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[RMMV] Show Picture problem
Thanks! Yes, got a few syntax errors:
Unexpected Identifier (The filename argument I gather)
Unexpected token ILLEGAL (for using a back slash.. boo back slashes!)
Adding or omitting a semicolon didn't seem to make a difference.
Now if there was a way to punch in variable values for the position x and position y arguments... like the way you can put in \V in a text message to show a variable's value. That would save LOTS of time and branches since the script commands at the moment have constant values punched in for pos x and pos y.
Unexpected Identifier (The filename argument I gather)
Unexpected token ILLEGAL (for using a back slash.. boo back slashes!)
Adding or omitting a semicolon didn't seem to make a difference.
Now if there was a way to punch in variable values for the position x and position y arguments... like the way you can put in \V in a text message to show a variable's value. That would save LOTS of time and branches since the script commands at the moment have constant values punched in for pos x and pos y.
[RMMV] Show Picture problem
I've tried script commands to show a picture with values under 100 and over 100 for the pictureID, but I'm doing this wrong. I'm trying to draw the image file, 'hud1.png' with pictureId 50:
$gameScreen.showPicture(50, 'Project1/img/pictures/hud1.png', 1, 408, 204, 100, 100, 255, 1)
I didn't get an error, it simply did nothing when I tested it. I'm not sure what to put in for the blendMode and origin parameters.
Finally, if I use a higher number than 100 for the pictureId, will it still work?
$gameScreen.showPicture(50, 'Project1/img/pictures/hud1.png', 1, 408, 204, 100, 100, 255, 1)
I didn't get an error, it simply did nothing when I tested it. I'm not sure what to put in for the blendMode and origin parameters.
Finally, if I use a higher number than 100 for the pictureId, will it still work?
[RMMV] Show Picture problem
Eventing this would be the easiest method.
Common events / conditional branches / variables.
Do you have a better more efficient way? I really want to hear it.
Let's say you want to recreate the mini-game "WHIS" from Tales of Destiny 2.
The object of the game is to empty your hand of all of your cards first, and to do this you play cards. However the mechanics are not the problem here, the problem is displaying these cards properly using show picture commands.
Your hand may contain 80% or more of the entire WHIS deck when you are doing very poorly during a game, and less than 5% when you are dominating (Your opponents' hands are flooded with cards and you are almost out.)
So let's try to display a 15 card hand when you are getting your taint handed to you.
1) There's a mother common event called "timer" that basically controls the flow of the game (whose turn it is etc.) and nested therein are more common events for playing and/or drawing cards from the WHIS deck.
2) So I have 15 cards, to set the proper priority and not overwrite the same card picture the game needs to know two things: My handsize and what cards they are.
3) The first common event checks what card it is. I have set variables to EVERYTHING. The var 'card type' defines 1 as being a fire card, 2 being a water card, 3 being a wind card etc.
4) The second common event checks the handsize and tells me what picture ID to punch into the show picture command. There's a long list of branches here since there are several different cards. A branch for 'if card type = 1' and so on. Notice how they all contain the same picture ID. I hadn't played ToD2 in 18 years but I'm thinking WHIS has at least 12 different cards, so there's 12 branches all drawn on picture ID 1 (Assuming my handsize was 0).
5) Next, another long list of branches, this time drawing on picture ID 2. (assuming my handsize was 1).
Am I the only one thinking this is an inordinately LARGE amount of commands?
The 15 card hand x 12 possible cards = 180 commands. That's not too bad.
But a 48 card hand x 12 possible cards = 576 commands. That would take me hours.
Here are some comparisons:
FF8 card game
5 card hand x over 100 possible cards = around 500-1000 or more commands.
Poker
7 card hand x 52 possible cards = 364 commands
Fantasy card games (Yugi-oh, MTG, Force of Will, Pokémon, WoW)
up to 100 card hand (or more in some cases) x card pool of 200-1000 = 20,000 to 100k commands. Holy crap, that would take me weeks.
Also, side note: I edited rpg_objects.js and attempted to set the maxPictures to return 999 instead of the default 100, and to my surprise (not) it did nothing. I'm really trying to implement Trihan's idea to write a plugin to surpass the 100 max pictures cap. Then I could set branches to each individual card!
One more thing, how do you gimp an image? I want to learn!
Common events / conditional branches / variables.
Do you have a better more efficient way? I really want to hear it.
Let's say you want to recreate the mini-game "WHIS" from Tales of Destiny 2.
The object of the game is to empty your hand of all of your cards first, and to do this you play cards. However the mechanics are not the problem here, the problem is displaying these cards properly using show picture commands.
Your hand may contain 80% or more of the entire WHIS deck when you are doing very poorly during a game, and less than 5% when you are dominating (Your opponents' hands are flooded with cards and you are almost out.)
So let's try to display a 15 card hand when you are getting your taint handed to you.
1) There's a mother common event called "timer" that basically controls the flow of the game (whose turn it is etc.) and nested therein are more common events for playing and/or drawing cards from the WHIS deck.
2) So I have 15 cards, to set the proper priority and not overwrite the same card picture the game needs to know two things: My handsize and what cards they are.
3) The first common event checks what card it is. I have set variables to EVERYTHING. The var 'card type' defines 1 as being a fire card, 2 being a water card, 3 being a wind card etc.
4) The second common event checks the handsize and tells me what picture ID to punch into the show picture command. There's a long list of branches here since there are several different cards. A branch for 'if card type = 1' and so on. Notice how they all contain the same picture ID. I hadn't played ToD2 in 18 years but I'm thinking WHIS has at least 12 different cards, so there's 12 branches all drawn on picture ID 1 (Assuming my handsize was 0).
5) Next, another long list of branches, this time drawing on picture ID 2. (assuming my handsize was 1).
Am I the only one thinking this is an inordinately LARGE amount of commands?
The 15 card hand x 12 possible cards = 180 commands. That's not too bad.
But a 48 card hand x 12 possible cards = 576 commands. That would take me hours.
Here are some comparisons:
FF8 card game
5 card hand x over 100 possible cards = around 500-1000 or more commands.
Poker
7 card hand x 52 possible cards = 364 commands
Fantasy card games (Yugi-oh, MTG, Force of Will, Pokémon, WoW)
up to 100 card hand (or more in some cases) x card pool of 200-1000 = 20,000 to 100k commands. Holy crap, that would take me weeks.
Also, side note: I edited rpg_objects.js and attempted to set the maxPictures to return 999 instead of the default 100, and to my surprise (not) it did nothing. I'm really trying to implement Trihan's idea to write a plugin to surpass the 100 max pictures cap. Then I could set branches to each individual card!
One more thing, how do you gimp an image? I want to learn!
[RMMV] Script call for exchanging variable values?
Thank you! I tried writing a plugin like you suggested. I got sublime text, the split source files for RMMV. Me and my kids have been learning javascript all this week. It's just trial and error from here on out, just try it and have it crash 100 times until it does what you want right!
[RMMV] Script call for exchanging variable values?
What is the script call to get 2 separate variables to switch values with one another? Why you want do this:
Ex: You want var 0001 (whose value is 20),
to exchange its value with var 0002 (whose value is 100).
With a control variable command, setting one to the other overwrites the initial one. Both would equal 20 or 100. To work around this you would need var 0003 to be set to the initial one first (whose value is scratch paper and a waste of time), and finally reset it. 3 commands! What a nuisance.
Also, I noticed a script option at the bottom of the control variable command window, is there anything special about using this rather than a script call?
Ex: You want var 0001 (whose value is 20),
to exchange its value with var 0002 (whose value is 100).
With a control variable command, setting one to the other overwrites the initial one. Both would equal 20 or 100. To work around this you would need var 0003 to be set to the initial one first (whose value is scratch paper and a waste of time), and finally reset it. 3 commands! What a nuisance.
Also, I noticed a script option at the bottom of the control variable command window, is there anything special about using this rather than a script call?
[RMMV] Show Picture problem
Suppose you wish to make a blackjack or mahjong game.
A winning hand in mahjong can be composed of 13 or more tiles. For this you would
need a different Picture ID for each tile, and more conditional branches to determine what tiles you have in your hand. This makes a TON of branches and show picture commands if you have ever attempted it. Thanks to Trihan and Archeia the lvl 99 Demifiend's help I have been completely devoted to learning javascript and have enlisted my children in the process as well.
Writing a plugin is something I would never think of on my own so I attempted to do so.
The main goal: Dynamically show a picture with a script call and/or plugin command. In other words, the Picture ID will be predetermined with a variable that can be easily accessed and changed to output a different priority everytime, not overwrite it. (i.e. Show picture 22 will erase previous picture 22.)
the sub goal: Increase the cap amount of pictures displayed beyond 100. This way every single picture file in your img folder can be linked to a specific Picture ID.
I have Sublime text now and I'm ready to go! What's the next step?
Ed. the Split source files really help! There are so many of them I don't know where to begin.
I also learned some plugins are really easy, containing a single line of code and others are 10k lines long!.
A winning hand in mahjong can be composed of 13 or more tiles. For this you would
need a different Picture ID for each tile, and more conditional branches to determine what tiles you have in your hand. This makes a TON of branches and show picture commands if you have ever attempted it. Thanks to Trihan and Archeia the lvl 99 Demifiend's help I have been completely devoted to learning javascript and have enlisted my children in the process as well.
Writing a plugin is something I would never think of on my own so I attempted to do so.
The main goal: Dynamically show a picture with a script call and/or plugin command. In other words, the Picture ID will be predetermined with a variable that can be easily accessed and changed to output a different priority everytime, not overwrite it. (i.e. Show picture 22 will erase previous picture 22.)
the sub goal: Increase the cap amount of pictures displayed beyond 100. This way every single picture file in your img folder can be linked to a specific Picture ID.
I have Sublime text now and I'm ready to go! What's the next step?
Ed. the Split source files really help! There are so many of them I don't know where to begin.
I also learned some plugins are really easy, containing a single line of code and others are 10k lines long!.
[RMMV] Show Picture problem
Here's the situation:
Bobo is making a mini-game using the Show Picture command.
Bobo has 420 files in his img folder intended for the mini-game, and RMMV supports up to 100 pictures at once, with ascending priority.
Bobo intends to devote Picture ID slots 20-80 for a total of 60 pictures that may or may not be on the screen at once. To control this with eventing alone, Bobo would need to create a Show Picture command for every different file used in the img folder, and nest it in a conditional branch to get the proper Picture ID in the command. Hmmm...
60 x 420 equals a whopping 25,200 commands plus 25,200 condition branches to show the proper picture with the proper priority! This would take Bobo roughly 42 hours assuming he's punching in an event command every 3 seconds, and of course not eating, working, secreting, or sleeping.
There HAS to be a better way.
Please let me know if I completely missed something or are on the wrong track.
Any solutions? Thanks in advance!
Bobo is making a mini-game using the Show Picture command.
Bobo has 420 files in his img folder intended for the mini-game, and RMMV supports up to 100 pictures at once, with ascending priority.
Bobo intends to devote Picture ID slots 20-80 for a total of 60 pictures that may or may not be on the screen at once. To control this with eventing alone, Bobo would need to create a Show Picture command for every different file used in the img folder, and nest it in a conditional branch to get the proper Picture ID in the command. Hmmm...
60 x 420 equals a whopping 25,200 commands plus 25,200 condition branches to show the proper picture with the proper priority! This would take Bobo roughly 42 hours assuming he's punching in an event command every 3 seconds, and of course not eating, working, secreting, or sleeping.
There HAS to be a better way.
Please let me know if I completely missed something or are on the wrong track.
Any solutions? Thanks in advance!
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