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I'm busy making a RPG Maker project for a school project, which concludes game design on a basic way. Anyway, I've worked with RPG Maker for quite a time now, but I'd like to edit some things in the scripts, to satisfy my needs with the game.
So here's my questions:
- How do you edit the menu button's to get to another direction.
( like i've edited the list, and placed equipment on the second spot instead of the standard third spot, but it still redirects to the skills window. I want this because I remove the skills option out of it, and added a quest log option in. I've already got the script for the quest log but I only need to redirect it. )
- I'd like to implement a basic thing which makes all the other menu windows go transparant.
( but I can't seem to find out where to do this. )
Look further down in the Scene_Menu script to the "update_command" method.
Look for "case @command_window.index"
The first option in your menu will execute the section that starts with:
when 0 # item
Since you removed "skill" from the menu, change the next "when" statement to:
when 99 # skill
This way you don't need to remove it, it will just get ignored.
Now, since "equipment" is the 2nd option in your menu, change the 3rd "when" statement to:
when 1 #equipment
Get it?
They should all line up with the options in your "@command_window = Window_Command.new(160, [s1, s2, s3, s4, s5, s6, s7])" statement from above in the "main" method.
Indexes always start with '0' instead of '1', so the numbers in the case statement will be one less than the "S1, S2..." numbers used above.
So, if your quest menu option is in the S5 slot, your case statement would look like:
Code:
when 4 # quest log
# Play decision SE
$game_system.se_play($data_system.decision_se)
# Switch to journal scene
$scene = Scene_Quest.new # or whatever the call to your quest scene requires
To make the windows transparent, there are 3 properties of each window: opacity, back_opacity, & contents_opacity.
You want 'back_opacity'. So, in Scene_Menu, in the "main" method, in the section that makes the playtime window...
add the last line....
Code:
# Make play time window
@playtime_window = Window_PlayTime.new
@playtime_window.x = 0
@playtime_window.y = 252
@playtime_window.back_opacity = 100
You can add the same property to the other windows anywhere between where they're created (Window_PlayTime.new), and where they're disposed (@playtime_window.dispose)
Now, I know your next question will be, "Why can't I see my map through the transparent windows?"
Because your Menu is a completely new "Scene", with a black background.
To "capture" your current map scene, Add this line right below "def main"
@spriteset = Spriteset_Map.new
And, add this line at the bottom of the "main" method, right below "@status_window.dispose"
@spriteset.dispose
Code:
#==============================================================================
# ** Scene_Menu
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# This class performs menu screen processing.
#==============================================================================
class Scene_Menu
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
# * Object Initialization
# menu_index : command cursor's initial position
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
def initialize(menu_index = 0)
@menu_index = menu_index
end
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
# * Main Processing
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
def main
# Capture map background
@spriteset = Spriteset_Map.new
# Make command window
s1 = $data_system.words.item
s2 = $data_system.words.skill
s3 = $data_system.words.equip
s4 = "Status"
s5 = "Journal"
s6 = "Save"
s7 = "End Game"
@command_window = Window_Command.new(160, [s1, s2, s3, s4, s5, s6, s7])
@command_window.index = @menu_index
# If number of party members is 0
if $game_party.actors.size == 0
# Disable items, skills, equipment, and status
@command_window.disable_item(0)
@command_window.disable_item(1)
@command_window.disable_item(2)
@command_window.disable_item(3)
end
# If save is forbidden
if $game_system.save_disabled
# Disable save
@command_window.disable_item(4)
end
@command_window.back_opacity = 100
# Make play time window
@playtime_window = Window_PlayTime.new
@playtime_window.x = 0
@playtime_window.y = 252
@playtime_window.back_opacity = 100
# Make steps window
@steps_window = Window_Steps.new
@steps_window.x = 0
@steps_window.y = 334
@steps_window.back_opacity = 100
# Make gold window
@gold_window = Window_Gold.new
@gold_window.x = 0
@gold_window.y = 416
@gold_window.back_opacity = 100
# Make status window
@status_window = Window_MenuStatus.new
@status_window.x = 160
@status_window.y = 0
@status_window.back_opacity = 100
# Execute transition
Graphics.transition
# Main loop
loop do
# Update game screen
Graphics.update
# Update input information
Input.update
# Frame update
update
# Abort loop if screen is changed
if $scene != self
break
end
end
# Prepare for transition
Graphics.freeze
# Dispose of windows
@command_window.dispose
@playtime_window.dispose
@steps_window.dispose
@gold_window.dispose
@status_window.dispose
# Dispose of sprite set
@spriteset.dispose
end
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
# * Frame Update
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
def update
# Update windows
@command_window.update
@playtime_window.update
@steps_window.update
@gold_window.update
@status_window.update
# If command window is active: call update_command
if @command_window.active
update_command
return
end
# If status window is active: call update_status
if @status_window.active
update_status
return
end
end
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
# * Frame Update (when command window is active)
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
def update_command
# If B button was pressed
if Input.trigger?(Input::B)
# Play cancel SE
$game_system.se_play($data_system.cancel_se)
# Switch to map screen
$scene = Scene_Map.new
return
end
# If C button was pressed
if Input.trigger?(Input::C)
# If command other than save or end game, and party members = 0
if $game_party.actors.size == 0 and @command_window.index < 4
# Play buzzer SE
$game_system.se_play($data_system.buzzer_se)
return
end
# Branch by command window cursor position
case @command_window.index
when 0 # item
# Play decision SE
$game_system.se_play($data_system.decision_se)
# Switch to item screen
$scene = Scene_Item.new
when 1 # skill
# Play decision SE
$game_system.se_play($data_system.decision_se)
# Make status window active
@command_window.active = false
@status_window.active = true
@status_window.index = 0
when 2 # equipment
# Play decision SE
$game_system.se_play($data_system.decision_se)
# Make status window active
@command_window.active = false
@status_window.active = true
@status_window.index = 0
when 3 # status
# Play decision SE
$game_system.se_play($data_system.decision_se)
# Make status window active
@command_window.active = false
@status_window.active = true
@status_window.index = 0
when 4 # journal
# Play decision SE
$game_system.se_play($data_system.decision_se)
# Switch to journal scene
$scene = Scene_Journal.new
when 5 # save
# If saving is forbidden
if $game_system.save_disabled
# Play buzzer SE
$game_system.se_play($data_system.buzzer_se)
return
end
# Play decision SE
$game_system.se_play($data_system.decision_se)
# Switch to save screen
$scene = Scene_Save.new
when 6 # end game
# Play decision SE
$game_system.se_play($data_system.decision_se)
# Switch to end game screen
$scene = Scene_End.new
end
return
end
end
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
# * Frame Update (when status window is active)
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
def update_status
# If B button was pressed
if Input.trigger?(Input::B)
# Play cancel SE
$game_system.se_play($data_system.cancel_se)
# Make command window active
@command_window.active = true
@status_window.active = false
@status_window.index = -1
return
end
# If C button was pressed
if Input.trigger?(Input::C)
# Branch by command window cursor position
case @command_window.index
when 1 # skill
# If this actor's action limit is 2 or more
if $game_party.actors[@status_window.index].restriction >= 2
# Play buzzer SE
$game_system.se_play($data_system.buzzer_se)
return
end
# Play decision SE
$game_system.se_play($data_system.decision_se)
# Switch to skill screen
$scene = Scene_Skill.new(@status_window.index)
when 2 # equipment
# Play decision SE
$game_system.se_play($data_system.decision_se)
# Switch to equipment screen
$scene = Scene_Equip.new(@status_window.index)
when 3 # status
# Play decision SE
$game_system.se_play($data_system.decision_se)
# Switch to status screen
$scene = Scene_Status.new(@status_window.index)
end
return
end
end
end
Ah thank you very much! This really helped me out with all the questions, thanks for explaining it very detailed..
And sorry, for posting in the wrong forum, didn't find the RGSS support section. My mistake.
