Multiple Fogs at once

[Septimus84]

I am making a desert scene which has a severe sandstorm. I am using (much to my liking) the colored sandstorm fog in RMXP, and also created a custom fog in Paint which creates a diagonal effect like the sheets or waves you see of rain or dust you see during storms. I want a parallax-type effect where they both move at slightly different ratios but I don't know how to do this.

Is it simply as easy as experimenting with the Show Picture/Move picture commands? Or do I need to use Scripting?

Thanks.

 

[Unka Josh]

There's no reason that I can see that you couldn't get the results you want from Show/Move Picture.

 

[Atoa]

If the image has movement, it would be kinda hard for you to make this withou scripts. Since picutres don't repeat itself like fogs.

Also pictures are centred on the screen, fogs are centred on the map.

 

[Dargor]

Atoa is right. Your picture wouldn't loop.

However it is easy to make a picture position relative to the map instead of the screen.

 

[Unka Josh]

Still, with some jiggering, it could be made to work. You'd just need to work out some kinks.

 

[Kyoru]

You could probably make it work if you use 2 pictures of the same image. That way you can overlap the two when "looping", creating a more dynamic effect. Since you can use different speeds for the 2 pictures.

Looping can be done via "Parallel Process". Just create an event specifically for the sandstorm effect with the Parallel Process on.

Also, it might be a good idea to create an image that has an opacity gradient (for example, fades from left to right). With this, you can avoid having to worry about the image looking like it's been cut off abruptly.

It's kinda hard to explain with words and I'm too lazy to draw up an example at the moment. Lol. It's quite simple, really.

edit:-
So I got curious and decided to try it out for myself. And here's how it looks like. It's a quick work just to give you the idea of what I'm getting at.

sandstorm image 1

sandstorm image2

sandstorm eventing

screenshot

 

[Jason]

Mind uploading a demo of that, I wanna' see it in action.

 

[Kyoru]

http://rapidshare.com/files/323048567/S ... l.rar.html