How can I do this?

[Ellie]

Firstly, sorry as I probably seem like I post here too much...

Anyway, I am trying to make it so that the face graphic with the name of variable[1] is shown in my Hud.

I was looking at Dube's ABS and saw he did face graphics like this:

@face_file = $1 + ".png"
       self.contents.blt(16, 16, RPG::Cache.picture(@face_file), Rect.new(0, 0, 96, 96))

So I thought maybe something like this would work:

    @facegfx = $game_variables[1] + ".png"
    @face_sprite.bitmap = RPG::Cache.picture(@facegfx)
    @face_sprite.x = 514 # Change the x value here
    @face_sprite.y = 17 # Change the y value here
    @face_sprite.z = 250 # Change the z value here

Turns out it didn't; how can I do this?

 

[Selwyn]

first, do you want to show the face using a sprite or do you want to display it in a window?

edit : if you want to draw in a window, you should do it like this :

# usually in the refresh method
bmp = RPG::Cache.whatever($game_variables[1])
self.contents.blt(x, y, bmp, Rect.new(0, 0, bmp.width, bmp.height))

if you want to draw display it using a sprite, it goes like this :

@sprite = Sprite.new
@sprite.xyz = whatever
@sprite.bitmap = RPG::Cache.whatever($game_variables[1])

I think you know but you've got to create the sprite inside the Scene_Map class. Same for the window in which you draw the face.

 

[Ellie]

It is just as a sprite.

 

[Selwyn]

did you create the sprite in scene_map?
if yes, try to create it after the spriteset...

 

[Ellie]

I tried what you said but I get "cannot convert string to fixnum".

 

[Daniel]

What line does it occur on?