Help with Selwyn's Window Cursor

[alexia]

I have tried posting in Selwyn's thread as well as pming Selwyn and I have not had any response yet.

First of all, here is the link to Selwyn's thread.
http://www.rmxp.org/forums/showthread.php?t=738&page=3

Currently, there is no cursor in the save or load windows. I would like to know what I would need to do to add the cursor in these windows. Since I am using a windowskin with no highlight box, it would be difficult for the player to select a save slot or load a game that is not in the first slot.

 

[omnione]

Be patient, he might be in a different timezone to you.

 

[alexia]

I understand, however I pmed Selwyn a few days ago and I posted in the thread 2 weeks ago.

 

[Xilef]

Selwyn must be in a really weird time zone.
Theoretically, you'll have to find the code that creates the cursor in all the other windows and copy it into a similar place in window_savefile
I'm no good with rgss, but I do alot of work in the save/load business, so I'll download the script and have a go.

 

[alexia]

Is there a way to add the cursor to the save/load windows without having to modify the default scripts?

 

[Xilef]

The problem is that window_savefile doesn't use the window_selectable.
I'll look into this, but some help from a pro scripter would help
EDIT: I really can't do this. scene_file is now the problem :/
It's the "File" window That is selected, not like a normal selection window.

 

[Anonymous]

Easy 'nuff.

First, add this to Window_SaveFile#initialize

    @cursor = Sprite.new
    @cursor.bitmap = RPG::Cache.picture("cursor")
    @cursor.z = 10000
    @cursor.x = x
    @cursor.y = y + 24
    @cursor.visible = false

Then replace the #update_cursor method with this

  def update_cursor
    if @selected
      @cursor.visible = true
    else
      @cursor.visible = false
    end
  end

 

[alexia]

I had to change def update_cursor to def update_cursor_rect for it to work on the save window. However, when I tried to save my game, I received an error in the scene_save script stating that no marshal_dump is defined for class sprite_character. The weird thing is that even though I received that error, it still saved the file. But then when I try to load the file, it states that the end of the file has been reached. This error is in the scene_load script.

 

[Anonymous]

There doesn't seem to be a way that that error could be caused by that change. Could you post the line that the problem is on?

 

[alexia]

It was around line 81 of both the save and load scene scripts. I decided to test the script in a new project and I didn't have a problem saving or loading. However, the cursor remained on screen.

Also, where exactly am I supposed to add the code snippet you gave me? Does it go right after def initialize, or after @file_exist before it does the if @file exist conditions? Or is it the very last thing under window savefile initialize before the final end statement.

And, when I replace the def_update_cursor_rect, it's within the window save file script, right?

As far as the other problem I had, one of my other scripts must be interfering.

 

[Anonymous]

Sorry, you need to dispose it. My bad.

Add

  def dispose 
    super
    @cursor.dispose
  end

You can put it anywhere in the initialize method, I'd personally put it right under the call to super.

 

[alexia]

Where does this go? I tried putting it in a couple of different places and then I received an undefined method error.

 

[Euphony]

Closing at alexia's request:

This topic has been resolved. If alexia or any other users have any questions or further problems regarding this topic, please create a new thread about them.

Thank you!