" build.
Client does not require any limitations on quality/file size and has sufficient VRAM/SYSRAM to support high-end 16/32bit png OPENGL content as discussed.
(PC specs = NIVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER/10th Generation Intel Core i9k/64 GB RAM.)
Client has not specified a specific timeframe/required date. Default Newagemugen commission processing timeframe applies.
Final product to be built and resupplied inside the supplied copy of client's personal Mugen build as per the link below:
[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

Lifebars:
- Create a full set of modified custom HD BB Cross tag Battle inspired lifebars (Single mode/Simul Mode/VS Mode)using the supplied base sprites below as discussed.
               https://www.mediafire.com/file/24rbvwwl77nz9vu/ScreenPack_BBCTB_v2.0.rar/file
- Apply Noz Legacy Screenpack Lifebar colorscheme to Lifebars as discussed
- Client is happy for additional improvements/animation upgrades to be made to the default lifebars
- Client requires the Powerbars to be displayed at the top of the screen.
- Client does not want generic default round win icon.
 Client requires all 9 different extra victory fonts/animations for round wins display as specified
Win by special
Win by hyper (super)
Win by normal throw
Win by cheese
Win by time over
Win by suicide
Opponent beaten by his own teammate
Win by perfect (overlay icon)

Round Animations:
- Create a Full set of Round announcer animations with custom announcer voices as discussed.
- Client requires additional animations for Double KO/DRAW/Time Over as discussed.
- Client is neutral on preference & is happy for the artist to create the original designs/aesthetics of the animations as discussed.

Font System
- Client requires 100% original HD Playername fonts created, based on ones contaied in the link specified
 [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.].
- Client requires powerbar guage fonts with a max count of 5 meter charges as specified.

Portrait system
- Create easily editable instant character portrait generator template with image drop and save method as discussed
- Save portrait PSD template in Adobe Photoshop CS6 compatibility mode for client to access/use via their personal Adobe photoshop application.

Ex-Sirius wrote:Hi Shadic

Excellent. Now that we have confirmed the details, I have compiled your project summary commission quote total as per the above discussed:


Legacy Custom Blazblue Cross Tag Battle Lifebar Commission request workload & final cost summary:

Initial & setup
- Mugen build setup & combination of supplied assets (min 1 hours @ 18/hour)

Lifebars/powerbars Workload
- Concept & design (min 1.5 hours @ 18/hour)
- Sprite/animation creation/style application (min 2 hours @ 18/hour)
- Coding/HP range positioning (min 1 hours @ 18/hour)
- sff compilation & coding (min 1 hours @ 18/hour)

Total = 6.5 hours @ 18.00/hr = 117 USD

Winicons workload (optional)
- WINICON special/hyper/normal/cheese/TO/suicide/perfect Winicon system concept/design (min 2 hours @ 18/hour)
- WINICON Sprite/animation creation/style application (min 2 hours @ 18/hour)

Total = 4 hours @ 18.00/hr = 72 USD

Round Animations workload
- RND1234/FIGHT/KO/WIN Concept & design (Min 2 hours @ 18/hour)
- RND1234/FIGHT/KO/WIN sff/air/animation/sprite compilation & coding (min 1 hours @ 18/hour)
- snd compilation/coding/rnd time coding/calculation/def related ( min 1hr @ 18/hr)

Total = 4 hours @ 18.00/hr = 72 USD

Additional round animations workload (optional)
- additional animations for Double KO/DRAW/Time Over (Min 1 hours @ 18/hour)
- additional animations for Double KO/DRAW/Time Over (Min 1 hours @ 18/hour)

Total = 2 hours @ 18.00/hr = 36 USD

Font system
- Powergauge font concept/design/positioning/import (min 1 hours @ 18/hr)

Total = 1 hours @ 18.00/hr = 18 USD

Additional fonts workload (optional)
- Playername font Concept & design (Min 1 hours @ 18/hour)
- Individual font letter & character set creation/import/positioning/coding (Min 3 hours @ 18/hr)

Total = 4 hours @ 18.00/hr = 72 USD

Portrait system
- Concept & design (Min 1.5 hours @ 18/hour)
- PSD Template creation/setup/formatting (Min 1.5 hours @ 18/hour)

Total = 3 hours @ 18.00/hr = 72 USD


Summary & Totals
As per the Newagemugen Commission services/community rules, the hourly rate for commissions is a donation of 18.00 USD/Hour.
Any additional workload/costs outside the above mentioned will be at no charge and are covered by our forum sponsors.
Before agreeing to proceed with your commission/payment, please respond to confirm you read/understand & agree to our Commission services and pricing info guide at the link below: [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

OPTION A - All designs included
In summary, with all of the above listed elements, 
the total commission donation cost/workload will be 25.5 Hours Labor @ 18.00 USD/Hour std flatrate = 459.00 USD.
(50% donation of total on start date/50% upon completion & supply of finished product via password protected .RAR file)

OPTION B - Budget Optimized
In summary, with the "optional" marked items omitted, (No name font/additional KO animations/default WIN icon only)
the total commission donation cost will be 15.5 Hours Labor @ 18.00 USD/Hour std Flatrate = 279.00 USD
(50% donation of total on start date/50% upon completion & supply of finished product via password protected .RAR file)

Please carefully read/review all the above & let me now how you would like to proceed & feel free to ask any additional questions you may have.
I look forward to your reply & potentially working together with you on your project.

Ex-Sirius wrote:Hi Shadic12.
No.problem. In that case, we can proceed with starting your commission Option A.
To officially activate your commission, please proceed with the following:
1) Confirm by replying "I have read, understand & Accept parts 1-5 of the Newagemugen Commissions Guide"
[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

2) Please make a donation of 50% to the specified total of Option A ($229.50) via our Donations tab:
   https://www.newagemugen.com/t265-donate-support-newagemugen

Once you have confirmed both of the above, I will make this topic as complete and create a New ACTIVE COMMISION topic here in the COmmissions request thread and commence work on your commission. I look forward to your reply