Fading Pictures In and Out

[HoRe]

Hi everyone! I am using several pictures as an opening to my game, but I can't figure out how to fade out inbetween them. Any suggestions?

 

[Hevendor]

Use the Move Picture event command, and change the opacity. They will fade to that opacity in the number of frames that you select.

 

[HoRe]

0 opacity will make it disappear completely, correct?

 

[Hevendor]

Yup.

 

[HoRe]

Hmmmm it doesn't seem to working... does it matter if my picture is just text to text??? I also have the frame rate @60, but there seems to be no effect.

What I'm doing is fading from picture to picture so it seems as if the text is fading, but it seems as if the Move Picture happens behind the next Show Picture. Can I correct this?

 

[Hevendor]

As long as it's a picture, it should work. What exactly are you trying to do?

And could you please take a screenshot of your event page? Would help to figure out what's your problem.

 

[HoRe]

*Sigh* I know it would... unfortunately I haven't been able to find a free screen capture program yet. But my event page looks something like this:

Show Picture: 1, 'opening_screen1', Center (350, 150), (100%, 100%)
Wait: 40 frames
Move Picture: 1, @60, Center (350, 150), (100%, 100%), 0, Normal
Show Picture: 3, 'opening_screen2', Center (350, 150), (100%, 100%)
Wait: 40 frames

That's the jist of it. I'm trying to fade the pictures so it looks as if the text of one picture fades into the text of the next.

 

[regi]

The higher the picture #, the higher priority it is. You want to make 'opening_screen1' Picture #3, and 'opening_screen2' Picture #1, or 'opening_screen2' will show up above #1 and hide it. You'll also need to adjust depending on how many pictures you show.

Also, a screen capture program comes with your computer. It's the "Print Scrn" button on your keyboard (assuming you're using a PC, on Macs it might be different).

 

[HoRe]

So I've switched the numbers so my event looks like this:

Show Picture: 19, 'opening_screen1', Center (300, 200) etc. etc.
wait: 10 frames
move picture: 19, @20, center (300, 200) etc. etc.
show picture: 18, 'opening_screen2', Center (300, 200) etc. etc.

And now the picture 19 isn't disappearing at all. *Sigh* This should not be this hard...

Also, I'm on a Mac.

 

[Hevendor]

If you've set 0 opacity, it will disappear. Check if you've set 0.

Try waiting 20 frames after you make the picture "move" to see if it is indeed fading out, then erase it and show the new picture.

 

[Banshi]

Try doing:

Show Picture: 19, "name", blah blah... 0% opacity     
move picture: 19, @20, blah blah... 100% opacity     
wait: 20 frames   (however long it takes to read)     
move picture: 19, @20, blah blah... 0% opacity       
wait: 20 frames                                                   
  * Show Picture: 19, "name 2", blah blah... 0% opacity
   repeat

Re-using the same layer with a different picture file will automaticaly switch the old picture for the new one, some what like an auto-delete....
As Hevendor said, ocacity is waht maters with a fade in/fade out. Having 0% (a blank screen) going to 100% (screen with text) and back should give you a nice effect.
Hope this helps.

 

[HoRe]

That works pretty well!.... But for some reason my main character is still stuck in the middle, even though he should be covered up with the black background (it is white text on black background.) If I replay the sequence a few times, the 2nd- time he doesn't show up. Just the first time I playtest it. :-/

 

[Hevendor]

You probably have the last picture showing after the sequence plays for the first time. You can change the Hero's graphic to "none" with the Set Move Route command though, and change it back after you're done.

 

[HoRe]

*Jumps up and down* Yay!!!!!! You guys rock!! Thanks so much!

 

[regi]

There's a much faster way to make the player invisible, just letting you know. Use "Change Transparent Flag" rather than "Set Move Route: [Player] Graphic: None".

 

[Kraft]

^^ yes, that would be the best way to make the hero transparent ^_^

Also, how are you useing RMXP on a mac?

As far as I know it doesnt work on macs...

 

[khmp]

If its an Intel Mac. Then check this out. That was kind of cool.

 

[HoRe]

I am on a Mac... But I'm using Parallel Desktop, which lets me run Windows XP-which RMXP does run on!