An input problem

[flowerthief]

I'll bet other people have had this problem before, but since I couldn't find it in the archives...

I have a parallel process (common event) running that handles the game clock. At set times it will bring up a message that reads "It's the end of the day." When that message comes up, the player clears it by hitting enter on the keyboard, just the same as he would for any message. Immediately afterwards, if the player character's sprite is facing a door, another character, or any other event that activates by action button, that event will trigger just as if the enter key had been pressed again!

Does anybody have any idea what could possibly be wrong and how to fix it?

 

[poccil]

That is the nature of parallel process events--they allow other events to start and continue even while they are running.  It is not recommended to put Text event commands within a parallel process event.  The RPG Maker XP help warns of this danger: "When you want to run a regular event from a Parallel Process trigger, don't call a common event directly; instead, you must use a switch to set off an Autorun event."  Therefore, to solve this problem, make the parallel process event turn on a switch, which in turn activates an Autorun event that displays the message. (Be sure to turn the switch off within the Autorun event after it ends.)

 

[flowerthief]

It seems obvious now. Thanks a million, poccil!