Show window and picture with script Topic

ducam

0

01/06/2016 10:08 AM

Hi, third time trying to post this (didn t realize about the message limit for newcomers), hope it goes through now...

I ve been trying to learn scripting in vx Ace, usually start with creating an event with all the steps necessary to get what I want, then try to recreate as a script (lot of reading about classes but little understanding...maybe not the best way ). So far I made a scriplet to make a window and added a way for it to turn the window on and off. But i m not sure how to add a background image to it. What I did was call Scene base, then define creating window, then input buttons. I then defined window Base and updating. This took me a load of tries and i m not sure if it s a good way (but it works).

When i got it, i noticed i didn t add a way to show a background image. Let s say i want "data_mine.png" in the "pictures" folder to appear on the same pos that the (transparent) text window does. my question is how to do this. I don t think i ll use a script call like

$game_map.screen.pictures[n].show

because i want it to happen at same time. but for this Which class should I call? Where and how should I define it in the scriplet (what order)? I found about

$game_map.screen.pictures[index].show(fName, placement, x, y, xZoom, yZoom, opacity, blend)

but am really not sure about what s the "index", or if it s meant to be used here. Can anyone help? Thank you :)

(sorry for the missing characters, my keyboard s all shot up :( )

Infinite

2103

01/08/2016 06:13 PM

If you're working with scripts, it may be a good time to learn how to create sprites! Pictures are the user friendly version of the Sprite class. You can add a sprite to the scene with...

@sprite = Sprite.new

@sprite.bitmap = Cache.picture("picture_name_here")

@sprite.x = x_coordinate

@sprite.y = y_coordinate

Be sure to add a dispose method to properly get rid of the sprite or you'll end up with memory leaks.

def dispose

    @sprite.bitmap.dispose

    @sprite.dispose

end

Try playing with that, and reference the help file to check out all the things you can do with them.

ducam

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01/13/2016 10:59 AM

Hello, infinite. Sorry for the delay in the reply. What can I say other than a big "thank you"? :D it works, though I have to play it straight: I'm not sure I've used sprite.bitmap correctly. Not sure why, maybe some error on my part or an issue with the referenced class I was using. The first part inherits from Scene_Base and the second from Window_Base. It was in this last one I had the problem. I did several tests (not always easy with the little free time I have), but in the end, used create_background.


def create_background

 @background_sprite = Sprite.new

 @background_sprite.bitmap = Cache.picture ("n")

 @background_sprite.x = x_coordinate

 @background_sprite.y = y_coordinate

end



def update

  super

  if Input.trigger?(:A)

   @background_sprite.dispose

   @@background_sprite.bitmap.dispose

  elsif Input.trigger?(:B)

   create_background

  end

 end

The super is there because of the other things going on in the window. So I'm not really sure why I couldn't use the sprite.bitmap directly (or if this code is the same as using it). To be honest again, it was very late and I may just have made a typo somewhere in the code. However, it's working perfectly now.

Thank you once again for your time, explanation and nudging me in the right way :)

[RMVX ACE] SHOW WINDOW AND PICTURE WITH SCRIPT

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