msw-sprite-ruid

Msw-sprite-ruid provides the rules for assigning a RUID to a sprite renderer in MSW, covering SpriteRendererComponent.SpriteRUID in the world and SpriteGUIRendererComponent.ImageRUID in the UI. Both components accept a sprite or animationclip RUID directly, with no extra animator component required. In the world the value is a plain string, while in the UI the value is wrapped as an object with a DataId field. It applies when assigning any RUID to a sprite renderer, displaying an avatar item or resource as a thumbnail or icon, using an animationclip directly in a renderer, or rendering inventory item icons.

For animation, a single looping animation such as a background decoration or idle effect is handled by setting SpriteRUID or ImageRUID directly to the animationclip RUID, whereas multi-state animation like stand, move, attack, hit, and die uses StateAnimationComponent plus an ActionSheet, documented in a referenced monster guide. A skeleton or avataritem RUID assigned without the thumbnail:// prefix fails silently, rendering nothing with no error.

The thumbnail:// prefix renders a static thumbnail image from any resource, accepting sprite, animationclip, skeleton, and avataritem types in the form thumbnail:// followed by a 32-character hex RUID. Its primary use case is avatar item icons, since avataritem RUIDs cannot render without the prefix; with it they become item icons for inventory slots, shop listings, and equip previews, and in the UI the prefix goes inside the DataId field. The skill lists common pitfalls, including that thumbnail:// produces a static image only (live animation requires assigning the animationclip RUID directly), that CostumeManagerComponent.Custom*Equip, StateAnimationComponent.ActionSheet, and SkeletonRendererComponent.SkeletonRUID do not accept the prefix, and that the prefix should not be reapplied to a RUID already retrieved as a thumbnail. RUIDs are found with the msw-search skill, using searchAvatarItems for avatar items and searchResources for everything else.