How to change a sprite character's z variable

[kaB00M]

How do one change a specific sprite character's z variable?

 

[Anonymous]

describe a bit more please. like why you want to do it and what effect would you like.

 

[kaB00M]

I just want to change a sprite character Z; so, for example, a sprite picture goes under the sprite character.

 

[groudyogre]

you still aren't explaining properly. If you mean changing the priority of something in the tileset, its in the database.

EDIT: and this is the wrong forum. You should have put it in general support.

 

[Warrior Angel]

kaBOOM, I don't know if anything like this is possible, because what you are describing is in a 3d context (X coordinate, Y coordinate, and Z coordinate) , and RMXP is based around 2d, and not 3d. what i think you would have to do is create a characterset where the picture under the character is drawn as you would want it to be. Hope this helps.

WarriorAngel

 

[kaB00M]

What I mean with "Z variable" is the priority the picture has to the viewer. Nothing to do with 3D. For example: the priority of a 'sprite picture' is higher than that of a 'sprite character'. That's why a pictures is always on top of the characters. What I want to do i precisely break that pattern and make the 'sprite picture' go under (lower z value) a 'sprite character'...

Why? Well, its a secret...

 

[MagicMagor]

You can change the z-value of any sprite with the following code:

# Change the z-value to 100
sprite_object.z = 100

Of course, the difficult part is to actually get the sprite-object.

Add the following code in a new script:

class Spriteset_Map
attr_reader :character_sprites, :picture_sprites
end
class Scene_Map
attr_reader :spriteset
end

This enables you to gain outside access to the character-sprites (event- and playersprites)
After that you should be able gain access to the sprite via:

$scene.spriteset.character_sprites[id].z = 100
# Picture
$scene.spriteset.picture_sprites[id].z = 100

Note that this only works during the map, should be done via the Script-command. The id should be the event-ID on the current map (so 1 will get you the sprite of the event with the ID 1). The player-sprite is the last object in that array and can be easily accesed using -1 as the id.

Higher Z-Values means "nearer" to the player. The map-tiles start at value 0, i'm not enterily sure how the priority and layer is handled, this is a bit more complex. Beware, that if you change the z-value the handling of priority with the tilemap can become obsolet or a problem.

Hope this helps.

 

[kaB00M]

Thanks a lot. The code you gave me(with some modifications I made, like changing 'reader' to 'accesor') work pretty good to change the characters z variable in respect to themselves ('sprite characters'), but for some reason the 'sprite pictures' seem to STILL be ON TOP of the 'sprite characters'. Why is that?

 

[Mr.Mo]

I think it is because they are on different viewports.(Spriteset_Map)

    @viewport1 = Viewport.new(0, 0, 640, 480)
    @viewport2 = Viewport.new(0, 0, 640, 480)
    @viewport3 = Viewport.new(0, 0, 640, 480)
    @viewport2.z = 200
    @viewport3.z = 5000

Pictures are in Viewport 2 while the characters are in 1.

You can always display pictures by code, I don't suggest messing with the viewport settings.