Hello! Where can I find an anti-lag script that works well and still allows...

[John McEvan]

... allows events to work even when they are off screen? I'm looking forward for help! Thank you very much!

Note: I know 0 about scripting.

RPG Maker XP

 

[Zeriab]

You can with my anti lag, you must however do a small edit. (It shouldn't require scripting knowledge ^_^)
http://zeriab.plesk3.freepgs.com/root/s ... g-v1.0.txt

Find this part

#==============================================================================
# ** Constants for the various classes
#==============================================================================

class Game_Event
  SPECIAL_UPDATE_IDS = {} #{[1,1]=>'A',
                          # [1,2]=>'N'}
  NEVER_UPDATE_NAME_PATTERNS = [] #['EV202',/EV3.5/]
  ALWAYS_UPDATE_NAME_PATTERNS = [] #['EV204']
end

class Game_Map
  ALWAYS_UPDATE = false
  BUFFER_SIZE = 2
  TILES_VERTICAL = 15
  TILES_HORIZONTAL = 20
end

Change ALWAYS_UPDATE = false to ALWAYS_UPDATE = true

After the change it should look like this:

#==============================================================================
# ** Constants for the various classes
#==============================================================================

class Game_Event
  SPECIAL_UPDATE_IDS = {} #{[1,1]=>'A',
                          # [1,2]=>'N'}
  NEVER_UPDATE_NAME_PATTERNS = [] #['EV202',/EV3.5/]
  ALWAYS_UPDATE_NAME_PATTERNS = [] #['EV204']
end

class Game_Map
  ALWAYS_UPDATE = true
  BUFFER_SIZE = 2
  TILES_VERTICAL = 15
  TILES_HORIZONTAL = 20
end

*hugs*
- Zeriab

 

[John McEvan]

Thanks a lot, that really helped! The map has some constant little spasms, though, but I guess that can't be avoided?

 

[Zeriab]

Constant little spasms =o
I have never encounter that except when massive amount of events leave and enter the visible area at the same time. (20+ events)

Nevertheless you can try this specialized version without the Spriteset_Map changes:
http://zeriab.plesk3.freepgs.com/root/s ... et_map.txt

In some situations that is faster (small maps, few events) and in other situations the normal version is better (large maps, large amount of events fairly evenly spread across the map)
This is based on version 1.1 (upcoming, not released yet) of my script so the configuration part has been changed. This time it's just below the big header.

#==============================================================================
# ** Constants for the anti lag script
#==============================================================================

class Game_Event
  SPECIAL_UPDATE_IDS = {} #{[1,1]=>'A',
                          # [1,2]=>'N'}
  NEVER_UPDATE_NAME_PATTERNS = ['[N]'] # [N] in the event name => not updated
  ALWAYS_UPDATE_NAME_PATTERNS = ['[A]'] # [A] in the event name => always updated 
end

class Game_Map
  ALWAYS_UPDATE = false #true
  BUFFER_SIZE = 1
  TILES_VERTICAL = 15
  TILES_HORIZONTAL = 20
  LIMIT_COMMON_EVENTS = false #true
  COMMON_EVENTS_TO_UPDATE = [3,5,9] #[common_event_id1, common_event_id2, ...]
end

Change the ALWAYS_UPDATE just like with the previous version.

You could naturally play around with the configurations. For example, do you need to update ALL event ALWAYS?
With the default configurations in this script you can make sure an event is always updated if it has [A] in its name. (This can be changed or more tags can be added)
If any event that has [N] in their name is NEVER updated. They are still shown, but any movement or animation is out of the question. Can for example be used for decoration events and map events. (By map events I mean when events are used as an extra layer)
You don't have to do any of this, but if you do it you can make your game run more smoothly.

Use the version of the anti lag script which you think feels the best

*hugs*
- Zeriab