TRUJIN'S PROFILE

If I understand you correctly all you have to do is click on the desired transparant colour when importing the tileset.

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Why is it when i try to inport my custom chipset into RPG maker 2003 it says "Unsupported PNG Image"? Am I not suppost to save the chipset as a PNG or what?

Most of the time two problems accur:

1. The png file you want to import is to big or to small (aka not the right size).
2. (More common) The png file isn't 256 colours.

Though I must agree with you guys when we are concidering more "uncomplicated" stuff, I certainly disagree on some points.

First of Rm2k3 is not to be compared to scripting language, it's way more inferiour to it and goes by diffrent rules. Labels are your friends and variables are even more your friends (why save them, you have a standard of 5000 of them and can even go upto 999999).

I use a bunch of labels in my common events to do loops instead of parallel processes. This is because I absolutly hate containing dataflow with switches. They tend to bug and sometimes I just want something to happen before the code runs any further. I solely use them to use auto events like the menu and a battle system initiation. Apart from that only call events for me, they are way better at containing the flow of events. I don't want any background parallels running.

So if one of you guys could tell me how to make this example flow any better or any less "laggy" (which it absolutly doesn't) please tell me:

In my item menu I need to check if variable item amount # is bigger than 0 to set the order of that item to a item order # variabel. I do this by doing the following:

set var index item amount 200
set var index item order 240
set var order = 1
label 1
set var index item amount +1
set var index item order +1
set var calculator to variable stored in index var item amount
if var calculator = greater than 0
<>set var in index item order = var item order
<>var order +1
end
if var index item amount = not 281
<>jump to label 1
end

This was inbetween an item menu to check the order of the items that you have. I could do this in a parallel proces which is initiated by a switch. But that would mean that the event that needs this information would be keep on running through (which would be weird because that only loops when a button is pressed, but let us not take that in concideration) until this loop was done by switching of the switch that initiated it.

I could offcourse by the logic of you guys do it like this, times 40:

var order = 1
if var item amount 1 = bigger than 0
<>set var item order 1 = var order
<>var order + 1
if var item amount 2 = bigger than 0
<>set var item order 2 = var order
<>var order + 1
end
(and so on till we reach 40 times)

Example two, displaying the graphics in the menu. As it is now:

(set var x and y to starting position of the item list and two variabels to check picture ID and picture to be shown)

set var index item order to 200
set var order to 1
label
set var index item order + 1
set var calculator to var stored in index item order
if var calculator = var order
<>set picture name to var index item order
<>show picture (item_0000)
<>set picture id +1
<>set order +1
end
if order =not 8 (to show only 7 items on screen)
<>go to label
end

I won't go in the more technical aspects on how to trace cursor positions and starting points. But without the loops I couldn't even hope to make a dynamic item menu in a fast way. But the list goes on:

Setting a set of dummy variabels to variables that keep hero statistics.

Would we go for the 20 set variables which clutter big blocks all over the place, or just go for:

set calculator to 0
set calculator 2 to 20
label 1
set calculator +1
set calculator 2 +1
set variable stored in index calculator to variable stored in calculator 2
if calculator is nog 21
<>go to label 1
end

And for deleting about 100 pictures? Is it that much better to do 100 erase picture commands to avoid labels or are we just going to do:

set var image id to 1
label
erase picture 0000
set var image id + 1
if var image id =not 101
jump to label
end

Please tell me why I would use cluttering parallel processes (with or without switch) if I could easily control dataflow which 2 labels and/or a call event so I know for certain which commands are being used without any background stuff going on. And why wouldn't I use variables to make my life a lot easier. Or would you suggest I would ditch my common event which can generate all my selectable dynamic "item" menu's and copy the base code like 10 times for equip, weapon, armour, quest log etc to save about 20 variables that track the size, position etc for those menus.

Which also means that if I would want to add some animation to it or find a bug in it I need to fix 10 menu events instead of just 1.

Sorry if got a bit personal on this, but I just don't see the major pros in saving variables that should make your life easier and controlling parallel processes that give you lots of background "noise" (wheater or not with switches) over labels and call events that create massive control over the commandflow without any background noise.