RMXP - Loading a Save File Using a Call Script

[Ace of Spades]

Greetings everyone! I was looking for some assistance for my game that is using a Continue Screen. If the player dies, it takes them to a Continue Screen (teleports the player to a separate map), which will automatically load the last save file for you. My problem comes from when I try to load the save file through a call script, it's interfering with some other custom scripts. It works fine if I load from the actual Load Screen, but I'm trying to just load the save file with a call script, similar to this:

Scene_Load.new.on_decision('Save1.rxdata')

I was wondering if anyone had an suggestions, thanks in advance!

 

[coyotecraft]

Won't the game need to remember which save slot its using? Maybe an auto-save file?
Or you could just go to the load screen and let the player choose.

 

[coyotecraft]

I mean, the problem with loading the last save file, you could save then load a different file and the continue screen would use the most recent save which could be from a different session.

 

[ZenVirZan]

You could just set a global variable in Scene_Load which tells you which slot was selected - then you can call it anywhere you want to load the correct file.
As for your load code, it looks fine to me. That is literally just Scene_Load without the interface, and there's no real way to get any closer considering it runs the same important stuff Scene_Load runs natively.
If custom scripts are causing a problem, try having a look at any aliases / rewrites (hopefully none of those) of Scene_Load, and see if they're doing anything important.

 

[Ace of Spades]

Thanks for the quick responses guys!

Won't the game need to remember which save slot its using? Maybe an auto-save file?
Or you could just go to the load screen and let the player choose.

Great questions. I'm using a global variable to determine which save slot it needs to load. I'm only using 3 total, but as soon as you select a save file, that's the same file it'll save over the entire game, ala Zelda. What I'm trying to do does work if I refer the player back to the load screen, but I wanted it to automatically load the file without taking the player back to the file select screen.

You could just set a global variable in Scene_Load which tells you which slot was selected - then you can call it anywhere you want to load the correct file.
As for your load code, it looks fine to me. That is literally just Scene_Load without the interface, and there's no real way to get any closer considering it runs the same important stuff Scene_Load runs natively.
If custom scripts are causing a problem, try having a look at any aliases / rewrites (hopefully none of those) of Scene_Load, and see if they're doing anything important.

It's strange, because when I go through Scene_Load and the player actually selects the file to load, I don't get the same bugs I get when using my call script. The call script is interfering with a fotz's pixel-based movement script (won't load the caterpillar actors on reload) and is also giving issues w/ Heretic's compass script, both of which alias Scene_Load. When I use

Scene_Load.new.on_decision('Save1.rxdata')

does it access the stuff that's been aliased from other scripts? If not, is there a way around this?

 

[ZenVirZan]

I'm not sure.
I'll have a look if you include f0tz' script in a post.

Could you tell me what the exact problem with the compass script is? I have Heretic's compass just here and from what I can see, it should work perfectly fine.