Adding portraits to menus/status screen

[Silencher]

Hi,

I recently downloaded the RPG Maker XP and I'm trying to do a few things. I've downloaded the AMS, and now I can place portraits for battlers and in text windows, but I'm stuck on how to replace the character sprites in the menu with the same portraits. I'm trying to go for an FFish menu portrait system. Can anyone help please?

P.S. I noticed there is a Chrono Trigger Custom Menu Systems. Are those similar to the AMS? (A script?) and where can I find more of them. I'll be searching this site as I wait for an answer, the Chrono Trigger one isn't quite what I'm going for at the moment, but I do want the portraits to show up in a similar way

 

[Raziel]

Place this in a new script above main:

Window_Base < Window

def draw_actor_face(actor, x, y)
bitmap = RPG::Cache.picture("Faces/" + actor.character_name)
self.contents.blt(x, y, bitmap, Rect.new(0, 0, bitmap.width, bitmap.height))
end

end

Then search in Window_MenuStatus for the line

draw_actor_graphic(actor, x - 40, y + 80)

Just replace it with

draw_actor_face(actor, x - 40, y + 80)

Just change the x and y values.

Make a new folder in the Pictures Folder and call it Faces. Place there your facesets and name them like you named your characterset.

 

[Silencher]

Okay I replaced it, the first script you gave me had an extra end but I managed to fix that, which is kind of a miracle in itself (I have like, no experience with scripting yet. I basically just cut and pasted the AMS.) So now I go to go into the menu and it says: Unable to find Graphics/Pictures/Faces/001-Fighter01.

I'm kind of confused on what to do from here.

I made a new folder like you said, and I put that into the pictures folder. Then I added the images that I want to use as portraits into that Faces folder.

Do I need to name the portraits similar to the 'Characters' names?

nevermind I re-read what you said and re-named the faceset and it works, but the portrait is too low. You said to alter the x/y variables, how is that done?

 

[SephirothSpawn]

Just tinker around with this line:

draw_actor_face(actor, x - 40, y + 80)


Change the 40 and 80 until you get the desired spot.

 

[Silencher]

Thanks, both of y ou. That worked well. The only thing is that it shows the pics in the menu but not when you click on an individual character's status screen, but I think that's alright for now

 

[Raziel]

It's just the same, only in Window_Status, replace draw_actor_graphic with draw_actor_face.

 

[Silencher]

Very awesome.

I was wondering if I could pester you for some other information, this is what I'm trying to do:

I'm having a game where you can have both melee and firearms for weapons.

The melees will generally be weaker and infinite, but the firearms are much stronger but limited. Here's what I want:

Is there a way to make it so that when equipped, you can make it so Handgun shows up in the weapon slot as Handgun(Bullets remaining), then won't fire if the bullets show as 0. I'm guessing this would be a variable of some kind.. or a switch.. I'm still kinda new to this.

2nd part:

After whatever gun is empty, I'd either like it to be that you can carry around extra clips/bullets to reload, or that when you go back to the 'base/inn' that you can have an option to re-load, which you pay for, and then it resets that bullet variable.

How would this be done?