Hi I just bought this pack as part of your mega pack bundle and I wired this up in a flipbook animation in Unreal and I am noticing that frames 11 through 15 have the top cut off. Was this intentional in the design because it kind of takes away from the realism when playing the full book opening animation. It does the same thing on the page turning animation.
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Hi there, thank you for purchasing the mega pack bundle!
Regarding the issue with frames 11 through 15 getting cut off, I suspect this is due to a DPI difference between the game engines. The kit was originally created based on Unity's standard of 72dpi. Because Unreal Engine uses 96dpi, the animation frames might be rendering larger than intended, causing the image area to go out of bounds and appear cut off at the top. Also, for your reference when setting up the flipbook, the animation is designed to run at 60fps (UMG FrameInterval: 0.0167).
I am going to look into this right now to verify if this is the exact cause. I will check the files and get back to you with a fix or an update as soon as possible.
I apologize for the inconvenience this has caused to your project, and I really appreciate you letting me know about it!
Hi Mondune! First of all, thank you so much for pointing this out.
You are correct that it was an intentional design. When I first created this asset, the animation was designed to naturally exceed the top edge of the screen.
As you might already know, if you set the UI anchor to the top, it will render exactly as intended without looking awkwardly cropped. However, I figured it might be a hassle to set this up manually in Unreal every time, so I went ahead and created and uploaded a dedicated Unreal Engine version that works perfectly right out of the box, just like in Unity.
Existing users of the Animated Pixel Magic Book, and especially those who purchased the bundle resources, can now download this Unreal version of the Magic Book. This version is set up using frame-by-frame animation Blueprint logic instead of a flipbook.
I wanted to help you out as quickly as possible based on your feedback, so I hurried to put this setup together. I'm leaving a test video here for your reference
Also, your feedback makes a lot of sense! For my future pixel book UIs, I will definitely consider designing them so they stay perfectly within the screen from the start.
Your feedback is highly informative, and I will definitely use it as a reference for my future projects.
You can find detailed development notes in the devlog below: