Few question's and help with CMS..

[Eshe]

Well im trying to make my own CMS to kind of get the hang of Rmxp..but I keep running into problem's..but I finally got most of it to work now I wanna add a bitmap to it but I cant erase the bitmap afterward's..

class Profile<Sprite_Picture
  
  def initialize(profile)
    @img = Sprite.new
    @img.bitmap = RPG::Cache.picture(profile)
    @img.x=75
    @img.y=275
  end
end

I call the method in a Event like this..

@profile=Profile.new("Eshe")

1.How do I pause the whole game for a few seconds inside of a script..
2.im pretty sure the error is in my code but how do I set the Width and
Height of a bitmap..
3.How do I dispose of the Bitmap..

 

[Anonymous]

NVM: Got it working

[edit] just saw it

 

[Eshe]

I edited the First post with the new Question since I figured the other one out on my own..

 

[Selwyn]

First, you got it all wrong.

Take a look at your code :

class Profile < Sprite_Picture
  
  def initialize(profile)
    @img = Sprite.new
    @img.bitmap = RPG::Cache.picture(profile)
    @img.x=75
    @img.y=275
  end
end

you're creating a class ('Profile') which is already a sprite in itself, because it inherits from Sprite_Picture (but then that class isn't a good choice).

Here's how you should do it :

class Sprite_Profile < Sprite # I like to name class with Sprite_ or Window_ etc.. so I know what they're used for
  def initialize(pic_name)
    super() # very important, this command calls the initialize method of the Superclass (in this case, Sprite)
    self.bitmap = RPG::Cache.picture(pic_name)
    self.x = 75
    self.y = 275
  end
end

then,

@profile = Sprite_Profile.new("Eshe")

@profile.dispose # to dispose the sprite and its bitmap...

Q1 : why do you want to pause the game?
Q2 : you don't set the width and height of a bitmap you load, it's automatic.
Q3 : look above.

 

[Eshe]

ahhhh ok Thanks..

Well I wanna pause the game because this code runs with another one to make The Custom Message Window but since I couldn't pause or freeze the game I had to do it through event..Im trying to avoid using anything other than the script for the Message Window..And I kinda want to know for future refrence..lol :D

 

[khmp]

To get the effect of pausing you can create Spriteset_Map object behind your menu. Possibly create a simple pause picture in paint and lower its opacity when you draw it so it overlays the Spriteset_Map.

As usual good luck with whatever you end up doing!:thumb: