Automatic Messaging

[Petros]

I wasn't sure where to post this exactly because it kinda enters into multiple topics really. In a few projects I've seen, most memorably, Nadir's Canon, I've seen a system where the message box opens up and closes with no player interaction, this is usually used in cutscenes. I was wondering if anyone knows whether this is done through a script or through eventing and if it is eventing, if they could show me how because I'd really like to know to release a trailer for my game without the player having to click anything but the View Trailer part.

Since this has to do with scripts, I moved this thread to rgss support. ~ alexia

 

[Spiritual]

You'll have to use an advanced message script. Two that I can think of are ccoa's Universal Messaging Script, otherwise known as UMS, and Dubealex's AMS.

 

[Petros]

Whilst ccoa's messaging system did seem rather handy albeit aparently incompatable with the SDK, I still can't seem to find one that actually suits this use nor can I find Dubealex's AMS.

 

[Jaberwoky]

http://www.creationasylum.net/index.php?showtopic=590
o_ob

 

[Kraft]

for Dubleaxes, after the script is installed, all you have to do in the message to close the window it to write a \~ and it will close.

a \| will pause for one second before posting the next thing. if this is for an opening movie, or something like that, on the first post, if you dont want the player to be able to press space and skip it (and thus screw up your timing) place a \% at the very beginning of the first post. And only the first post. To turn it off, simply post is again, at the end of the last post.

So for an opening movie, the message in the text box would look something like this...

\%\name[ Joseph ]\p[001]"Why isnt this a fine morning! \|\|\|What do you think bob?"\|\|\|\~

The \name[ Bob ] puts a name box above the message box, and displays the name (bob, for this example) and the \p[001] places the message box over event #001 (above the persons head)

Hope all of that helps a little!

Kraft

 

[Petros]

That should be very helpful, let me test it out and get back to you on that.

 

[tibuda]

Whilst ccoa's messaging system did seem rather handy albeit aparently incompatable with the SDK, I still can't seem to find one that actually suits this use nor can I find Dubealex's AMS.

That's not true... UMS works with the SDK
Edit: read this post

 

[knmt]

if you don't want to use AMS or UMS there's another way...

in Window_Message Script , on line 221 :

if @contents_showing
....

just make a variable acting as a timer which control the time a message would be displayed during a cutscene ( the unit is frame ).

you can do it like this : ( an example )

if  cutscene 
timer = timer+1
if timer = 4 
timer = 0
terminate_message
end
end