[Resolved]Displaying current map's name in draw_text command

[QuantumMindGames]

The title basically explains the jist of it. I'm making a CMS that has a window that displays the name of the map the player is on, but I'm having difficulty figuring out the command.


I ran a search and there was no matches, so if this has been answered already, sorry, feel free to redirect me if you can find it.


What i'm trying in the string section is

RPG::MapInfo.name, even tried adding .to_s to the end, but to no avail. When I put either of these commands in, the in-game window reads "RPG::MapInfo" instead of giving an error.

 

[Velocir_X]

What you're looking for is this:
self.contents.draw_text(x, x, self.contents.width - x, x, $game_map.name.to_s)
just draw text of the
variable $game_map.name (to_s of course) its not RPG::MapInfo (attr won't work you need a global variable)
(note this is ripped off of the cms I use so ignore the other commands and x,x are variables for location)

Hope that helps :thumb:

 

[QuantumMindGames]

What you're looking for is this:
self.contents.draw_text(x, x, self.contents.width - x, x, $game_map.name.to_s)
just draw text of the
variable $game_map.name (to_s of course) its not RPG::MapInfo (attr won't work you need a global variable)
(note this is ripped off of the cms I use so ignore the other commands and x,x are variables for location)

Hope that helps :thumb:

thanks a ton, i noticed the RPG::MapInfo built-in module had a name method, and didn't even think about looking in the Game_Map section.

 

[Velocir_X]

NP :P

 

[QuantumMindGames]

okay, i just tried using $game_map.name.to_s, and it's giving me a NoMethodError. this wouldn't by chance be an SDK method, would it? Game_Map class doesnt have a name method.

 

[Velocir_X]

It might be D:
lemme take a look

EDIT:
For all I know it is D:
But try this:

add these to lines to Game_map
attr_accessor :map_name

and
@map_name = map.name

then try $game_map.name

 

[QuantumMindGames]

It might be D:
lemme take a look

the CMS is just a practice script to learn RGSS, so it's not a big deal if we can't figure this out. It's just something I wanted to try out.

 

[QuantumMindGames]

It might be D:
lemme take a look

EDIT:
For all I know it is D:
But try this:

add these to lines to Game_map
attr_accessor :map_name

and
@map_name = map.name

then try $game_map.name

any specific location to add the @map_name = map.name? I added it before the initialize method, right below the attr section, and it's giving me another NoMethodError for map instead of name now.

 

[Velocir_X]

It should be below the initialize method in Setup with the rest of the local variables

 

[QuantumMindGames]

It should be below the initialize method in Setup with the rest of the local variables

NameError for map now.

don't worry about it, it's proving to be more trouble than it's worth. Thanks for trying to help though, it's probably something with the SDK or MACL.

i'll leave the topic unresolved in case someone else has an idea of what's wrong.

 

[Velocir_X]

O.o hmm

EDIT:
My scripter's ability dies here >.<

I'd suggest just getting SDK or asking someone else
I'm clueless O.o

 

[silver wind]

In Game_Map, inside setup, find the line
@map_id = map_id

Add this after it:

[rgss]map_infos = load_data('Data/MapInfos.rxdata')
@name = map_infos[@map_id].name
[/rgss]

also add this before initialize:
[rgss]attr_accessor :name
[/rgss]

Now you can do $game_map.name

 

[QuantumMindGames]

In Game_Map, inside setup, find the line
@map_id = map_id

Add this after it:

[rgss]map_infos = load_data('Data/MapInfos.rxdata')
@name = map_infos[@map_id].name
[/rgss]

also add this before initialize:
[rgss]attr_accessor :name
[/rgss]

Now you can do $game_map.name

thanks!