A way too big post on the weirdly fucked sprite layering in library of ruina
because I made a mini-post on it earlier. FULL VERSION WILL BE IN A REBLOG CHAIN! THIS IS ONLY THE FIRST PART! Also please bear in mind I have not finished the game. I do not have the key pages of the hana association or iori, though I am basically at the end of SOTC. Just want to do realisations first. Every key page will be modeled by Yesod, the guy notable for having hair over one eye.
the first part of this: THE LIBRARY AND CANARD
Second part: URBAN MYTH (+ San)
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PIERRE'S BISTRO
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No issues here! Layering is as it should be
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STREETLIGHT OFFICE
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Mars and Lulu's pages have no layering issues...
The same cannot be said for San.
There it is! There's the eye again.
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GENERICS
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aka the backstreets butchers and lulu's friend pages, with surprisingly no issues either. San is an outlier and shall not be counted.
Third part: URBAN LEGEND
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ZWEI ASSOCIATION
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Here it is, the page that infamously has the eye layering issue and the one that drew my attention to it ages ago- the generic Zwei page. The major characters' pages are fine though... completely the opposite of an Association we will talk about later.
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STRAY DOGS
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Buffsod is terrifying please get him outta here. His sprite layering is completely fine, though.
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MOLAR OFFICE
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Also completely fine on the sprite layering!
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GENERICS: GRADE 8 FIXERS, GRADE 7 FIXERS, AXE GANG
Also no issues! Assume that sprite issues are an uncommon occurrence, as.. they are. mostly.
Fourth Part: URBAN PLAGUE
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THE CARNIVAL and KUROKUMO CLAN
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No issues here! If buffsod was going to haunt my dreams Sayosod is too
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FULL-STOP AND BREMEN
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Ah lovely. We had a nice long run of barely any issues then Stephan MuMu and Oink come in with the steel chair. Stephan joins the group of "eye over hair" key pages and MuMu and Oink join the "floating eye accessory" pages.
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DAWN AND WEDGE
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.. we were doing so well.
Salvador and Yuna have no issues, nor does Oscar (which makes sense- his own eye is covered). Pameli and Pamela join the "eye over hair" group.
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GAZE OFFICE
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well the eye accessory is floating but that's it. Love Town offers no key pages, thank the Wings.
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GENERAL INVITATIONS: RUSTED CHAINLINKS, WORKSHOP-AFFILIATED FIXER AND JEONG'S OFFICE
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The generics of the Rusted Chainlinks and Jeon's Office join the "eye over hair" and "floating accessory" groups respectively. Jikan, Hanafuda and the Workshop-Affiliated generic are fine.
Fifth Part: URBAN NIGHTMARE
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SWEEPERS AND IDEX PROSELYTES
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every sweeper has the floating eye accessory. The index has normal layering.
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SHI ASSOCIATION AND THE SMILING FACES
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The shi have normal layering, smiling faces have the floating eye accessory. you're probably bored of hearing me say that.
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EMMA AND THE CRYING CHILDREN
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Both fine! Noah's key page is unequippable full stop and so I cannot judge that one.
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PUPPETS AND WARP CORP.
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The Puppets, Rose and Sen are fine! Lesti has the "eye over hair" problem and the generic W Corp. page has the floating accessory.
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GENERAL INVITATIONS: SEVEN ASSOCIATION AND BLADE LINEAGE
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Seven fine, Blade Lineage generic has the floating accessory, Bamboo-Hatted Kim has the "eye over hair". I should have expected that for him honestly, if there's a hat in the way who cares about the layering?
Sixth Part: STAR OF THE CITY (first 2 columns and 1st three general invitations)
Please remember what I said at the start: I don't have Iori's key page, though I likely have the tools to beat her now. She shall therfore not be included unless someone else wants to add her and the Impurity pages.
Seventh (and currently final) part: STAR OF THE CITY (second 2 columns and 2nd three general invitations)
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LIU ASSOCIATION (xiao counts)
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... oh god.
ALL of the major Liu characters have the "eye over hair" thing going on, plus Chun's arm seems to be clipping through the coat? Then the generics are fine, as a complete opposite to the Zwei earlier.
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CANE OFFICE AND R CORP. 4TH PACK AND
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Cane Office has all three things going on at once: Martina is fine, Nemo has the floating accessory, and Bada is just like his brother San.
All the Fourth Pack fine! Except Myo, who of course, in idolisation of Kali, puts the eye above the hair layer.
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GENERAL INVITATIONS: MIRAE LIFE INSURANCE, LEAFLET WORKSHOP, BAYARD'S OFFICE
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There is at least one floating accessory in every group. Leaflet workshop gets two!
This is where this post ends for now, as I stated: I do not have the key page for the Purple Tear, Iori, and am not at Impurity/Impuritas Civitatis, so no Hana either.
i also noticed this recently :) thank you for compiling this! i've completed the game, so i'll add the keypages you're missing (hopefully that's ok)
PURPLE TEAR
i can't be bothered to verify if the layering is also correct for PT's other stances ^-^;
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HANA ASSOCIATION (Hana Association fixer, Mirinae, Olivier, and Harold)
no issues with the hana association!
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REVERB ENSEMBLE (Argalia, Philip, Elieen, Greta, Brenem, Ozwald, Jae-Hoon, Elena, and Pluto)
argalia and elena are the only ones without any issues - i'm guessing it's because they're the only members of the team with non-human heads. everyone else has their eyes under their hair, but battle symbols over their hair. also, you're right, buffsod is kind of horrible to look at.
coming back to this- I ended up getting Iori's key page and decided that I was indeed going to screenshot all four stances to see if the layering was correct. the answer: yes. yes it is.
this also brings my screenshot collection of yesod up to 136 and gave me a new favourite key page for him he rocks the purple tear's fit ngl
