Letter by Letter Message Window

[ygtenos]

Very good script its basically simple enough to avoid major problems with other scripts but it still does the trick.
Just a question, i would like my face image to show directly on the left of the message.
I mean, i wanted to add a border to the image, but the border would fit the entire messagebox height... its a bit hard to explain but im adding an example of what id like it to be. The reddish part should be the face file, the rest is the windowskin.
Thank you very much in advance, hope its possible to do this.

 

[Sheol]

Hope this works... :p
Replace this:

      self.width, self.height = 480, 160

with this:

      self.width, self.height = 480 - (temp.message_text[/\\[Ff]ace/] ? 160 : 0), 160

This:

      self.contents = Bitmap.new(448, 128)

with this:

      self.contents = Bitmap.new(width - 32, 128)

This:

    if @text[/\\[Ff]ace/]
      # Left
      if @text.sub!(/\\[Ff]ace{(.+?)}/, '')
        @face, face_name = 1, $1
      # Right
      elsif @text.sub!(/\\[Ff]ace\[(.+?)\]/, '')
        @face, face_name = 2, $1
      end
    end

with this:

    if @text.sub!(/\\[Ff]ace\[(.+?)\]/, '')
      picture = $1
    end

This:

      self.x = 320 - self.width / 2

with this:

      self.x = 320 - (self.width - (picture ? self.height : 0)) / 2

And this:

      @picture.x = self.x + self.width - @picture.bitmap.width
      @picture.y = self.y - @picture.bitmap.height

with this:

      @picture.x = self.x - self.height
      @picture.y = self.y

 

[ygtenos]

mmm it says
"Script 'Message System' line 235: NameError occurred.

undefined local variable or method 'face' for #<Window_Message:0x14ea6b0>

I have no idea of what's happening (im not a coder. i can do some stuff with the events on rpgmaker but ruby's gibberish for me) but it refers to a line that says
"if face" under the "refresh" part... Hope this can be fixed... thank you very much again!!!

 

[Sheol]

Delete those lines, or something similar:

    if @face
      if @fit_size
        mh = system.height
        fh = system.face_rect.height
        lines = (fh.to_f / mh.to_f).ceil if (lines * mh) < fh
        f_x = @face == 2 ? 0 : @lines_size.max + 16
        f_y = (lines * mh) <= fh ? 0 : (lines * mh - fh) / 2
        @face_width = system.face_rect.width + 8
        @start_x += @face_width if @face == 2
        indent += @face_width - 4
      else
        f_x, f_y = @face == 2 ? 16 : 336, 16
        @face_width = system.face_rect.width + 36
        @start_x += @face_width if @face == 2
      end
      f_bitmap = RPG::Cache.load_bitmap(system.path, face_name)
    end

 

[AoW-Nitewraith]

Ok what I was wondering is how can I make the name box display the Name ariable for actor 1...Which it doesnt matter which actor as long as I can display the actors current name in the Name Box...

This is just so I can use Enter Hero Name Function in my games...otherwise the game just wont have that player friendly look I was going for...

 

[mistakiula]

Hey, can you resize the Name box? Cuz with the window skin I'm using it overlaps the text a little bit.

 

[Sheol]

Just change the contant (EXT), but it isn't tested... so any error, please tell me

class Window_NameBox
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Constants
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  EXT = 4   # <- play with this value
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Object Initialization
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def initialize(x, y, text)
    dumb = Bitmap.new(160, 42)
    dumb.font.name = system.font
    size = dumb.text_size(text).width
    dumb.dispose
    @back = Window_Base.new(x, y, size + 12 + EXT * 2, 32 + EXT * 2)
    skin = system.nb_skin ? system.nb_skin : $game_system.windowskin_name
    @back.windowskin = RPG::Cache.windowskin(skin)
    viewport = Viewport.new(x + 6 + EXT, y + 5 + EXT, size, 22)
    @back.z = viewport.z = 9999
    super(viewport)
    self.bitmap = Bitmap.new(size, 22)
    bitmap.font.name = system.font
    bitmap.draw_text(0, 0, size, 22, text)
  end
end

 

[TheDunkis]

great...just what i needed! im still having trouble with the face pictures in messages...sigh but good job :thumb:

 

[HoRe]

Hey Slipknot,
Loved the demo, though I couldn't seem to get back down the stairs... I've been going through scripting tutorials because I'm still 98% noob to XP, but just to make sure, the script you provided replaces the script in Main.... yes?....

 

[division101]

How do I change the font size in the script?  There is no option to? Just the font type but not size.  Please help!

 

[Love]

ummmm,what's the SKD? I am new to scripting......

 

[Gore01]

Whenever I open to test my game it says line 63 has an error, than closes.

 

[Sheol]

Line 63 is this one:

    # Skin for the message window, nil = default

You got an error there? O.o

 

[eypeon]

i have a problem:

everytime  my message is longer then 2 lines it cut off and does not start again til the 3rd line

here what it sould look likehttp://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g ... on/1st.png[/img]

and heres what it showshttp://i54.photobucket.com/albums/ ... on/2nd.png[/img]

 

[Sheol]

I tested it many times and that never happened to me... but I'll check it again, but later...

 

[eypeon]

alright thanks

 

[Sanky]

The demo crashes RMXP totally in Vista.

 

[diazflac]

@eypeon
It's because you're using a face graphic in addition to the text. I have this problem as well
using it with my project, but found a way around it.

To get it working, make the 2nd and 3rd lines of text only about as long as the text you
typed for the first line (just the message, not the modifiers like \face). There will be less
text this way per message box, but it won't get cut off and will line up better. (You won't
have that space after the first line either if you get the lines to be close to the same length).

 

[eypeon]

to: diazflac

thanks for the advice that worked

 

[AbyssalLord]

This script is amazing!  It's just what I needed for my game.  By the way, Slipknot is an awesome band.  Stay (sic)!