TITLE SCREEN MAP PLUGIN

RPG Maker MV

Use a regular ol' map as your title screen with some plugin commands to help facilitate the process

Title Screen Map!


Table of Contents:
1. Introduction
2. Example Project
3. Directions
4. Version History
5. License

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1. Introduction

This plugin is made for RPG Maker MV and it will take the player to a map instead of the title screen when said title screen would otherwise be shown. The goal of this plugin is to make it easier for developers to create their own unique title screens using the map and event interface they may be more familiar with than trying to write their own plugin to create an equivalent title screen.

If you have any suggestions or bug reports please feel free to post them here! Implementation is not guaranteed but I can maybe try!


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2. Example Project

You can download an example project for this script here.


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3. Directions

Installation of the plugin is simple RMMV fare:

  • Place in your RMMV's project's js/plugin folder named "levix2-TitleScreenMap.js" without quotes. The file name is important to correct functionality of the plugin!

  • Next add the plugin to your project's plugins list from the Plugin Manager and turn it ON.

  • Set the TitleMapID to be the ID of the map you want to be your title screen. If you aren't sure what the Map ID is you can right-click on your intended map in RMMV's map tree and select 'Edit'. The ID of the map will appear at the top of the Map Properties window that appears.



From there the developer is responsible for creating their title screen using events and any other tools they may want to use. To execute the New Game / Load Game / Settings / Quit operations that
would appear on the title screen the developer must use the Plugin Command event command (third tab, bottom right).

A plugin command is a string made up of at least two parts: An identifier for what plugin you're sending a command to and the command itself separated by a space. The identifier for this plugin is "TitleScreenMap" minus quotes. The accepted commands and what they do are as follows:

Start a new game:
newgame
new
start

Open the load game menu:
continue
loadgame
load

Close the game:
quit
exit
terminate

Open the settings menu:
options
settings

Some examples of valid plugin commands are as follows:
TitleScreenMap start
TitleScreenMap loadgame
TitleScreenMap terminate


See the example project for a live demo of this plugin.


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4. Version History

* 1.0 - 2015/11/04
First release! Yay! :D
Download plugin code here

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5. License

This plugin is distributed under the DWTFYWT Public License.
See full text below
(with a change so it's visible in RMMV's Plugin Help viewer):


DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO PUBLIC LICENSE
Version 2, December 2004

Copyright (C) 2004 Sam Hocevar <sam (at) hocevar.net>

Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim or modified
copies of this license document, and changing it is allowed as long
as the name is changed.

DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO PUBLIC LICENSE
TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION

0. You just DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO.


You can read up about the DWTFYWTPL here.

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I really like the license. It's as free as it is explicit.
It's everything I'd ever want out of a license short of me just saying 'idgaf what people do with it'. I can even link a site with more info on it and it has a copyright and I can pretend I'm professional!
Dragnfly
Beta testers!? No, this game needs a goddamn exorcist!
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Wow. I'd just like to say thank you a trillion times. THANK Y<truncated>

I was making a title screen using all events and transferring a transparent player but I couldn't think of a way to bring up the load screen because I'm old and script-inept. Then turns out you did the whole kit and kaboodle (told ya I'm old) and then some all in one package with a very amusing license.

So yeah, this one's the one trillionth - THANK YOU.
Glad that it's just what the doctor ordered! If it ever gives you shit or anything let me know and I'll see what I can do about it.
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