3 Important Questions!

[OS]

Hello. I have three little questions:

1. How do I check to see if Weather is active? I mean, if weather effects are active at all?

2. Also, how do I wait for a curtain period of time before executing a new method? For example, in my Lock Pick Script, a message is supposed to display saying "Attempting to Pick Lock!" and then a message saying "You Win" or "You Fail" is supposed to display, and then I wait for a key press. But "You Win" or "You Fail" show up automatically becuase the code executes too quickly. I want to have the player wait for a second or two before the text changes. I also want to wait for Keypress before closing a window.

3. And lastly I saw this script by Trickster in an other request, but how do you use it? Which Object do I call Sprite_Text.new?

Spoiler: Script in Question

class Sprite_Text < Sprite
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Public Instance Variables
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  attr_reader :text
  attr_reader :width
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Object Initialization
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def initialize(text, x = 0, y = 0, viewport = nil)
    # Call Sprite#initialize and send viewport
    super(viewport)
    # Set Coordinates
    self.x, self.y = x, y
    # Set Bitmap
    self.bitmap = Bitmap.new(32, 32)
    # Set Text
    @text = text
    # Setup Text
    setup_text
  end
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Set Text
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def text=(text)
    # Return if same text
    return if @text == text
    # Set New Text
    @text = text
    # Setup Text
    setup_text
  end
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Set Width
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def width=(width)
    # Return if same width
    return if @width == width
    # Set New Width
    @width = width
    # Setup Text
    setup_text
  end
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Setup Text (Private)
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  private
  def setup_text
    # Get Size of Text
    size = bitmap.text_size(@text).width
    # Dispose Previous Bitmap
    self.bitmap.dispose if self.bitmap != nil
    # Create Bitmap
    self.bitmap = Bitmap.new(@width.nil? ? size : @width, 32)
    # Draw Text onto bitmap
    self.bitmap.draw_text(0, 0, size, 32, @text)
  end
end

 

[Mac]

I'm not sure about this, but i'll have a shot ^_^

1.

 if @weather.active = true
        return p "yayyy i'm active"

2. Put this in the main metod of the script you are using (i.e. under def main)

          @count = 0

Then add this in the def refresh section.

@count = (@count + 1) % 140
    if @count == 20
# process here, whatever you want
end

3. Which script?

 

[SephirothSpawn]

For 1 it is a bit more complicated since it tries to add transitions between weathers. Check in Game_Screen under def weather and def update.

Trickster's script basically like this:

@text_sprite = Sprite_Text.new('Some Text', 0, 0)

There's nothing complicated about it. It's just a specialized sprite.

 

[Anonymous]

Hello. I have three little questions:

1. How do I check to see if Weather is active? I mean, if weather effects are active at all?

if !($game_screen.weather_type == 0)
  # there is some sort of weather effect going on
  # protip:  this will work with my weather script, too!
end

 

[OS]

@Mac: Okay, I think I egt it, kind of maybe...

@SephirothSpawn: So how do I get the text to actually display. I am still a n00b at graphics handling in RGSS...

@Ccoa: Actually that's the script I intend to use the code for! lol. So to see if weather is not active I would use:

unless $game_screen.weather_type != 0

or

if $game_screen.weather_type == 0

?

If so, then this is perfect!

@all three of you: Thanks very much!

 

[Anonymous]

@Ccoa: Actually that's the script I intend to use the code for! lol. So to see if weather is not active I would use:

unless $game_screen.weather_type != 0

or

if $game_screen.weather_type == 0

?

If so, then this is perfect!

Neither. Use

if $game_screen.weather_type != 0

or

unless $game_screen.weather_type == 0

 

[OS]

Are you sure, becuase I said not active in my post, and it seems to be correct the way I wrote it? In any case, thanks!

Peace Out!

~Broken

 

[Anonymous]

Yes, you're right. Sorry. ':|