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Vehicle/map transfer issues (VX)

01/01/2009 01:21 PM
Hey guys, thought I'd throw some help out there if anyone else has had these issues.

Basically, I wanted to make where I could use a ship. Fine enough? Thing is, this ship starts off in town, meaning I have at least two maps where the ship can be accessed. I was presented with a couple of problems:

  • If I boarded in town and got off on the world map, it would play the town music
  • It would always set the player walk speed to "normal" which was fine on the world map, but definitely not in town!
  • I ended up having to do a few more fixes too because once I boarded a vehicle and changed maps, it would swap the music.

Here's the coding fixes/changes I did:

  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Get Off Vehicle
  #    Assumes that the player is currently riding in a vehicle.
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def get_off_vehicle
    if in_airship?                                # Airship
      return unless airship_land_ok?(@x, @y)      # Can't land?
    else                                          # Boat/ship
      front_x = $game_map.x_with_direction(@x, @direction)
      front_y = $game_map.y_with_direction(@y, @direction)
      return unless can_walk?(front_x, front_y)   # Can't touch land?
    end
    $game_map.vehicles[@vehicle_type].get_off     # Get off processing
    if in_airship?                                # Airship
      @direction = 2                              # Face down
    else                                          # Boat/ship
      force_move_forward                          # Move one step forward
      @transparent = false                        # Remove transparency
    end
    @vehicle_getting_off = true                   # Start getting off operation
    @map = $game_map.map_id
    if @map == 1
    @move_speed = 4                               # Return move speed
    end
    @through = false                              # Passage OFF
    $game_map.vehicle_exit_bgm
    make_encounter_count                          # Initialize encounter
  end

In there I made it so that it would ONLY change the move speed to "normal if on the world map, otherwise it would make no change, since I have my game set to slower walk on the world map and faster walk everywhere else. The $game_map.vehicle_exit_bgm is another fix I also had to implement. This class is in Game_Player

  #--------------------------------------
  # * Change music when exiting vehicle
  #--------------------------------------
  def vehicle_exit_bgm
    @map.bgm.play if @map.autoplay_bgm
    @map.bgs.play if @map.autoplay_bgs
  end

I basically used this extra class so that I could force the autoplay of the current map's BGM when getting off the vehicle. This gets added to Game_Map

  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Automatically Switch BGM and BGS (not in vehicle)
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def autoplay
    if $game_player.in_vehicle?
      else
    @map.bgm.play if @map.autoplay_bgm
    @map.bgs.play if @map.autoplay_bgs
  end
  end

I changed the usual autoplay class so that it will only change music when you change maps IF you are not in a vehicle. This class is in Game_Map.


This pretty much embodies some of the more major changes I've made to the scripting and will probably keep in every game I make, outside of the variables solution.

I have solved RMVX variables!

12/16/2008 12:55 AM
I'm not sure yet if anyone's cracked this case yet, but if you've been having the following problems in RMVX:

  • Extracting number of items OR any actor's statistics
  • Multiplying a variable (e.g. 137 times 14) only to end up with your operand as the answer

I have your solution. Again, I could be late to the scene and be the 47th person to do this, but I'm just posting this if this is anything new. Either way, someone on the EB team really dropped the ball here. If I'm indeed somehow the first to this fix, maybe they could give me a free code since I'm still in trial.. not really counting on that though lol.

Copy and paste over the entire Control Variables section under Game Interpreter:

#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Control Variables
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def command_122
    value = 0
    case @params[3]  # Operand
    when 0  # Constant
      value = @params[4]
    when 1  # Variable
      value = $game_variables[@params[4]]
    when 2  # Random
      value = @params[4] + rand(@params[5] - @params[4] + 1)
    when 3  # Item
      value = $game_party.item_number($data_items[@params[4]])
      # changed stuff from here...
      when 4  # Actor
        actor = $game_party.members[@params[4] - 1]
        if actor != nil
        case @params[5]
        when 0  # Level
          value = actor.level
        when 1  # Experience
          value = actor.exp
        when 2  # HP
          value = actor.hp
        when 3  # MP
          value = actor.mp
        when 4  # Maximum HP
          value = actor.maxhp
        when 5  # Maximum MP
          value = actor.maxmp
        when 6  # Attack
          value = actor.atk
        when 7  # Defense
          value = actor.def
        when 8  # Spirit
          value = actor.spi
        when 9  # Agility
          value = actor.agi
        end                      
      end
      # ...to here
    when 5  # Enemy
      enemy = $game_troop.members[@params[4]]
      if enemy != nil
        case @params[5]
        when 0  # HP
          value = enemy.hp
        when 1  # MP
          value = enemy.mp
        when 2  # Maximum HP
          value = enemy.maxhp
        when 3  # Maximum MP
          value = enemy.maxmp
        when 4  # Attack
          value = enemy.atk
        when 5  # Defense
          value = enemy.def
        when 6  # Spirit
          value = enemy.spi
        when 7  # Agility
          value = enemy.agi
        end
      end
    when 6  # Character
      character = get_character(@params[4])
      if character != nil
        case @params[5]
        when 0  # x-coordinate
          value = character.x
        when 1  # y-coordinate
          value = character.y
        when 2  # direction
          value = character.direction
        when 3  # screen x-coordinate
          value = character.screen_x
        when 4  # screen y-coordinate
          value = character.screen_y
        end
      end
    when 7  # Other
      case @params[4]
      when 0  # map ID
        value = $game_map.map_id
      when 1  # number of party members
        value = $game_party.members.size
      when 2  # gold
        value = $game_party.gold
      when 3  # steps
        value = $game_party.steps
      when 4  # play time
        value = Graphics.frame_count / Graphics.frame_rate
      when 5  # timer
        value = $game_system.timer / Graphics.frame_rate
      when 6  # save count
        value = $game_system.save_count
      end
    end
    for i in @params[0] .. @params[1]   # Batch control
      case @params[2]  # Operation
      when 0  # Set
        $game_variables[i] = value
      when 1  # Add
        $game_variables[i] += value
      when 2  # Sub
        $game_variables[i] -= value
      when 3  # Mul
        $game_variables[i] *= value
      when 4  # Div
        $game_variables[i] /= value if value != 0
      when 5  # Mod
        $game_variables[i] %= value if value != 0
      end
      if $game_variables[i] > 99999999    # Maximum limit check
        $game_variables[i] = 99999999
      end
      if $game_variables[i] < -99999999   # Minimum limit check
        $game_variables[i] = -99999999
      end
    end
    $game_map.need_refresh = true
    return true
  end

The Staff of Cyrenia

12/01/2008 07:13 PM
The Staff of Cyrenia

A view of the Guild.. all books are readable for some info on how this or that works.

Inside the characters' home, which they appear to split the rent on, since it's the nicest house in town.

A minor offshoot in the dungeon, keep an eye out for possible hidden treasures.

PAGE LINK: http://www.rpgmaker.net/games/845/

BASIC DESCRIPTION: You play as the main character (Kelan) and his longtime friends (Elaire and Otto). They're all essentially slightly more motivated townsfolk with a fair amount of training in combat and some research in magic. For now I'll just say you're doing missions as commissioned by the hunter's guild in town.

The only playable areas in the demo are the town, a small portion of the overworld, and one dungeon. I can get through the demo myself in about 15-20 minutes, probably 20-30 for anyone else depending on if they decide to do some research in the "library" of books in the guild, and taking into account only I know where everything is.. dungeon is pretty simple though, very straightforward like a first one typically should be.

So far I'm pretty much just using the RMVX RTP for maps, I may do some other dabbling/implementation though eventually.

There's no real backstory to speak of in the start of the game, you just move along and do stuff. I'm making higher intentions on revealing things as you progress through the game, especially in character development.. and perhaps even moreso when doing optional missions.

My overworld map so far is pretty ordinary if that, so apologies in advance. I took some effort to try and make most of the maps pretty detailed/enjoyable though as well.

The furthest progress that can be made in the demo is accepting the second mission.

Been a long time.. howdy

11/24/2008 06:19 PM
It's been about a year since I last really dabbled in RPG Maker.. I'm not sure how many people from way back in the day are around these parts but either way it'd be cool to see new/old faces!

I've gone by Goldenguy on GameFAQs since 2001 and at RMDB when it existed.

Short and sweet bit:

- I'm 24 in less than a month.
- I work in RPG2K/3 (mainly due to working full time, not having the real desire to learning all the scripting in RMXP and such, and being far more familiar with 2k/3)
- My games tend not to have the most elaborate storylines but I try what I can to back them with likable characters and developed areas.

I probably won't frequent this place religiously but I'd say you can expect to see me around.

Cheers!
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